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The Coast Guard’s heavy icebreaking cutter Polar Star and crew departed Seattle Nov. 22 on their annual deployment to support ...

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(Janes/Michael Fabey) US Coast Guard (USCG) Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10), the only US heavy icebreaker, departed Seattle, ...

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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.

Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB-10) and crew departed Seattle on Friday, beginning their monthslong deployment to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze, an annual joint military mission ...

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At least 19 people in Minnesota have been sickened by E. coli O157:H7 tied to a national recall of more than 167,000 pounds of potentially tainted ground beef, federal health officials said.