SEATTLE — The only U.S. vessel capable of breaking a navigable channel through ice up to 21 feet thick departed Seattle on Wednesday for its annual Antarctic deployment, the Coast Guard said. The U.S.

The U.S. Coast Guard icebreakers Polar Star (at background), Healy (at left) and Storis (at foreground) are seen together at Coast Guard Base Seattle on Oct. 26, 2025, marking the first time since ...

Coast Guard begins work on ‘polar security’ base, eyes 54 acres of Seattle waterfront ...

On a dreary November day in Seattle, the U.S. Coast Guard put its past and future on display. Within sight of the Space Needle, three eye-catching red icebreakers towered over Pier 36. It was the ...