Polar Star News & Photos

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POLAR STAR Moored at Papeete, Tahiti (Photo by LTJG Paul Garcia on 26 February 2014)

POLAR STAR moored at McMurdo Ice Pier (Photo by BM3 Rachel French on 23 January 2014)

Welcome To McMurdo sign (Photo by BM3 Rachel French on 24 January 2014)


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