Skate Breakthrough at the North Pole

[Talyn]

During her second polar cruise, the USS Skate (SSN-578) traveled over 5,000 miles in the Arctic Ocean.

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This nuclear-powered submarine surfaced through the ice at the North Pole and deposited there, with appropriate ceremony, the ashes of the late Arctic explorer, Sir Huber Wilkins. Her navigator describes her as the first nuclear-powered ice pick.

Skate Breakthrough At The North Pole

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[Cedric]

As a kid I read a paperback covering the adventures of the Skate. IIRC, there were a series of young people's books covering many history topics. Skate was one of them.