US COAST GUARD Ice patrol, New London Connecticut

NEW YORK - Coast Guard Lt. Erin Christensen, stationed with the International Ice Patrol in New London, Conn., reviews her break-in checklist as an ice observer aboard a Coast Guard C-130J in the North Atlantic, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. The ice patrol conducts annual reconnaissance patrols in the waters north of St. John's, Newfoundland, to determine the extent of iceberg distribution that could negatively impact vessels transiting the area. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas McKenzie