The Seattle-based Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star arrived in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, on Tuesday. The ship made a logistics stop 30 days into a monthslong Arctic deployment to protect the nation’s maritime sovereignty and security throughout the polar region.
Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star navigates Gulf of Alaska on Dec. 10, 2020. (Photo: U.S. Coast Guard)
Besides clearing shipping lanes, the 44-year-old heavy icebreaker is patrolling the Bering and Chukchi seas to support national security objectives...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/coast-guards-only-heavy-icebreaker-on-special-arctic-mission