Petty Officer 2nd Class Darren Hicks, an aviation survival technician at Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, looks out over Arctic sea ice during a search and rescue exercise near Oliktok Point, Alaska, July 13, 2015. Crews from Air Station Kodiak’s forward operating location in Deadhorse participated in the Coast Guard Research and Development Center’s exercise, a joint civil and federal collaborative effort to assess the utility of unmanned aircraft systems to enhance SAR response on the North Slope. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst)