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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, September 15, 1958

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Atomic submarine skate enlers Harbor at visitors were shown through the second to soft under Saga of the nuclear submarine skipper reveals details of Polar Jou strange encounters at top of the n by Don staff writer cmdr James the skates is greeted by Amory the when the navys atomic sub Marine slipped into the har Bor at this its skipper had a fascinating Story to Tell All about exploring a Little known underwater Mountain about going around the world in one hour and about surfacing Only to come fact once with a Polar the Black with its Crew of 85 men and 10 now on a Goodwill tour of european is the second sub Marine to pass under the North pole ice it also holds the worlds underwater having remained submerged 31 Kaiui Ppd with sound and measuring never previously the nuclear submarine ins contributed immensely to scientific research in one of the worlds Leas known in we came Back with More data than has Ever been gathered on a previous Polar said cmdr James tall and dark and with a powerful he kept his listeners entranced As he recounted the exploits of the the submarine just come in from the Netherlands and was greeted at Cher one of major Navy by ambassador Amory and French and Navy and diplomatic the skate Hail stopped briefly in Cher Bourg last but this was the first time bad been shown through the atomic first production Model of its to the Elensi Zeness of its Wilip there is a cup Arity for 30 it has depth special let equipment and other fittings that made the trip under the ice Cap who has underwater Miles to his is in command of his he previously spent two years with the atomic Energy leaving its Home base at new on july the skate travelled sub merged at Periscope depth All the Way to the ice a distance of about it then Dove to about 300 and september 1958 the stars and stripes m started directly toward the North there was no delay about going said started right in kept we were Able to judge thickness of the ice Wrath sounding in most places it 9 to 12 but there were spots where it reached a thickness of 45 during its first Day under the ice or after approximately 55 the surfaced for the first Thise acoustic instruments located a Small opening in ice t i stopped the submarine completely under the Hole and slowly carefully brought it to the Calvert one of the first things we saw As looked about was a Polar Bear that Mast have been As astounded nine scientists went out of the pack to collect then the skate again and made directly for the Calvert searched for another found one 40 Miles the earths northernmost surfacing Prodo eed a this happened to be the locution of Drift station a project of the International geophysical when you Ore up to the Arctic atm have a strange sensation of being Calvert to surface and find build in is All around seems really the Crew secured the skate to the and stayed at the station of 25 finding the isolated the skipper was a tremendous navigational feat on the part of his the skate was under the fee 10 Days and 14 hours and try Pici a Tance of nautical beneath the Arctic ice several it criss crossed the Limo Naor mysterious Range previously but never the skate went Back under the Tea pack on a second t rip hiring visit made what act Vert Calls fastest voyage Ever around Wedd about two Miles Distant it circled the a Dune be in one it  
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