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| The United States Coast Guard cutter Polar Star clears a navigable path through the ice in Antarctica. The Polar Star and other Polar-class icebreakers are capable of breaking ice more than 6 m (20 ft) deep. Their primary mission is to assist scientific research missions and to escort United States government shipping interests in ice-bound waters. | ||||||
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| Bruno P. Zehnder/Peter Arnold, Inc. | ||||||
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| United States Coast Guard; Icebreaker | ||||||
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