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World Service,01 Aug 2012,9 mins

USS Nautilus: Under the North Pole

Witness History

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In 1958, the nuclear submarine USS Nautilus travelled under the Arctic icecap to the North Pole. Admiral Ken Carr remembers a mission spurred by the Cold War battle for technological supremacy. (Image: the USS Nautilus)

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