Sydney Harbour, Chowder Bay Navy Fuel Wharf. 29 December 2016.
Annual visit. Temperature 37C, cloud cover, humid, a contrast to what is to come for ship and crew.
Vessel at 33°50'25.61" S 151°15'21.30" E

Data from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Polar_Star_(WAGB-10)
Name: USCGC Polar Star
Builder: Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, Washington, Commissioned: 1976
Refit: Vigor Industrial shipyard, Seattle, Washington (March 2010-December 2012)
Identification: WAGB-10
Nickname(s): Building 10, Polar Spare, Brand X, Wide Ass Government Building, Red Tubs of Fun[1]
Status: Reactivated (March 11, 2010)
Class and type: Polar-class icebreaker
Displacement: 10,863 long tons (11,037 t) (standard), 13,623 long tons (13,842 t) (full)
Length: 399 ft (122 m), Beam: 83 ft 6 in (25.45 m), Draft: 31 ft (9.4 m)[3]
Installed power:
Six Alco 16V-251F diesel engines (6 × 3,000 hp (2,200 kW))
Three Pratt & Whitney FT-4A12 gas turbines (3 × 25,000 hp (19,000 kW))
Propulsion: Combined diesel-electric or gas (CODLOG), Three shafts; controllable-pitch propellers
Speed: 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph), 3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) in 6-foot (1.8 m) ice
Range:
16,000 nautical miles (30,000 km; 18,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
28,275 nautical miles (52,365 km; 32,538 mi) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement: 15 officers, 127 enlisted, 33 scientists, 12-person helicopter detachment
Armament: 2 × .50 caliber machine guns
Aircraft carried: 2 HH-65A Dolphin helicopters