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People and equipment sit on an ice floe.

Go With the Floe

Crew and researchers assigned to the Coast Guard cutter Healy install equipment on a multiyear ice floe in the Beaufort Sea, Aug. 9, 2023. The Healy is the Coast Guard's only icebreaker specifically designed for Arctic research.

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