The U.S. Coast Guard dispatched its most powerful ship and heaviest icebreaker to help set free an Australian-owned cruise ...

The USCGC Polar Star freed an Australian tour vessel near Antarctica on January 17—the 50th anniversary of its commissioning ...

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The Coast Guard's 50-year-old icebreaker Polar Star rescued a cruise ship stuck in Antarctic ice on its anniversary. No ...

The U.S. Coast Guard assisted the Scenic Eclipse II cruise ship in navigating pack ice in Antarctica, ensuring safe passage ...

The coast guard was in the area for a deployment as part of Operation Deep Freeze, a 50-year-old mission to support ...

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) rescued a luxury cruise ship that was trapped in a thick sheet of ice near Antarctica. The USCG ...

A U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker assisted an Antarctica cruise ship after shifting pack ice slowed its voyage, allowing it to ...

The Scenic Eclipse II had become "beset in pack ice" when its captain contacted the Polar Star, a U.S. Coast Guard cutter, ...

Passengers from Australian-owned cruise ship Scenic Eclipse II looked on as a US coast guard boat conducted two close passes ...

A US Coast Guard crew helps free the Scenic Eclipse II after the cruise ship became stuck in dense ice while sailing through the Ross Sea near Antarctica.