Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star returns home by Easter after 144-day Operation Deep Freeze 2023 mission

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 04/10/2023 04:46 PM EDT

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Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star returns home by Easter after 144-day Operation Deep Freeze 2023 mission
04/10/2023 04:30 PM EDT

The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) and crew returned to its homeport of Seattle, Saturday, following a 144-day deployment to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2023. This deployment marks the Polar Star’s 26th journey to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze, an annual joint military service mission to resupply the United States Antarctic stations, in support of the National Science Foundation (NSF) – the lead agency for the United States Antarctic Program (USAP). This year also marks the 63rd iteration of the annual operation.
USCGC Polar Star (WAGB 10) family members hold sign waiting for the arrival of thier Coast Guardsman, April 8, 2022 in Seattle, Washington. Polar Star returned after completing Operation Deep Freeze 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Diolanda Caballero)