Annual Resupply Mission for U.S. Antarctic McMurdo Station Underway

The Military Sealift Command is reporting the first of two vessels has completed its deliveries to McMurdo Station, on the southern tip of Ross Island in Antarctica. The U.S. has maintained a base on the site since 1956 and each year MSC-charters cargo ships and a tanker to make the challenging voyage to resupply the base for the coming year.

The first of the two vessels on the annual trip is the Ocean Giant, a 17,590 dwt general cargo ship built in 2012 and operated by Florida-based Seabulk. She arrived at the base on January 26 and today, February 11, Military Sealift Command Pacific reports the offloading of supplies was completed. 

When Ocean Giant arri…