Coast Guard icebreaker Polar Star to head north on rare wintertime Arctic mission

[The Patriot]

Coast Guard icebreaker Polar Star to head north on rare wintertime Arctic mission

11-30-2020 08:19 AM

The global pandemic has resulted in a dramatic reshuffling of the annual cruise of the Coast Guard icebreaker Polar Star. Instead of heading south into the unending light of the Antarctic summer, the Seattle-based vessel will journey north into the winter darkness of the Arctic.


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