Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) breaks a channel through the fast in the McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, Dec. 30, 2023. The military's support of Antarctic research began in 1955. Indo-Pacific Command continues to lead the Joint Task Force-Support Forces Antarctica team in providing logistic support for the United States Antarctic Program. ( Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeremy Burgess)

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