The dramatic ^' acc^of^f the first atomic - ~ * Sack by .;v r* ^v. t >vith CLAY bIaI^, Jr -^^</. 'i-^^r:^^z ^v^^V "AH hands. V ^-:r' This is the Captain speaking. Our destination for this trip is Portland, England, via the North Pole . . . From the dark waters of Puget Sound, Nautilus headed north toward the achievement of two historic goals—pierc- ing the Pole and the completion of the first transpolar voyage from the Pacific totheAtlantic. Intricatepreparations car- ried out under strictest secrecy behind them, the crew learned for the first time that the previously announced trip to Panama was a snare and a delusion. The response was superb. Cracked Robert E. Simonini: "I knew there was some reason I saved those two British pounds." Skipper of the Nautilus, Commander Anderson re-creates vividly life aboard thesubmarine,thesuspenseofTopSecret orders, the human and humorous inci- dents that passed the time of the crew, and the unparalleled adventure of the first probe when Nautilus came within 180 miles of the North Pole and fulfilled the Jules Verne dream in steaming its 20,000th league under the sea. He shares with the reader the excitement ani ten- (continued on back flap) — •'IW\^i"." "-*«.» \'' ''-/ ^, -^^-^-'^^'i:^}^^f^^s^-07M'''M >VJ''^C'N> C H U K C H I 5 £ A VVIC^--./rO-^-"\^ - ^ 'V V^v" - \^ ''" ""^kM^rM^ A L A 5 K A ,jf»-.^ \ioiz.zhvz/ Il?'-^ /^mce NOYVML^ Morton. Sound :> Bristol Bay € 359.32 1319 A552n XI 10 Archbishop Mittv^tf%h School Avenue ose, California RULES 1. Books may be kept two weeks and may be re- newed once for the same '^'^'''gj^^py 7-day books and ma""-'^-;,..aTSHOP mi^^^^^^ 2. rgedoneach book ^ 3above rule. No br ring such a 2540 fine ur t a 3. i _^^u^s,oeyondreasonablewear,and all lossesshall be made goodtothe satisfaction of the Librarian. 4. Each borrower is held responsible for all books drawn on hiscardandforallfinesaccruingonthesame. 5M 3-21-66 3S^. 3 NAUTILUS NORTH 90 NAUTILUS 90 NORTH by Commander William R. Anderson, U.S.N. WITH CLAY BLAIR, JR. Photographs by John Krawczyk, US.N. THE WORLD PUBLISHING COMPANY CLEVELAND AND NEW YORK mm Hm ARCHBISHOP sami mLIBmRARV 5000 AVENUE SAN JdSE, CAUFDftWA 9S12I PUBLISHED by The World Publishing Company 2231 West iioth Street, Cleveland 2, Ohio PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY IN CANADA BY Nelson, Foster & Scott Ltd. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: S9-66$6 All photographs in this book are official U. S. Navy photos. 11HC666 © Copyright 1959 by William R. Anderson and Clay Blair, Jr. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher ex- cept for brief passages included in a review appearing in a news- paper or magazine. Printed in the United States of America. . 11 1319 Contents 1. "Execute Operation Sunshine^^ ii A 2. Difficult Interview 17 A"Hero"inNRB 3. 31 4. An Unknown Quantity 41 5. A Great Ship—An Extraordinary Crew 51 6. Final Preparations 61 7. The Journey North 71 8. Probing the Unknown 81 9. Compass Trouble 91 A 10. Conference at the White House 10 11 Double Talk and Frenzied Preparations 11 . 1 CONTENTS Omens 12. Ill 121 13. Pins and Needles 133 14. Toward the Pole 143 A 15. Closed Door 151 A 16. Narrow Escape 159 A 17. Painful Retreat 169 18. "The Reluctant Dragon" 179 tp. Record Run North 191 20. Searching for an Expressway 201 21 *Tan-damn-tastic" 211 22. Piercing the Pole 221 23. "Nautilus 90 North" 229 PERSONNEL ABOARD THE NAUTILUS 24 INDEX 245