Seattle-based Coast Guard Polar icebreaker returns home following Antarctic mission170317-G-LB229-0302 [Image 1 of 4]

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES

03.17.2017

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross 

U.S. Coast Guard District 13

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, a 399-foot heavy icebreaker, is escorted by the crew of the Westrac II, a 73-foot towing vessel, as they moor to Pier 66 in Seattle, March 17, 2017.

The crew returned from a 107-day expedition to Antartica, which involved maintaining the decades-old icebreaker to ensure a year’s worth of supplies and fuel safely reached the National Science Foundation’s McMurdo and Amundsen-Scott South Pole stations.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross.

• Date Taken: 03.17.2017
• Date Posted: 03.17.2017 19:41
• Photo ID: 3238387
• VIRIN: 170317-G-LB229-0052
• Resolution: 4256x2832
• Size: 3.01 MB
• Location: SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, US