U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) breaks through the fast ice by backing and ramming in the McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, Jan 5, 2024. The U.S. military's support of U.S. Antarctic research began in 1955. U.S. Indo-Pacific Command continues to lead the Joint Task Force-Support Forces Antarctica team in providing logistic support for the United States Antarctic Program. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Seaman Chase Schlueter)