After More Than 3 Months at Sea, Polar Star Icebreaker Returns Home

[rangerrebew]

After More Than 3 Months at Sea, Polar Star Icebreaker Returns Home
 
12 Mar 2019
Seattle Times | By Evan Bush

They took a morale-boosting swim near the equator, rubbed elbows with a curious Emperor penguin and tossed footballs over Antarctic ice.

For the 150 crew members of the Polar Star icebreaker, which each year carves a route to resupply Antarctica's McMurdo Station, these were the highlights of their journey to the bottom of the world.
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But the crew also had to manage rugged seas in a vessel nicknamed the "Polar Roller," put out an onboard fire and spend more than three months away from home, and with limited communication to their families.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/03/12/after-more-3-months-sea-polar-star-icebreaker-returns-home.html

[Elderberry]

My Master Chief served 2 Deep Freeze hitches at McMurdo. After each one he said he got 30 days free leave and choice of duty station. Once when a VIP was to arrive they put him in the sauna in swim trunks on a recliner. When the VIP was about to appear they carried him out to the snow. He was sweating profusely with a glass of iced tea in his hand as the official party went by.

[jpsb]

Global warming better happen fast cause this is the only heavy ice breaker the US has and it is past the expected end of it's service life. FYI Russia has lots of ice breakers, wonder what they know that we don't