The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star breaks ice around the motor vessel Ocean Giant and the National Science Foundation’s McMurdo Station, Antarctica, ice pier Feb. 2, 2016. During Operation Deep Freeze 2016, the military’s logistical support of the NSF-managed Antarctic Program, the Polar Star broke a channel from the open ocean to McMurdo Station for supply vessels. ( Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst)

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