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USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571) made first submerged polar transit from
Point Barrow, Alaska to Greenland Sea, traveling 1,830 miles under ice.
Crossed the Geographical North Pole on 03 AUG 1958 at 1915
05 AUG 1958
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USS Nautilus made first submerged polar transit from Point Barrow, Alaska to Greenland Sea, traveling 1,830 miles under ice. Crossed the Geographical North Pole on August 3, 1958 at 7:15 P.M.

 

From "Nuclear Powered Submarines", November 1964, United States Atomic Energy Commision/Division of Technical Information

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