Witness History
Witness History
Under the North Pole
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August 6, 2019
10 minutes
Available for over a year
In 1958 the nuclear submarine USS Nautilus travelled under the North Pole. Julian Bedford spoke to retired vice Admiral Kenneth Carr in 2012 about the mission spurred by the Cold War battle for technological supremacy.
Photo: The USS Nautilus arriving in the UK. Copyright: BBC