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DVIDS – Images – USCGC Polar Star (WAGB 10) provides support to an Australian-owned cruise ship stuck in ice on cutter’s 50th birthday amid Operation Deep Freeze 2026 [Image 12 of 12]
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USCGC Polar Star (WAGB 10) escorts an Australian-owned cruise ship out of pack ice in the Ross Sea after the vessel requested assistance amid Operation Deep Freeze 2026, Jan. 17, 2026. Pacific Air Forces operates on a 24-hour basis to provide the U.S. National Science Foundation complete joint operational and logistic support for Operation Deep Freeze. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Bokum)
| Date Taken: | 01.17.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 01.22.2026 16:51 |
| Photo ID: | 9485725 |
| VIRIN: | 260117-G-FN033-1013 |
| Resolution: | 8256×5504 |
| Size: | 14.33 MB |
| Location: | AQ |
| Web Views: | 15 |
| Downloads: | 1 |
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