The Polar Star is making the trip as part of Operation Deep Freeze, the annual resupply of U.S. outposts under the U.S.

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Storis (WAGB 21) remains moored during the Storis commissioning ceremony at Juneau, Alaska, August 10, 2025. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Carmen Caver) ...

The Pentagon has been warning since 2022 that the US desperately needed more icebreaker ships. The United States Coast Guard commissioned a vessel last weekend that could be crucial to US military ...

President Donald Trump is setting the gears in motion for a significant expansion of America’s polar fleet, marked by the Monday commissioning of the United States Coast Guard cutter Storis, its first ...

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Storis (WAGB 21), the Coast Guard’s first polar icebreaker acquired in more than 25 years, has departed on its maiden voyage. The motor vessel Aiviq, acquired Dec. 20, 2024 ...

The Coast Guard's newest icebreaker will honor a storied cutter that plied the Bering Sea, Alaska and elsewhere for more than 60 years -- a period in which its crews saved hundreds of distressed ...

Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler Odette stands lookout on the back deck of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Storis’ daughter craft in Sitka, Alaska on Aug. 3, 2025. The small boat can carry up to 15 people ...

The Storis is the first new polar icebreaker added to the U.S. Coast Guard fleet in more than 25 years Last week, Juneau hosted an important symbol of America’s renewed commitment to Arctic readiness: ...