The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star breaks ice in McMurdo Sound near Antarctica on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018. The crew of the Seattle-based Polar Star is on deployment to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2018, the military’s contribution to the National Science Foundation-managed Antarctic Program. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Nick Ameen.

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