Unknown 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. Anderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McLaren, Alfred Scott.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Continental shelf--Arctic regions.

Continental shelf.

Continental shelf--Russia (Federation)--Siberia.

Underwater exploration--Arctic Ocean.

Underwater exploration.

Arctic regions--Discovery and exploration--American.

Arctic regions.

Queenfish (Submarine).

McLaren, Alfred Scott.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 243 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Tells 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.

Contents:

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 Shelf

10. 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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-232) and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8006-X

OCLC:

609844516