U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Brian Mills, the assistant engineering officer for Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10), looks through a pair of binoculars while the Polar Star gets underway in Seattle, Nov. 15, 2023. The Polar Star is en route to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze, a joint service, inter-agency support operation for the National Science Foundation, which manages the United States Antarctic Program. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Graves)