Chief steward Mika Tiilikka, 54, stands for a portrait aboard the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica as the ship sails north in the Chukchi Sea in the Arctic, Friday, July 14, 2017. Tiilikka, who has been growing his beard for 17 years, has worked aboard icebreakers since 2002 and spends about half the year at sea. He told his mother at the age of four that he wanted to be a chef and a sailor and grew up learning her recipes like sauerkraut and pork soup. "She's my inspiration," Tiilikka said. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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