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Articles from the P-I

>> U.S. Coast Guard launches new 420-foot icebreaker (11/12/99)
>> New 420-foot icebreaker will be assigned to Seattle (11/3/97)
>> Coast Guard project starts with wrecking of Pier 37 (5/16/95)
>> Icebreakers reach the North Pole (8/23/94)
>> No one injured as explosion destroys icebreaker's boiler (1/19/94)
>> Scientific voyage successful, icebreaker returns from Greenland (10/12/92)
>> Icebreaker Polar Star due in Portland for repairs (10/23/91)
>> Mechanical woes send Arctic vessel limping back home (9/25/91)
>> Ports of call will be poles apart Polar Star prepares for yearlong voyage (5/1/91)
>> Polar Star welcomed home after voyage to the Antarctic (4/13/90)
>> Living in Antarctica can be a real blast (10/11/89)