Title Unknown waters : a firsthand account of the historic under-ice survey of the Siberian continental shelf by USS Queenfish (SSN-651) / Alfred S. McLaren ; with a foreword by William R. Anderson.

Publication Info.	Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, [2008]
	©2008

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Description	1 online resource (xxii, 243 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-232) and index.
Note	Print version record.
Contents	List of Illustrations; Foreword by Captain William R. Anderson, U.S. Navy (Ret.); Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Man Overboard!; 2. Becoming a Submarine Officer; 3. The Advent of the True Arctic Submarine; 4. Construction and Commissioning of USS Queenfish (SSN-651); 5. The First Arctic Test of Queenfish: The Davis Strait Marginal Sea-Ice Operation; 6. Prospective Commanding Officer Training for Submarine Command; 7. Taking Command of Queenfish; 8. Mission Underway: En Route to the Arctic at Last; 9. A Brief on the Arctic Ocean and Siberian Continental Shelf.
Summary	Tells the story of the brave officers and crew of the nuclear submarine USS Queenfish (SSN-651), who made the first survey of the remote and important Arctic Ocean region. The unpredictability of floating sea ice, shallow waters, and possible Soviet discovery, all play a dramatic part in this 1970 voyage.
Subject	McLaren, Alfred Scott.
	Queenfish (Submarine)
	McLaren, Alfred Scott. (OCoLC)fst01492704
	Queenfish (Submarine) (OCoLC)fst01681919
	Continental shelf -- Arctic regions.
	Continental shelf -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia.
	Underwater exploration -- Arctic Ocean.
	Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- American.
	TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
	TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Marine & Naval.
	Continental shelf. (OCoLC)fst00876676
	Discovery and exploration, American. (OCoLC)fst01352743
	Underwater exploration. (OCoLC)fst01161098
	Arctic Ocean. (OCoLC)fst01240224
	Arctic Regions. (OCoLC)fst01240227
	Russia (Federation) -- Siberia. (OCoLC)fst01243666
Added Title	Firsthand account of the historic under-ice survey of the Siberian continental shelf by USS Queenfish
Other Form:	Print version: McLaren, Alfred Scott. Unknown waters. Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, ©2008 9780817316020 (DLC) 2007032113 (OCoLC)163594057
ISBN	9780817380069 (electronic)
	081738006X (electronic)

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