Antarctic Pathfinder USCGC Glacier. A highway for cargo ships to reach the main Base at Hut Point cracks open in crystal paved McMurdo Sound under ramming pressure from 21,000 horse powered 310-foot Coast Guard icebreaker Glacier. In the background at left, the Coast Guard icebreaker Eastwind helps widen the channel. During Deep Freeze 1967, the Glacier also provided scientific support to Cape Hallett Station and conducted oceanographic surveys in the areas of Hallett, Cape Bird, Edisto Inlet, Ross Sea, and while penetrating charted limits of Arneb Glacier. The 8,449-ton icebreaker G
Antarctic Pathfinder USCGC Glacier. A highway for cargo ships to reach the main Base at Hut Point cracks open in crystal paved McMurdo Sound under ramming pressure from 21,000 horse powered 310-foot Coast Guard icebreaker Glacier. In the background at left, the Coast Guard icebreaker Eastwind helps widen the channel. During Deep Freeze 1967, the Glacier also provided scientific support to Cape Hallett Station and conducted oceanographic surveys in the areas of Hallett, Cape Bird, Edisto Inlet, Ross Sea, and while penetrating charted limits of Arneb Glacier. The 8,449-ton icebreaker Glacier is based at Long Beach, Cal. She transferred from the Navy to the Coast Guard in June 1966.
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