AMO Captain Elijah Herrman recently deployed to Antarctica through the U.S. Antarctic Program as a Fuels Lead at McMurdo Station for the summer season. A primary duty in the Fuels Department was to assist the cargo offload of the Stena Polaris and bunker the USCGC Polar Star for Operation Deep Freeze.
Herrman wrote: Based on my tanker experience, I was selected to serve as one of the shoreside PICs during the Stena Polaris offload. After several months in Antarctica, it was an incredible experience to see my union brothers and sisters on an American ship. I was honored to work with the fantastic crew of the Stena Polaris to successfully complete a critical part of Operation Deep Freeze. A huge thank you to the crew and Captain Carl.
