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 | 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......
Courtesy Video | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 01.31.2024
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) conducts icebreaking operations and vessel escorts through the fast ice for Operation Deep Freeze 2024 in McMurdo Sound, Jan. 31, 2024. 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 2nd Class......
Courtesy Video | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 01.27.2024
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Chuck Fox and Petty Officer 2nd Class Corey Smith, divers, work on a securing a shaft seal leak on the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, Jan. 27, 2024. The U.S. military's support of U.S. Antarctic research began in 1955. U.S. Indo-Pacific Command proudly continues to lead the Joint Task Force-Support Forces......
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Graves | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 01.06.2024
Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) breaks a channel through the fast ice for Operation Deep Freeze 2024 in McMurdo Sound, Jan 6, 2024. 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 2nd Class Jeremy Burgess and Petty Officer 2nd Class......
Courtesy Video | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 01.05.2024
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) breaks through the fast ice by backing and ramming in the McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, Jan 5, 2024. The U.S. military's support of U.S. Antarctic research began in 1955. U.S. Indo-Pacific Command continues to lead the Joint Task Force-Support Forces Antarctica team in providing logistic support for the United States Antarctic Program. (U.S. Coast......
