The Polar Star (WAGB 10), a Seattle-based US Coast Guard Cutter, departed Friday for a months-long deployment to Antarctica. The Polar Star will be a part of Operation Deep Freeze, a joint ...
“The Coast Guard, our nation’s primary operator in the Arctic, is reliant on just one aging heavy icebreaker, the Polar Star, which is ... s first Polar Security Cutter is starting this ...
The Trump administration ousted Coast Guard Commandant Linda Fagan, who is the first woman to lead a branch of the U.S.
The American icebreaker fleet is in a dire state, and its future offers little hope for change. Currently, the Coast Guard’s fleet of icebreakers stands at a total of two ...
It’s unclear how long it might take to cut the Canadian freighter Manitoulin out of the Lake Erie ice, which is thick this year.
The Coast Guard’s first Polar Security Cutter, USCGC Polar Sentinel (PSC-1), is expected to be delivered in 2028, a delay of three years. Besides people, funding is one of the Coast Guard’s ...
Also helping the ship were two Royal Navy officers who sailed into the Alaskan Arctic aboard the US Coast Guard cutter Polar Star during the winter, and ice-breaking expert Lieutenant Lauren ...