200221-N-JX484-0198 SKJOLD, Norway (Feb. 21, 2020)

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SKJOLD, Norway (Feb. 21, 2020) -- Steelworker 2nd Class Ken Lancaster, assigned to Underwater Construction Team One (UCT-1), part of Navy Expeditionary Combat Force Europe-Africa/Task Force (CTF) 68, cuts a main entrance hole in the ice of a frozen lake in Skjold, Norway as part of Exercise Cold Response 2020, Feb. 21, 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)

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