U.S. Coast Guard Lt. j.g. Lauren Kowalski breaks ice aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw (WLBB-30) in Lake Huron March 17, 2021. Kowalski was the second officer to enter the Afloat Icebreaking Training Program and was the first to complete the program, which required her to spend roughly one year aboard all the Coast Guard's ice breakers to master being an ice pilot. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)