03806nam 2200625 a 450 991045475480332120200520144314.00-8173-8006-X(CKB)1000000000774972(EBL)454570(OCoLC)609844516(SSID)ssj0000265393(PQKBManifestationID)11227746(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000265393(PQKBWorkID)10295230(PQKB)11559395(MiAaPQ)EBC454570(OCoLC)567999078(MdBmJHUP)muse8868(Au-PeEL)EBL454570(CaPaEBR)ebr10309001(EXLCZ)99100000000077497220070803d2008 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrUnknown waters[electronic resource] a firsthand account of the historic under-ice survey of the Siberian continental shelf by USS Queenfish (SSN-651) /Alfred S. McLaren ; with a foreword by William R. AndersonTuscaloosa, Ala. University of Alabama Pressc20081 online resource (269 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-1602-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-232) and index.Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword by Captain William R. Anderson, U.S. Navy (Ret.); Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Man Overboard!; 2. Becoming a Submarine Officer; 3. The Advent of the True Arctic Submarine; 4. Construction and Commissioning of USS Queenfish (SSN-651); 5. The First Arctic Test of Queenfish: The Davis Strait Marginal Sea-Ice Operation; 6. Prospective Commanding Officer Training for Submarine Command; 7. Taking Command of Queenfish; 8. Mission Underway: En Route to the Arctic at Last; 9. A Brief on the Arctic Ocean and Siberian Continental Shelf10. Through the Bering Strait and into the Chukchi Sea11. First Surfacings in the Arctic Ocean: En Route to the Geographic North Pole; 12. Exploring the Nansen Cordillera for Volcanic Activity; 13. The Northeast Passage and the Development of the Northern Sea Route; 14. To Severnaya Zemlya and the Beginning of the Shelf Survey; 15. The East Coast of Severnaya Zemlya and the Vilkitsky Strait; 16. Alteration of the Survey Plan in the Shallow Laptev Sea; 17. Northward around the New Siberian Islands; 18. The Even Shallower East Siberian Sea; 19. Return to Survey the Northwestern Chukchi Sea20. Nome and the Long Journey Home Epilogue; Appendix; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; IndexCharting 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 Arctic 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 sContinental shelfArctic regionsContinental shelfRussia (Federation)SiberiaUnderwater explorationArctic OceanArctic regionsDiscovery and explorationAmericanElectronic books.Continental shelfContinental shelfUnderwater exploration359.9/330973McLaren Alfred Scott1040117MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454754803321Unknown waters2462741UNINA