Imagery Available: Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star crew returns home from 107-day Antarctic mission

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News Release March 16, 2018 

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Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star crew returns home from 107-day Antarctic mission

 

Friends and family watch Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star crewmembers moor the ship up to the pier at Base Seattle, March 16, 2018, after returning from a 107-day Antarctica deployment. The Polar Star is one of the largest ships in the Coast Guard and one of the world's most powerful non-nuclear ships. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ali Flockerzi.

Friends and family watch Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star crewmembers moor the ship up to the pier at Base Seattle, March 16, 2018, after returning from a 107-day Antarctica deployment.

The Polar Star is one of the largest ships in the Coast Guard and one of the world's most powerful non-nuclear ships.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ali Flockerzi.

A Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star crewmember holds his child after returning to Seattle on March 16, 2017, from a 107-day deployment to Antarctica. The Polar Star crew departed Seattle Nov. 30, to assist in the annual delivery of operating supplies and fuel for NSF research stations in Antarctica. Operation Deep Freeze is the logistical support provided by the U.S. Armed Forces to the U.S. Antarctic Program. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ali Flockerzi.

A Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star crewmember holds his child after returning to Seattle on March 16, 2017, from a 107-day deployment to Antarctica.

The Polar Star crew departed Seattle Nov. 30, to assist in the annual delivery of operating supplies and fuel for NSF research stations in Antarctica. Operation Deep Freeze is the logistical support provided by the U.S. Armed Forces to the U.S. Antarctic Program.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ali Flockerzi.

Seattle-based news station camera crews film the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star as crewmembers prepare to moor the vessel at a pier on Base Seattle, March 16, 2018. Polar Star is 399-feet long, 13,500 tons, 84-feet wide, has a 34-foot draft (the same as an aircraft carrier), 75,000 horse power and nine engines (six diesels, three jet-turbines). U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ali Flockerzi.

Seattle-based news station camera crews film the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star as crewmembers prepare to moor the vessel at a pier on Base Seattle, March 16, 2018.

Polar Star is 399-feet long, 13,500 tons, 84-feet wide, has a 34-foot draft (the same as an aircraft carrier), 75,000 horse power and nine engines (six diesels, three jet-turbines).

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ali Flockerzi.

A Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star crewmember hugs a family member after the cutter was moored up at Base Seattle, March 16, 2018. Polar Star is homeported in Seattle and carries approximately 150 crewmembers, 1.5 million gallons of fuel and enough food stores to last one year in the ice should it be necessary. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ali Flockerzi.

A Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star crewmember hugs a family member after the cutter was moored up at Base Seattle, March 16, 2018.

Polar Star is homeported in Seattle and carries approximately 150 crewmembers, 1.5 million gallons of fuel and enough food stores to last one year in the ice should it be necessary.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ali Flockerzi.

 

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