Petty Officer 1st Class Krysten Cobo and Chief Petty Officer Antoinette Frazer, electrician’s mates aboard U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10), conduct maintenance on the cutter’s small boat while it transits the Southern Ocean on its way to Antarctica for Operation Deep Freeze, Jan. 2, 2025. The Polar Star is enroute 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 2nd Class Briana Carter)