Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Katelyn Shearer
Coast Guard Cutter Departs for Anarctic Mission
U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District
Nov. 30, 2014 | 0:35
Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, a 399-foot polar class icebreaker, backs away from the pier at its homeport of Coast Guard Base Seattle to depart for the crew's four-month mission to Antarctica, Nov. 30, 2014. This deployment will mark the second Antarctic mission a Coast Guard icebreaker has performed since 2007. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Katelyn Shearer.
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