Surface at the Pole
- Author James Calvert
- Narrator Tom Perkins
- Publisher Tantor Media, Inc
- Run Time 7 hours and 31 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre History, History of other geographical groupings and regions, Military history, Naval forces and warfare, Shipbuilding technology, engineering and trades, Ships and boats: general interest, Society and Social Sciences, Transport: general interest.
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Under the guidance of James Calvert this nuclear submarine had navigated through polar ice packs, braved atrociously cold conditions, and broken through layers of thick ice to arrive at their destination; the northernmost point of the world.
This mission, however, was not just about completing a seemingly impossibly feat of Arctic exploration. It also had huge implications for military strategy during the height of the Cold War. Now that submarines were able to travel under and break through the ice, it gave the US military the capability of being avoid detection under the ice while being able to launch their Polaris missiles from points far closer to the Soviet Union.
James Calvert's remarkable account of his two voyages to the Arctic with the USS Skate provides vivid insight into life in a nuclear submarine and how these men were able to complete this treacherous mission.
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