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US Coast Guard 50-Year-Old Icebreaker to the Rescue | McMurdo Station | US Shipping & Shipbuilding
🕑 Added 2026-01-25 18:22:42 +0000 UTCIn this episode, Sal Mercogliano — a maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner — discusses the rescue of the Expedition cruise ship MV Scenic Eclipse II by the USCGC Polar Star, along with the US icebreaker ship construction program, and the yearly resupply of McMurdo Station by a US tanker and Dutch-flagged cargo ship.
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WhyTrashEarth
This was an awesome video! I learned so much :3 Thank you Sal!
Steven Palmer
Stay safe!
D Faunt
The GLENN is sitting in the Oakland Estuary taking up space I'd expect to be expensive. I sometimes tell people about her an the situation, and they wonder, why?
WhyTrashEarth
I feel like an ice breaker joke we can make here 😂
Bill Nelson
Stay safe Sal!!!
