The Ice Diaries: The True Story of One of Mankind's Greatest Adventures
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The greatest undersea adventure of the 20th century.
The Ice Diaries tells the incredible true story of Captain William R. Anderson and his crew's harrowing top-secret mission aboard the USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear-powered submarine. Bristling with newly classified, never-before-published information and photos from the captain's personal collection, The Ice Diaries takes readers on a dangerous journey beneath the vast, unexplored Arctic ice cap during the height of the Cold War.
"Captain Anderson and the crew of the USS Nautilus exemplified daring and boldness in taking their boat beneath the Arctic ice to the North Pole. This expertly told story captures the drama, danger, and importance of that monumental achievement." ?Capt. Stanley D. M. Carpenter, Professor of Strategy and Policy, United States Naval War College
"Few maritime exploits in history have so startled the world as the silent, secret transpolar voyage of the U.S. Navy's nuclear submarine Nautilus, and none since the age of Columbus and Vasco da Gama has opened, in one bold stroke, so vast and forbidding an area of the seas." ?Paul O'Neil, Life magazine
Captain William R. Anderson
William Anderson graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1942 and served in the United States Navy from 1957 to 1962. He participated in 11 submarine combat patrols in the Pacific and was awarded the Bronze Star and other combat awards. Anderson was the commanding officer of the Nautilus, the first atomic submarine, from 1957 to 1959 and made the first transpolar voyage under ice. He also served as assistant to Vice Admiral H. G. Rickover; was a consultant to President Kennedy for the National Service Corps, 1963; and was elected to Congress. Before his death in 2007, he was a resident of Alexandria, Virginia.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Ice Diaries: The True Story of One of Mankind's Greatest Adventures by Captain William R. Anderson is an incredible, true story of man’s first exploration of the Arctic Ocean by submarine. The world’s first nuclear powered attack submarine, the USS Nautilus SSN-571, gave mankind a new nautical opportunity equal to the exploration of space. Nautilus was capable of diving below the ocean’s surface, and remaining there; limited only by the crew’s endurance, and food carried – an undersea version of the capsules shooting into space at that time.The book is a very well written account of those first voyages below the icecap at a time when sonar sensors were not as capable as they are today and a submarine slowly manoeuvring amongst the ice was in constant danger of being damaged or destroyed. If anything had gone wrong during those missions, the first sign to the rest of the world would only have come days later when nothing more was heard from the boat.The bravery shown by the USS Nautilus’s crew is almost beyond description, and thankfully, Captain Anderson has shared this adventure with us. I know most historians will recognize his name, and this title, but anyone who is not familiar with them, would do well to pick up this book. It is clearly written so anyone can understand what is taking place during this early visit to a very inhospitable region.