Coast Guard: Polar Star icebreaker to be reactivated by 2013, after retrofit in Seattle
By APWednesday, March 10, 2010
Coast Guard: Icebreaker to be reactivated by 2013
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard plans to reactivate its Polar Star icebreaker by 2013.
But first the vessel will be retrofitted in Seattle. The Polar Star is one of the nation’s two Polar Class icebreakers.
The Polar Star is able to ram through 21 feet of ice. It has primarily been used to break open a route to U.S. research stations in Antarctica.
Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen was in Seattle on Wednesday to announce the Polar Star’s reactivation.
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