Arctic Mission: 90 North by Airship and Submarine

by William F. Althoff

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--for Americans, a national humiliation. The White House needed a success. Sailing under the direct orders of the Commander in Chief, the nuclear...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612510108
• ISBN13: 9781612510101
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.9" x 11.0"