Family and friends watch as the crew aboard Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) departs the Base Seattle pier Nov. 16, 2022, beginning a journey to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze. Operation Deep Freeze is the annual joint military mission to resupply the United States Antarctic stations in support of the National Science Foundation, the lead agency for the United States Antarctic Program. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Clark)