New
York Times: A new book, "
Unknown
Waters," recounts the 1970 voyage of a submarine, the
Queenfish, on a pioneering dive beneath the ice pack to map the
Siberian continental shelf. The United States did so as part of
a clandestine effort to prepare for Arctic submarine operations
and to win any military showdown with the Soviet Union.In great
secrecy, moving as quietly as possible below treacherous ice,
the Queenfish, under the command of Alfred S. McLaren, mapped
thousands of miles of previously uncharted seabed in search of
safe submarine routes. New York Times reporter
William
J. Broad talks to McLaren about his year-long voyage and
the dangers of submarining under the Arctic pack ice.
Related links
Scientist
at work: Alfred McLaren; Explorer of Arctic Depths Plans
Another Trip North (New York Times October 29, 2002)
