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.

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 v...

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Main Author: McLaren, Alfred Scott
Other title:Firsthand account of the historic under-ice survey of the Siberian continental shelf by USS Queenfish.
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Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, ©2008.
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