A reporter for KITV, a local news channel on Oahu, Hawaii, records Chief Huy Cao, an information systems technician aboard the USCC Polar Star (WAGB-10), while moored in Pearl Harbor Dec. 12, 2016. The Icebreaking cutter is en route to Antarctica for its annual patrol, Deep Freeze 2017. The Polar Star is one of the most powerful icebreakers in the world and is critical to our nation’s continued national security and research in Antarctica and Arctic regions.

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