Port call at McMurdo, Antarctica
MCMURDO, ANTARCTICA (Jan. 10, 2007)- The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Sea moored up to the "ice pier" at McMurdo Station today. The Polar Sea is on a six-month deployment as part of the Air Force-led Joint Task Force Support Forces Antarctica, Operation Deep Freeze 2007, clearing a navigable channel for supply ships to get needed equipment and goods to scientists working in McMurdo. The Polar Sea made a port call to McMurdo to refuel and take on supplies for the crew. This is the first port call for the Sea since leaving Sydney, Australia on December 23, 2006. (US Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kevin J. Neff)