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Fire Breaks Out On Coast Guard’s Aging, And Only, Heavy Icebreaker

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Fire Breaks Out On Coast Guard’s Aging, And Only, Heavy Icebreaker
Coast Guard photo of incinerator fire aboard the Polar Star after completing ice breaking mission.

The Coast Guard’s only operational heavy polar icebreaker experienced a fire last month that took two hours to extinguish and that came closely on the heels of completing its annual ice breaking mission to resupply U.S. scientists in Antarctica. “It’s always a serious matter whenever a shipboard fire breaks out at sea, and it’s even more concerning when that ship is in one of the most remote places on Earth,” Vice Adm. Linda Fagan, commander of the Coast Guard’s Pacific…

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