SEEN OFF WEST SEATTLE: USCGC Polar Star, icebreaker home from Arctic mission

(Photo by Lynn Hall)

12:36 PM: Thanks to everyone who sent photos! That’s the heavy icebreaker USCGC Polar Star (WAGB 10), returning home to Seattle this morning after a 2 1/2-month journey to the Arctic. The 45-year-old heavy icebreaker usually goes to the Antarctic this time of year, but the pandemic got in the way of that mission, and the Coast Guard announced in October that Polar Star would head north instead. Here’s an Alaska news report on the end of the Polar Star’s deployment; see photos here.

6:16 PM: Those photos are also featured in a news release published by the USCG late today.

2 Replies to "SEEN OFF WEST SEATTLE: USCGC Polar Star, icebreaker home from Arctic mission"

  • John February 20, 2021 (4:52 pm)

    Welcome Home and Thank You for your Service. 

  • Sekai rider February 21, 2021 (1:11 pm)

    Really interesting Arctic photos!    thanks for covering this and posting photos and news.

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