Researchers from the U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center discuss the status of Operation Arctic Chinook with first responders in a simulated remote Arctic location south of Kotzebue, Alaska, Aug. 24, 2016. Coast Guard personnel were evaluating communications gear and the Next Generation Incident Command System used by the first responders during the mass-rescue operation. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Coast Guard Sector Anchorage Staff)