Boats - Sailing - Ships
Aug. 08, 1958 - Master Captich. The USS Skatt (SSN-578), the second United States submarine to reach the north pole has conducted underwater studies in the Artic Ocean. The Nuclear Powered Submarine spent 30 days 14 hours, and traveled a total of 2, 405 miles under the pack ice. She surfaced nine times during this period as she followed her ZIG-ZAG parth at the tio of the world. One of the skates daily surfaces has near the intermanned by 20 ('illegible'). Scientific research in the Arctic Watching that periscope come slowly up in the center of out little lake was the Earliest experience i have ever had in my life, said Majot Josmpe. P Billotta, USAF, Station Alpha Commander, Skate Maneuvered in an area North of 80 degrees and visited the pole a second time on August 17. Six days after her original visit there
