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Tuscaloosa AL 2008 Hardcover A First-Hand Account of the Historic Under-Ice Survey of the Siberian Continental Shelf by USS Queenfish (SSN-651) 243pp, 59 illustrations, 12 ... chartlets, DJ. The nuclear attack submarine avoided deep-draft sea ice, shallow water and Soviet discovery to survey from the remote Severnaya Zemlya Archipelago to the Bering Strait via the Laprev, East Siberian and Chukchi Seas. Near fine. Read more Show Less

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Charting the Siberian continental shelf during the height of the Cold War

This book tells the story of the brave officers and men of the nuclear attack submarine USS Queenfish (SSN-651), who made the first survey of an extremely important and remote region of the Artic Ocean. The unpredictability of deep-draft sea ice, shallow water, and possible Soviet discovery, all played a dramatic part in this fascinating 1970 voyage.

 

Covering 3100 miles over a period of some 20 days at a laborious average speed of 6.5 knots or less, the attack submarine carefully threaded its way through innumerable underwater canyons of ...

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Charting the Siberian continental shelf during the height of the Cold War

This book tells the story of the brave officers and men of the nuclear attack submarine USS Queenfish (SSN-651), who made the first survey of an extremely important and remote region of the Artic Ocean. The unpredictability of deep-draft sea ice, shallow water, and possible Soviet discovery, all played a dramatic part in this fascinating 1970 voyage.

 

Covering 3100 miles over a period of some 20 days at a laborious average speed of 6.5 knots or less, the attack submarine carefully threaded its way through innumerable underwater canyons of ice and over irregular seafloors, at one point becoming entrapped in an "ice garage." Only cool thinking and skillful maneuvering of the nearly 5,000-ton vessel enabled a successful exit. The most hazardous phase of the journey began 240 nautical miles south of the North Pole with a detailed hydrographic survey of an almost totally uncharted Siberian shelf, from the northwestern corner of the heavily glaciated Severnaya Zemlya Archipelago to the Bering Strait via the shallow, thickly-ice-covered Laptev, East Siberian, and Chukchi seas.

 

The skipper of the Queenfish had been trained and selected by Admiral Hyman Rickover and, inspired by this polar experience, McLaren became one of the world’s foremost Arctic scientists, studying first at Cambridge University and then obtaining his doctorate in physical geography of the Polar Regions from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780817316020
  • Publisher: University of Alabama Press
  • Publication date: 3/28/2008
  • Edition description: 1
  • Edition number: 2
  • Pages: 272
  • Sales rank: 1,194,203
  • Product dimensions: 6.13 (w) x 9.25 (h) x 1.00 (d)

Meet the Author

Alfred S. McLaren is a retired U.S. Navy Captain, recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal and two Legions of Merit, President Emeritus of The Explorers Club, Senior Pilot of the SAS Aviator submersible, and Director of Sub Aviator Systems, Redondo Beach, California. He and his wife reside in the mountains above Boulder, Colorado.

 

William R. Anderson was skipper of USS Nautilus (SSN-571) during that vessel’s 1958 achievement of the North Pole and historic Pacific to Atlantic crossing of the Arctic Ocean. He was subsequently awarded the Legion of Merit by President Eisenhower and, following his retirement from the Navy, elected to the U.S. Congress from Tennessee for four terms. He died in 2007 and was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations     ix
Foreword   Captain William R. Anderson     xiii
Preface     xvii
Acknowledgments     xxi
Man Overboard!     1
Becoming a Submarine Officer     5
The Advent of the True Arctic Submarine     12
Construction and Commissioning of USS Queenfish (SSN-651)     22
The First Arctic Test of Queenfish: The Davis Strait Marginal Sea-Ice Operation     32
Prospective Commanding Officer Training for Submarine Command     37
Taking Command of Queenfish     45
Mission Underway: En Route to the Arctic at Last     48
A Brief on the Arctic Ocean and Siberian Continental Shelf     60
Through the Bering Strait and into the Chukchi Sea     68
First Surfacings in the Arctic Ocean: En Route to the Geographic North Pole     88
Exploring the Nansen Cordillera for Volcanic Activity     113
The Northeast Passage and the Development of the Northern Sea Route     117
To Severnaya Zemlya and the Beginning of the Shelf Survey     123
The East Coast of Severnaya Zemlya and the Vilkitsky Strait     132
Alteration of the Survey Plan in the Shallow Laptev Sea     145
Northward around the New Siberian Islands     157
The Even Shallower East Siberian Sea     170
Return to Survey the Northwestern Chukchi Sea     181
Nome and the Long Journey Home     191
Epilogue     198
Appendix     205
Notes     209
Glossary     221
Bibliography     229
Index     233

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 7, 2008

    A dangerous secret mission in the most hostile underwater environment on Earth!

    In 1970, CDR Alfred McLaren took the USS QUEENFISH, one of the Navy's most capable nuclear submarines, on a secret mission to to survey the Siberian Continental shelf. This journey took McLaren and his crew to the North Pole and back in a never before undertaken excursion. No submarine had ever been under the ice that long, and there was not a lot of knowledge on what to expect or what they would run into. From surprise icebergs to underwater 'ice garages,' McLaren's crew handled it with the professionalism and humor expected from the elite 'Silent Service.' Complete with photos, artist's drawings, and personal anecdotes, this book gives an excellent account of the voyage and the difficulties faced. It is obvious that the author is both a master in the art of submarine warfare and also has deep love and respect for the arctic and the ocean. Though very technical at times, it is still relatively easy to follow and provides even readers unfamiliar to the world of submariners an interesting and enjoyable description of the voyage. It is a must read for anyone interested in the submarine community, including submarine veterans and future submariners.

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