An oil skimmer floats near the buoy tender USCGC Sycamore (WLB 209) during an oil recovery scenario Aug. 2, 2012, in the Arctic Ocean near Barrow, Alaska, as part of exercise Arctic Edge 2012. Arctic Edge is a U.S. Northern Command, U.S. Coast Guard, state, local and tribal exercise designed to test the Spilled Oil Recovery System in the waters surrounding the Arctic regions of Alaska. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kelly Parker/Released)