Petty Officer 3rd Class Sam Vereen and Petty Officer 2nd Class Steve Allen, crewmembers aboard the 225-foot Coast Guard Cutter Juniper, which is homeported in Newport, R.I., pull the Juniper's small boat along side of the HMCS Kingston, a Kingston-class defense vessel in the Royal Canadian Navy, for a crew exchange in the Atlantic Ocean east of Cape Breton Island, N.S., Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. The ship's crew is on an Arctic deployment to enhance interoperability with international forces and to provide the experience of working and responding to incidents in the harsh Arctic environment. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Cynthia Oldham