The U.S. Coast Guard gave shipyards in Louisiana and Finland the green light to start work on the first six new icebreaking Arctic Security Cutters.
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star deployed from Seattle in November on the 146-day mission supporting Operation Deep Freeze.
The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Polar Star began icebreaking operations in the Southern Ocean in support of Operation Deep Freeze 26 and marked its 50th year of commissioned service by freeing and escorting a cruise ship trapped in a pack of ice.
About a million customers were without power Sunday as a massive winter storm coated tree branches and power lines with heavy ice across the South.
AI:A massive winter storm brought heavy ice to the South, coating trees and power lines and leaving approximately one million customers without power on Sunday.Open