Rear Adm. Thomas Ostebo, commander, Coast Guard 17th District, shakes hands with Fran Ulmer, the chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, after her keynote speech at an open house event aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star in Juneau, Alaska, Aug. 3, 2013. Ulmer spoke about the Coast Guard's important role in the increasingly busy Arctic region. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Grant DeVuyst