| Unknown Waters: A First-Hand Account of the Historic Under-Ice Survey of the Siberian Continental Shelf by USS Queenfish (Ssn-651) First Edition, Edition Contributor(s): McLaren, Alfred Scott (Author), Anderson, William R. (Foreword by) |
|
 |
ISBN: 081735977X ISBN-13: 9780817359775 Publisher: University Alabama Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Naval - History | Military - United States - History | Polar Regions |
| Dewey: 359.933 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.2" W x 9.4" (0.95 lbs) 268 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Arctic/Antarctic - Chronological Period - 1970's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Charting the Siberian continental shelf during the height of the Cold War Unknown Waters 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 3,100 miles over a period of some 20 days at a laborious average speed of 6.5 knots or less, the attack submarine carefully threaded its way through innumerable underwater canyons of ice and over irregular seafloors, at one point becoming entrapped in an "ice garage." Only cool thinking and skillful maneuvering of the nearly 5,000-ton vessel enabled a successful exit. |