03588nam 2200613 a 450 991077804220332120230320173858.00-8173-8006-X(CKB)1000000000774972(EBL)454570(OCoLC)609844516(SSID)ssj0000265393(PQKBManifestationID)11227746(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000265393(PQKBWorkID)10295230(PQKB)11559395(OCoLC)567999078(MdBmJHUP)muse8868(Au-PeEL)EBL454570(CaPaEBR)ebr10309001(MiAaPQ)EBC454570(EXLCZ)99100000000077497220070803h20082008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierUnknown waters 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 Press,2008.©20081 online resource (xxii, 243 pages) illustrations, mapsDescription 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 Sea 11. 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 Sea; 20. Nome and the Long Journey Home Epilogue; Appendix; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; IndexTells the story of the brave officers and crew of the nuclear submarine USS Queenfish (SSN-651), who made the first survey of the remote and important Arctic Ocean region. The unpredictability of floating sea ice, shallow waters, and possible Soviet discovery, all play a dramatic part in this 1970 voyage.Continental shelfArctic regionsContinental shelfRussia (Federation)SiberiaUnderwater explorationArctic OceanArctic regionsDiscovery and explorationAmericanContinental shelfContinental shelfUnderwater exploration359.9/330973McLaren Alfred Scott1553421MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778042203321Unknown waters3813966UNINA