Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Bokum | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 11.20.2025
USCGC Polar Star (WAGB 10) prepares to deploy for Operation Deep Freeze 2026, Seattle, Nov. 20, 2025. Operation Deep Freeze is a joint service, inter-agency support operation for the National Science Foundation, which manages the United States Antarctic Program. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Bokum)...
Courtesy Video | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 11.13.2025
Coast Guard Pacific Area Chief of Operations Capt. Brian Krautler addresses the media as the U.S. Coast Guard's three polar icebreakers – USCGC Healy (WAGB 20), USCGC Polar Star (WAGB 10), and USCGC Storis (WAGB 21) – are docked together for the first time in Seattle, Nov. 13, 2025. The historic gathering offered an opportunity for media to see the nation’s polar fleet side-by-side and......
Video by Lt. Christopher Butters | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 10.26.2025
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB-20) returned to Coast Guard Base Seattle on Oct. 26, 2025, joining the CGC Storis and CGC Polar Star. The crew of the Healy transited over 20,000 miles, supporting Operation Arctic West Summer and Operation Frontier Sentinel, protecting U.S. sovereign rights and territory, and promoting national security in the Arctic. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Lieutenant......
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Briana Carter | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 03.01.2025
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) and crew deploy to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2025, March 1, 2025. Polar Star completed its 28th voyage to Antarctica to support the joint military service mission to resupply and maintain the United States Antarctic Stations. Every year, a joint total force team works together to complete a successful Operation Deep Freeze......
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Briana Carter | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 02.13.2025
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) moors at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, during Operation Deep Freeze, Feb. 13, 2025. Operation Deep Freeze is one of many operations in the Indo-Pacific in which the U.S. military promotes security and stability across the region. (U.S. Coast Guard video to by Petty Officer 2nd Class Briana Carter)...
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Briana Carter | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 02.12.2025
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) crewmembers speak about their experiences as ice pilots while at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Feb. 12, 2025. Ice pilots are specially trained Coast Guard deck watch officers who navigate icebreakers in and around ice in the Arctic and Antarctic regions. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Briana Carter)...
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Briana Carter | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 01.13.2025
U.S. Coast Guard divers from Regional Dive Lockers West and Pacific conduct dive operations aboard U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) in the McMurdo Sound during Operation Deep Freeze, Jan. 13, 2025. Every year, a joint and total force team works together to complete Operation Deep Freeze. Active, Guard, and Reserve service members from the U.S. Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, and Navy......
Courtesy Video | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 01.07.2025
The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) participates in ice liberty while the cutter sits hove-to in McMurdo Sound during Operation Deep Freeze, Jan. 7, 2025. Polar Star is conducting ice-breaking operations in Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze, a joint service, inter-agency support operation for the National Science Foundation, which manages the United States......
