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A pilot assesses the damage on a single-engine Super Cub airplane on Hallo Glacier Lake near Shelikof Strait, Alaska, Jan. 22, 2017. The pilot landed the plane, but nosed over after braking in the deep snow. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

Coast Guard rescues downed pilot

A pilot assesses the damage on a single-engine Super Cub airplane on Hallo Glacier Lake near Shelikof Strait, Alaska, Jan. 22, 2017. The pilot landed the plane, but nosed over after braking in the deep snow. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

A Coast Guardsman presents flowers to a family member of a fallen air crewman at a Coast Guard Air Station Miami remembrance ceremony in Miami, Florida, on Jan. 25, 2017.

Coast Guardsman presents flowers to a family member during remembrance ceremony

A Coast Guardsman presents flowers to a family member of a fallen air crewman at a Coast Guard Air Station Miami remembrance ceremony in Miami, Florida, on Jan. 25, 2017.

A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Coast Guard Station San Francisco searches for a missing kayaker near the Dumbarton Bridge in San Francisco Bay Jan. 24, 2017.

Coast Guard searches for missing kayaker in San Francisco Bay

A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Coast Guard Station San Francisco searches for a missing kayaker near the Dumbarton Bridge in San Francisco Bay Jan. 24, 2017.

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Cushing out of Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, helps release 27 rehabilitated sea turtles into Gulf Stream waters, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017.

Coast Guard Cutter Cushing crew helps release 27 sea turtles

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Cushing out of Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, helps release 27 rehabilitated sea turtles into Gulf Stream waters, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017.

A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay hoists a man from Humboldt Bay's north jetty Jan. 26, 2017 after he became stranded due to a disabled vehicle and hazardous surf conditions. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

Coast Guard rescues man from Humboldt Bay jetty

A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Sector Humboldt Bay hoists a man from Humboldt Bay's north jetty Jan. 26, 2017 after he became stranded due to a disabled vehicle and hazardous surf conditions. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star cuts through Antarctic ice in the Ross Sea near a large group of seals as the ship’s crew creates a navigation channel for supply ships, Jan. 16, 2017.

USCGC Polar Star icebreaking operations off of Antarctica

The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star cuts through Antarctic ice in the Ross Sea near a large group of seals as the ship’s crew creates a navigation channel for supply ships, Jan. 16, 2017.

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