U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) and embarked scientists retrieve a plankton net used for collecting microorganism samples from the Chukchi Sea, Oct. 26, 2024. Healy hosted postdoctoral researchers and junior faculty members from a variety of institutions during the second phase of the Arctic deployment supporting the U.S. NSF-funded Polar Early Career Scientist Training project, with contributions from NOAA and the Coast Guard providing training and research opportunities in the operational areas of the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas and within the marginal ice zone. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Matt Masaschi.