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The Polar Star (WAGB 10), a Seattle-based US Coast Guard Cutter, departed Friday for a months-long deployment to Antarctica.

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Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10), the only US heavy icebreaker, departed Seattle, Washington, on 22 November, beginning its ...

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