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Coast Guard’s only heavy icebreaker heads home after Antarctic deployment
15+ hour, 29+ min ago (463+ words) USCGC Polar Star seen in the Ross Sea during Operation Deep Freeze 2026, Feb. 21, 2026. (Christopher Bokum/U.S. Coast Guard) The Coast Guard's only heavy icebreaker has completed its annual mission of opening ice-clogged supply routes to scientific stations in Antarctica. The U.S. Coast…...