Coast Guard Cutter Healy conducts science missions in Beaufort Sea
A member of the ice rescue team maintains look-out as U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) keeps station alongside a multi-year ice floe for a science evolution on in the Beaufort Sea, Aug. 9, 2023. Healy is the Coast Guard’s only icebreaker specifically designed for Arctic research, as well as the nation’s sole surface presence routinely operating in the Arctic Ocean. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Briana Carter)