Coast Guard icebreaker returns home following Northwest Passage transit, oceanographic Arctic research missions, and circumnavigation of North America [Image 5 of 6]
Commander Philip Baxa, operations officer aboard U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB-20), hugs his family at the Base Seattle pier Saturday, Nov. 20. Commander Baxa and the crew arrived at their homeport of Seattle after a 22,000-mile, 133-day deployment circumnavigating North America. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Clark)