Caroline Kennedy, U.S. Ambassador for Australia, looks at the path the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) crew will take through the ice on its way to McMurdo Station in Antarctica, during a tour of the cutter in Hobart, Australia, Dec. 16, 2023. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter 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. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Embassy for Australia)