Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB-10) departs Seattle Saturday, Nov. 13, en route to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze. The crew's mission is to cut a path through ice fields so that resupply and refuel vessel can reach McMurdo Station, the logistical hub for the Unites States Antarctic Program. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Clark)