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Facilitating commerce. Ensuring access to polar regions. Projecting maritime dominance. USCGC Polar Star is home after 146 days, with the following highlights from Antarctica and Operation Deep Freeze: 🧊 Broke a 7-mile ice channel 🚢 Freed a trapped cruise ship ⛽ Escorted 6M+ gals of fuel & a new...

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