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USS Nautilus, USS Skate and Early Submarine Under-Ice Transits to the North Pole (1958–1959)

USS Nautilus, USS Skate and Early Submarine Under-Ice Transits to the North Pole (1958–1959)

  1. Nautilus becomes first nuclear-powered submarine

    Labels: USS Nautilus, nuclear submarine

  2. Skate commissioned as early U.S. nuclear attack sub

    Labels: USS Skate, attack submarine

  3. Nautilus departs on trans-Arctic under-ice mission

    Labels: USS Nautilus, trans-Arctic voyage

  4. Nautilus dives beneath Arctic ice near Point Barrow

    Labels: Point Barrow, under-ice transit

  5. Nautilus reaches the North Pole underwater

    Labels: USS Nautilus, North Pole

  6. Nautilus surfaces in the Greenland Sea

    Labels: Greenland Sea, USS Nautilus

  7. White House publicly announces Nautilus polar transit

    Labels: White House, public announcement

  8. Skate reaches the North Pole region under ice

    Labels: USS Skate, North Pole

  9. Explorer Hubert Wilkins dies before seeing goal met

    Labels: Hubert Wilkins, polar explorer

  10. Skate surfaces at the North Pole

    Labels: USS Skate, North Pole

  11. Skate conducts memorial ceremony for Hubert Wilkins

    Labels: Hubert Wilkins, memorial ceremony

  12. Early pole transits establish under-ice operations baseline

    Labels: under-ice operations, operational baseline