Artic Mission recounts two concurrent Navy Department penetrations of the Arctic in 1958, one an unclassified project, the other absolutely secret. The Cold War posed alarm and threat; amid its urgencies, the International Geophysical Year of 1957-58 was underway. Sputnik had opened the Space Age which was a national humiliation for Americans, and so the White House needed a success. Sailing under the direct orders of the Commander in Chief, the nuclear submarine Nautilus would, if successful, reaffirm U.S. technological ...
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Artic Mission recounts two concurrent Navy Department penetrations of the Arctic in 1958, one an unclassified project, the other absolutely secret. The Cold War posed alarm and threat; amid its urgencies, the International Geophysical Year of 1957-58 was underway. Sputnik had opened the Space Age which was a national humiliation for Americans, and so the White House needed a success. Sailing under the direct orders of the Commander in Chief, the nuclear submarine Nautilus would, if successful, reaffirm U.S. technological prowess with a stupendous demonstration; an under-ice transit of the Arctic Basin via the North Pole. The airship's unclassified mission was an Office of Naval Research project, with the objective to assess the suitability of non-rigid airships for support of field parties deployed throughout the North, ashore and afloat. That August, BUNO 126719 crossed the Arctic Circle, the sole military airship ever to do so, en route to rendezvous with a U.S. Air Force ice-rafted camp in the Arctic Ocean. As"719" pressed north, Nautilus pierced the geographic pole, then without changing course logged the first-ever transit of the deep-ocean Arctic, Pacific to Atlantic. Based on interviews and correspondence with dozens of participants, and on Navy Department reports, the work presents first-hand material throughout, and is a distinct contribution to naval literature. About the Author William F. Althoff, an environmental geologist by profession, has published extensively in technical and history-related journals. During 1999-2000, he was Ramsey Fellow in Naval Aviation History at the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.
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Great story about the emerging new technology of Cold War and the old technology striving to hang on and be relevant to our National Defense. Growing up the 50's I remember well our national pride in the USS Nautilus and her crew on their historic mission under the polar ice. It wasn't until my son joined the Lighter than Air industry as a design engineer did I learn about the Navy's other mission to the North Pole in 1958. I served in Naval aviation during the Vietnam War and had been assigned to bases that at one time had operated airships, but had never heard the story about the blimp that flew to the Arctic. It was a great trip down memory lane for me and a story that should not be forgotten.
