Rear Adm. Richard Seif, UWDC
220304-N-YS525-005 U.S. NAVY ICE CAMP QUEENFISH (March 4, 2022) - Howard Reese, right, director of the Navy's San Diego-based Arctic Submarine Laboratory, provides Rear Adm. Richard Seif, commander of the Undersea Warfighting Development Center and ranking officer at the Navy's Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2022, left, and aide Lt. Steven Puchkoff a tour of Ice Camp Queenfish. Ice Camp Queenfish is built on an ice sheet floating 160 nautical miles off the coast of Alaska in the Arctic Ocean as part of ICEX 2022. The camp consists of sleeping tents for about 60 personnel, a dining tent, command center and approximately 2,500-foot-long runway for aircraft. ICEX 2022 is a three-week exercise that allows the Navy to assess its operational readiness in the Arctic, increase experience in the region, advance understanding of the Arctic environment, and continue to develop relationships with other services, allies and partner organizations. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Seth Koenig/RELEASED)