NAUTILUS 90 NORTH

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In 1954 Clay Blair's The Atomic Submarine and Admiral Rickover appeared and four years later he joins Commander Anderson to tell of the further adventures of the nuclear powered submarine and its most spectacular achievement to date. Anderson recaps to give his training and education in the Naval Reactors Branch under Rickover, with the directive towards northern transit, and the 1957 polar operations and ice probes; then the account swings into the details of OPERATION SUNSHINE. All the secrecy surrounding it, the precautions taken against fire, the improving of the instruments, and the unsuccessful attempt in June, 1958, which, when further research had been accomplished, made possible the July-August underwater North Pole crossing, are here against the team work of the crew, the greatness of the ship, and the atmosphere of unique adventure. A firsthand record, this, in spite of all the attention at the time, should attract a ready market, old and young, for its unequalled story. 70 U.S.N. photographs, endpaper maps.

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Publisher: World

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 15, 1958

Categories: NONFICTION