5 April 2018 It may look easy, but surfacing a nuclear submarine in the Arctic requires careful preparation. Popular Mechanic story: A submarine bursting through the Arctic ice is a powerful image. But it’s not an easy one to pull… Read More »How the Navy Punches a Nuclear Sub Through Arctic Ice
19 April 2018 Royal Navy submarine HMS Trenchant has broken through the ice of the North Pole with two US submarines to bring Ice Exercise 2018 to an end. A few weeks after punching through the ice off Alaska, the… Read More »Submarine HMS Trenchant breaks through the ice of the North Pole
Arctic Submarine Laboratory at www.csp.navy.mil/asl/ The Navy’s Arctic Submarine Laboratory (ASL) is a Fleet Support Detachment of Commander, Submarine Forces U.S. Pacific Fleet (COMSUBPAC). ASL is the “Center of Excellence” for arctic matters for the U.S. submarine force. ASL… Read More »Arctic Submarine Laboratory
ARCTIC SUBMARINE LABORATORY – Collections of Photographs https://www.sublant.usff.navy.mil/Press-Room/Photo-Gallery/
Arctic Mission 90 North by Airship and Submarine by William F. Althoff Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, 2011 An account of the US Navy’s work in the Arctic in 1958 telling the story of the USS Nautilus but also flights by… Read More »Arctic Mission
Surface at the Pole, Commander James Calvert, USN (1961) The story of the USS Skate.
Submarines Under Ice, The U.S. Navy’s Polar Operations, Marion D. Williams (1998)
Unknown Waters, Alfred S. McLaren (2008) A First-Hand Account of the Historic Under-Ice Survey of the Siberian Continental Shelf by USS Queenfish (SSN-651)
The Ice Diaries, Captain William R. Anderson (2008) The Untold Story of the USS Nautilus and the Cold War’s Most Daring Mission.
A bibliography of books, articles and websites with information pertaining to Arctic submarine operations.Read More »Arctic Submarine Operations Bibliography
