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

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES

03.17.2017

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross 

U.S. Coast Guard District 13

Friends and family members wait to for the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, a 399-foot heavy icebreaker, while the vessel is moored to Pier 66 in Seattle, March 17, 2017.

The crew returned from a 107-day deployment to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2017, where they provided a safe channel through more than 70 miles of thick Antarctic ice for cargo ships to resupply 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: 3238398
• VIRIN: 170317-G-LB229-0218
• Resolution: 4256x2832
• Size: 4.76 MB
• Location: SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, US