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Coast Guard's sole heavy icebreaker returns home following Antarctic deployment
April 20, 2026
WASHINGTON, April 20 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news release:

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Coast Guard's sole heavy icebreaker returns home following Antarctic deployment

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SEATTLE -The crew aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) returned home to Seattle on April 13, following a 146-day Antarctic deployment in support of Operation Deep Freeze (ODF) 2026.

Polar Star departed Seattle . . .

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