CASE STUDY THE REGION: December 2017 to January 2018 December U.S. West Coast, , New Zealand, Coast, U.S. West

M/V Ocean Giant M/V Ocean National Science Foundation and US Navy US Navy and Foundation National Science

DEEP FREEZE DEEP STATION, OF MCMURDO RESUPPLY OPERATION OPERATION 80 percent of the materials needed for the winter period. of the materials needed for 80 percent and parts. OVERVIEW The Antarctica. from of equipment return and Resupply Star Polar by the USCGC preceded Giant was Ocean than 60 miles more channel through who cut a resupply the Sea. This allowed for in the Ross ice of two of and fuel for annual delivery of operating supplies research U.S. three Foundation’s Science National the amounted to nearly The supplies in Antarctica. stations and Antarctica CLIENT: VESSEL: DURATION: CARGO samples, and a year’s core Scientific equipment, ice of cargo, A total of 550 pieces supplies. worth of station including million pounds; weighing in at nearly seven vehicles, electrical equipment, building supplies, food, PROJECT LOCATION: CASE STUDY CHALLENGES No Port Infrastructure Critical Samples Limited Resources Requirements Special Fuel Support Breaker Ice Environment Austere No Outside Support Communications Below 60 South Cold for Requirements Special Fuel Pier onto Ice Cargo Discharged Temperature Timing Ice

USOCEAN.COM contain ice and trapped atmospheric gases more than 500,000-years-old. more and trapped atmospheric gases ice contain which included ice core samples to be used by multiple universities and agencies agencies multiple universities and by be used samples to core ice included which could which climate studies critical for samples are core The ice research. for summer. While in McMurdo, she discharged her cargo at one of the most isolated isolated at one of the most her cargo While in McMurdo, she discharged summer. she her discharge she completed Once ice. made from spots in the world to a pier specimens scientific well as as and debris, waste year’s previous the back loaded Star for the final 60 mile transit into McMurdo Station. The channel through the the through channel The Station. McMurdo into transit mile 60 final the for Star hemisphere southern the during year a weeks two for navigable is only Sea Ross Antarctica. En route, she called Lyttelton, New Zealand, for fuel and to load cargo cargo fuel and to load for New Zealand, she called Lyttelton, En route, Antarctica. she proceeded While underway activities in Antarctica. New Zealand’s to support Polar breaker with the ice Sea and rendezvoused Ross of the waters into the polar In December 2017, U.S. flag vessel, M/V Ocean Giant departed Port Hueneme, Hueneme, Port Giant departed M/V Ocean flag vessel, 2017, U.S. In December activities in multiple to support worth of supplies year’s loaded with a California, SYNOPSIS OPERATION DEEP FREEZE DEEP OPERATION