Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20), a 420-foot polar icebreaker, returns home to Seattle after spending more than five months at sea Dec. 12, 2024. During the patrol, the crew aboard the Healy conducted several missions to further scientific knowledge and the discovery of a volcano-like feature in the Arctic seabed, suggesting previously unknown geological activity. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Annika Hirschler)