The heavy ice breaker USCGC Polar Star (WAGB 10) moves McMurdo Station, Antarctica ice pier out to sea to melt and prevent it from being a hazard of navigation. Joint Task Force-Support Forces Antarctica, oversees the activities of the joint services and provides Department of Defense support to the National Science Foundation and United States Antarctic Program through Operation Deep Freeze.

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Keywords: antarctica, deep, forces, force–support, freeze, joint, operation, task