Bosun Phil Corl recently submitted these photos of the SIU-crewed tanker Paul Buck participating in Operation Deep Freeze, the annual resupply mission to the National Science Foundation’s McMurdo Station in Antarctica. (Scroll down for more images.)As previously reported, both the Paul Buck (operated by Ocean Shipholdings, Inc.) and the SIU-crewed American Tern (Osprey Ship Management) navigated through rough seas and high winds and around small icebergs to reach McMurdo Station.
The Paul Buck arrived at the station Feb. 1 and pumped off 162,000 barrels of fuel for equipment ranging from generators to helicopters.
“We traveled pretty much around the world to deliver the load,” noted Corl, who added that coldest temperatures during the mission dipped to minus-23 with a 17-knot wind. “Thank God and Ocean Shipholdings for the insulated suits and little chemical hand-warmers that were handed out!”
He concluded that the delivery went “flawlessly.”
Additional photos from Operation Deep Freeze will be published in an upcoming issue of the Seafarers LOG.
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