The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, a 399-foot heavy icebreaker, is escorted by the crew of the Westrac II, a 73-foot towing vessel, as they moor to Pier 66 in Seattle, March 17, 2017. The crew returned from a 107-day expedition to Antartica, which involved maintaining the decades-old icebreaker to ensure a year’s worth of supplies and fuel safely reached the National Science Foundation’s McMurdo and Amundsen-Scott South Pole stations. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross.

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