LEADER 03588nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910778042203321 005 20230320173858.0 010 $a0-8173-8006-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000774972 035 $a(EBL)454570 035 $a(OCoLC)609844516 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000265393 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11227746 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000265393 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10295230 035 $a(PQKB)11559395 035 $a(OCoLC)567999078 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8868 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL454570 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10309001 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC454570 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000774972 100 $a20070803h20082008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aUnknown waters $ea firsthand account of the historic under-ice survey of the Siberian continental shelf by USS Queenfish (SSN-651) /$fAlfred S. McLaren ; with a foreword by William R. Anderson 210 1$aTuscaloosa, Ala. :$cUniversity of Alabama Press,$d2008. 210 4$aŠ2008 215 $a1 online resource (xxii, 243 pages) $cillustrations, maps 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8173-1602-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [229]-232) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 Shelf 327 $a10. 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; Index 330 $aTells 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. 606 $aContinental shelf$zArctic regions 606 $aContinental shelf$zRussia (Federation)$zSiberia 606 $aUnderwater exploration$zArctic Ocean 607 $aArctic regions$xDiscovery and exploration$xAmerican 615 0$aContinental shelf 615 0$aContinental shelf 615 0$aUnderwater exploration 676 $a359.9/330973 700 $aMcLaren$b Alfred Scott$01553421 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778042203321 996 $aUnknown waters$93813966 997 $aUNINA