Abstract
“Exploration of Extreme Underwater Environments” briefly recounts the highlights of the author’s experiences during the exploration of an extreme underwater environment: As commander of the nuclear attack submarine, USS Queenfish (SSN 651) during the historic first survey of 5,200 km of the entire uncharted, sea-ice covered, Siberian Continental Shelf during the summer of 1970.
Highlights
In this article I will discuss one of several voyages of exploration and scientific discovery in extreme undersea environments that have spanned a major part of my life, of which more than five and a half years have been spent under water, completely divorced from the outside atmosphere
For centuries preceding the beginning of the 20th, there existed a wide range of unfounded ideas as to how best to achieve the North Pole and what one might find when one got there
In the late 17th century, for example, it was believed that the Arctic Ocean and North Pole were surrounded by as-yet-undiscovered, inhabited landmasses and a temperate climate
Summary
“Exploration of Extreme Underwater Environments” briefly recounts the highlights of the author’s experiences during the exploration of an extreme underwater environment: As commander of the nuclear attack submarine, USS Queenfish (SSN 651) during the historic first survey of 5,200 km of the entire uncharted, sea-ice covered, Siberian Continental Shelf during the summer of 1970. Keywords : USS Queenfish (SSN 651); Siberian Shelf; Chukchi Sea; Laptev Sea; East Siberian Sea; Arctic Ocean; Undersea Exploration; Captain Alfred S. We know much less about the world’s deep ocean than we do about outer space. In this article I will discuss one of several voyages of exploration and scientific discovery in extreme undersea environments that have spanned a major part of my life, of which more than five and a half years have been spent under water, completely divorced from the outside atmosphere.
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