The 399-foot Polar Star has a crew of 140. The 38-year-old-ship underwent an overhaul that allowed a U.S. icebreaker to support the Antarctic resupply effort for the first time in six years.

Based in Wellington, New Zealand, Icebreaker uses only pure merino handpicked from 140 high country stations in the country's Southern Alps to create adventure clothing for women, men and kids ...

Based in Wellington, New Zealand, Icebreaker uses only pure merino handpicked from 140 high country stations in the country's Southern Alps to create adventure clothing for women, men and kids ...

But the amendment closes by ordering up $350 million in funding for “the acquisition of a Great Lakes icebreaker at least ... as capable as the Coast Guard 140-ft-icebreaking tugs.” ...

The 400-foot Polar Star has a crew of 140. It's 38 years old and the only U.S. icebreaker capable of crushing through thick Antarctic and Arctic ice.

In this Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014 photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, a 399-foot polar class icebreaker, gets underway from its home port of Coast Guard Base ...