Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Conor Dahl monitors the operation of a decompression chamber Jan. 6, 2020, aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB-10) approximately 10 miles north of McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Dahl is a Coast Guard diver, and the decompression chamber allows the crew to perform lifesaving procedures in the event of a dive emergency. The crew of the Polar Star, a 399-foot heavy icebreaker, is working to break a channel in the ice surrounding McMurdo Station in order to bring in refuel and resupply vessels as part of Operation Deep Freeze — the military’
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Conor Dahl monitors the operation of a decompression chamber Jan. 6, 2020, aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB-10) approximately 10 miles north of McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Dahl is a Coast Guard diver, and the decompression chamber allows the crew to perform lifesaving procedures in the event of a dive emergency. The crew of the Polar Star, a 399-foot heavy icebreaker, is working to break a channel in the ice surrounding McMurdo Station in order to bring in refuel and resupply vessels as part of Operation Deep Freeze — the military’s contribution to the National Science Foundation-managed, civilian Antarctic Program. Coast Guard photograph by Senior Chief Petty Officer NyxoLyno Cangemi
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