Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-09
U. S. Military Advance
Seen in Nautilus Cruise

London Conn home base in
April for Seattle via the Pana-
ma Canal and on June 8 headed
for the Aleutians to explore
ice conditions. Then it was at
Pearl Harbor about three weeks
while Navy planes few over the
Arctic checking on ice con-
ditions.
Leaving Pearl Harbor. Comdr.
Anderson said the Nautilus
cruised rapidly under the ocean
to the Boring Straight area at
an average speed of about 20
knots. From the Boring Sea,
he said, the submarine went
up to the edge of the Arctic
ice pack, and made its longest
surfacing of the whole cruise
to look for the best route
through the ice.
Asked if he had any indica-
tons that the Russians spotted
the Nautilus while in the Boring
Strait close to Soviet Siberia,
the commander said, Il would
be extremely surprised If they
did"
He explained that in that
area he brought the submarine
up to periscope depth only
once and sent up his radar for
about 80 seconds for a naviga-
tional check-"and then we
were on our way"
116 Men at the Pole
1t was at 8:37 am. EDIT on
August Ia week ago yester-
day that the Nautilus went
under the Arctic ice pack of
Point Barrow. Alaska, through
what is known as the Barrow
Sea Valley, an undersea de-
preston that leads into the
Arctic basin.
At 1l:15 pm. EDT Sunday,
the Nautilus passed under the
North Pole. Her 116 men made
the largest number of persons
ever assembled at the Pole at
one time.
The submarine emerged from
the ice pack last Tuesday
morning and arrived of Ice
land at II o'clock Thursday
night. Fifteen minutes later, Is
miles off the southwest corner
of Iceland, a helicopter arrived
overhead and hoisted Comdr.
Anderson from the submarine.
Message From President
Capt. E. P. Aurand. the Pres
ident's naval aide, was aboard
the helicopter. He dropped the
Nautilus a message from the
President saying:
Congratulations on a magni-
f1cent achievement. Well done. !"
The helicopter lifted Comdr
Anderson and Capt. Aurand to
a transport plane at Kefiavik,
Iceland, which took off for
Washington at 11:45 pm. They
reached the White House at
HAS am. yesterday. After
lunch with Capt. Aurand there,
Comdr. Anderson reported to
the President and walked with
him to the White House con-
ference room to receive his
Legion Of Merit and tell his
story.
Didn't Stop TO Look Around
The Nautilus commander
said he found many water
openings in the ice cap but did
not pause to surface and in
vestigate them because I'VE
were in a hurry"
He explained that the hurry
was to facilitate accurate ma
vigation. A minimum number
of turns, changes of speed, etc.,
facilitates the accuracy of ma
vigation considerably, he ex-
planned.
knowing what we do now,
we would make the voyage in
a much more relaxed fashion,
he said.
Comdr. Anderson said there
were no charts for the Arctic
basin-that he had no definite
assurance. for instance. that
some vast undersea mountain
range wasn't there to block his
way.
He said he wanted to bras
some about his navigators. 81
really think this was the mos
remarkable job of ship naviga
ton ever DONE" the COM
mander said.
Travelling under the ice gave
no opportunity to observe any.
thing outside, like stars OF
| a n d marks for navigationa
checks. And there was no op.
portunity for electronic navi.
cation presumably radio fixes)
he said.
He remarked wryly that with
conventional equipment a ship.
navigator could easily get con.
fused and go in circles around
the North Pole.
The navigation and opera.
tons officer on the Nautilus il
1t. Shepherd NJ. jerks. 81. sor
Of Mrs. Frances P. jerks, 9
former resident of the Hamil.
ton Arms, 1882 Thirty-flrst
street NV.
Comdr. Anderson said tho
Nautilus has superb" naviga-