US Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star assists Operation Deep Freeze 2016 [Image 12 of 17]

MCMURDO, ANTARCTICA

01.13.2016

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst 

U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area

Petty Officer 3rd Class Agustin Foguet, a damage controlman in the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star’s engineering department, welds a support bracket to a pipe in the icebreaker’s motor and gear room bilge while underway in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, Jan. 13, 2016. The Polar Star’s damage controlmen are capable of making vital metalworking repairs while the cutter is thousands of miles from any support. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst)

• Date Taken: 01.13.2016
• Date Posted: 01.27.2016 15:48
• Photo ID: 2371950
• VIRIN: 160113-G-YE680-345
• Resolution: 3680x5520
• Size: 1.38 MB
• Location: MCMURDO, AQ
• Hometown: SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, US