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Two Coast Guardsmen in red winter jackets lie on the ice and watch two penguins.

Icy Stare

Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Kody Young and Coast Guard Seaman Daegan Buzbee watch Adélie penguins in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, Dec. 29, 2023. The Coast Guard cutter Polar Star is en route to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze, a joint service, interagency support operation for the National Science Foundation, which manages the U.S. Antarctic Program.

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