Nautilus 90 North

296 Pages·1959·33.313 MB·English

by  William R. Anderson

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Nautilus headed north toward the
achievement of two historic goals—pierc-
ing the Pole and the completion of the
first transpolar voyage from the Pacific
totheAtlantic. Intricatepreparations car-
ried out under strictest secrecy behind
them, the crew learned for the first time
that the previously announced trip to
Panama was a snare and a delusion. The
response was superb. Cracked Robert E.
Simonini: "I knew there was some reason
I saved those two British pounds."
Skipper of the Nautilus, Commander
Anderson re-creates vividly life aboard
thesubmarine,thesuspenseofTopSecret
orders, the human and humorous inci-
dents that passed the time of the crew,
and the unparalleled adventure of the
first probe when Nautilus came within
180 miles of the North Pole and fulfilled
the Jules Verne dream in steaming its
20,000th league under the sea. He shares
with the reader the excitement ani ten-
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NAUTILUS NORTH
90

NAUTILUS
90
NORTH
by Commander William R. Anderson, U.S.N.
WITH CLAY BLAIR, JR.
Photographs by John Krawczyk, US.N.
THE WORLD PUBLISHING COMPANY
CLEVELAND AND NEW YORK
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PUBLISHED by The World Publishing Company
2231 West iioth Street, Cleveland 2, Ohio
PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY IN CANADA BY
Nelson, Foster & Scott Ltd.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: S9-66$6
All photographs in this book are official U. S. Navy photos.
11HC666
©
Copyright 1959 by William R. Anderson and Clay Blair, Jr.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced
in any form without written permission from the publisher ex-
cept for brief passages included in a review appearing in a news-
paper or magazine. Printed in the United States of America.
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Contents
1. "Execute Operation Sunshine^^ ii
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2. Difficult Interview 17
A"Hero"inNRB
3. 31
4. An Unknown Quantity 41
5. A Great Ship—An Extraordinary Crew 51
6. Final Preparations 61
7. The Journey North 71
8. Probing the Unknown 81
9. Compass Trouble 91
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10. Conference at the White House 10
11 Double Talk and Frenzied Preparations 11
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CONTENTS
Omens
12. Ill 121
13. Pins and Needles 133
14. Toward the Pole 143
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15. Closed Door 151
A
16. Narrow Escape 159
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17. Painful Retreat 169
18. "The Reluctant Dragon" 179
tp. Record Run North 191
20. Searching for an Expressway 201
21 *Tan-damn-tastic" 211
22. Piercing the Pole 221
23. "Nautilus 90 North" 229
PERSONNEL ABOARD THE NAUTILUS 24
INDEX 245