200225-N-JX484-0030 SKJOLD, Norway (Feb. 25, 2020)

200225-N-JX484-0030 SKJOLD, Norway (Feb. 25, 2020) -- Service members from the Netherlands clear a main entrance hole in the ice of a frozen lake in Skjold, Norway, during Exercise Cold Response 2020, Feb. 25, 2020. UCT-1 is deployed to Norway in support of Exercise Cold Response 2020 to execute joint maritime operations with Norwegian and Dutch military divers, demonstrating and improving capabilities in diving, port damage repair, and hydrographic surveying in an extreme cold weather/ice environment. CTF 68 provides explosive ordnance disposal operations, naval construction, expeditionary security, and theater security efforts in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mark Andrew Hays/Released)