Arctic mission
Subtitle: by airship & submarine to the far north
By: by William F. Althoff.
Contributors: Lighter-Than-Air Institute.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Lighter-Than-Air Institute
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Auckland, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
Subjects: United States. Navy -- Aviation -- History.; Nautilus (Submarine : SSN-571); Airships -- United States.; Underwater exploration -- Arctic regions.; Arctic regions -- Aerial exploration.; Arctic regions -- Description and travel.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 280-287) and index.
In 1958, while the submarine Nautilus travelled under the North Pole the U.S. Navy flew an airship to the Arctic on a combined scientific and military exploratory mission to determine the feasibility of using blimps for Arctic research and their usefulness in anti-submarine warfare.
"Published for the Lighter-Than-Air Institute by Tiola Consolidated Limited"--T.p. verso.