Unknown Waters: A First-Hand Account of the Historic Under-Ice Survey of the Siberian Continental Shelf by USS Queenfish (Ssn-651)

by Alfred S. McLaren

Charting the Siberian continental shelf during the height of the Cold War
Unknown Waters tells the story of the brave officers and men of the nuclear attack submarine USS Queenfish (SSN-651), who made the first survey of an extremely important and remote region of the Arctic Ocean. The unpredictability of deep-draft sea ice, shallow water, and possible Soviet discovery, all played a dramatic part in this fascinating 1970...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081735977X
• ISBN13: 9780817359775
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.4"