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.
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.