Images of

ANTARCTICA

Vessels

Photos © 2002 Seth White


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Polar Sea

One of the Coast Guard’s premier icebreakers. It broke the ice channel to McMurdo this year.

Kapitan Khlebnikov

One of two tourist ships that came near McMurdo over the summer.

American Tern

The resupply vessel for 2002-2003. Muy importante for this ship to visit McMurdo! It had an interesting time making it to the station this year due to the severe sea ice conditions.

Healy

The second icebreaker to visit McMurdo this year. The Polar Sea did most of the work, and the Healy was used to help extend the ice channel and keep it clear, among other tasks.

Matthiesen

After the fuel offload was done, I got a chance to get onboard the tanker Matthiesen. Here's a short tour of the ship.