Polar Ice Breaker
The Coast Guard Cutter Healy patrols the Arctic Ocean during a Coast Guard Research and Development Center joint civil and federal search and rescue exercise near Oliktok Point, Alaska. The Healy is a 420-foot polar icebreaker homeported in Seattle. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst)

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Photo by: Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst |  VIRIN: 161026-G-AS999-008.JPG
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