A small boat from the Coast Guard Cutter Healy is anchored to an ice floe during cold water ice dive operations in the Arctic Ocean, July 29, 2017. By conducting cold water ice dives in the Arctic and Antarctic, the Coast Guard has the ability to offer an adaptive force capability to the Polar Icebreaking fleet. Coast Guard photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Rachel Polish

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