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Polar Star Departs Soon For Annual Dry Dock Work In Preparation For Next Deep Freeze Mission

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, April 10th, 2019

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Polar Star Departs Soon For Annual Dry Dock Work In Preparation For Next Deep Freeze Mission

Coast Guard heavy icebreaker Polar Star in dry dock at Mare Island Dry Dock in 2018. Photo: Mare Island Dry Dock

A little over a month after returning from its annual resupply mission in support of the U.S. Antarctic Program, the crew of the Coast Guard’s only active heavy polar icebreaker is preparing to leave its homeport in Seattle for a quick transit to California for its annual dry dock maintenance period to prepare the ship for the start of its next mission to Antarctica later this year. The Polar Star will leave port on April 18 and arrive April 22…

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