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Surface at the Pole: The Extraordinary Voyages of the USS Skate

Imagine you are in this fantastic machine totally sealed off from the rest of the world in the harshest environment on the Earth. Yet you are poised to trust the men around you and this one of a kind mechanism. You are 400 feet deep under the froze...

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Print Length: 246 pages
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Publisher: Uncommon Valor Press (June 29, 2014)
Publication Date: June 29, 2014
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Language: English
ASIN: B00LEZQQNA
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Surface at the Pole, first published in 1960, describes the arctic explorations of the the USS Skate, the first nuclear-powered submarine to surface at the North Pole (on August 11, 1958). Eight days earlier, the USS Nautilus had reached the pole but had not risen to the surface. Author James Calvert, the commander of the submarine, later went on to become a Vice Admiral and the 46th superintendent of the United States Naval Academy. The book eng...

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