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The book has plenty of drama from initial interactions with the eccentric nuclear power pioneer, admiral hyman rickover, to the... Read More
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Somewhere along there i was able to build a model of the ship.
It is written in an easily understood memoir style and even the technical aspects of the ship and her historical voyages are ex... Read More
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- This product had a total of 117 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 6 2020.
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I knew it was a big deal but i never had heard the details especially not the fact that the submarine made two failed attempts before achieving their goal
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The challenges of an arctic underice deployment as well as the political intrigue in the context of world events of the 50s were engaging
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Anderson’s story recalls the days of the cold war when the us feared the soviet union had surpassed our technical and industrial might with its launch of sputnik
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This book is important for the story it conveys not how it is conveyed
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This happened before i was born
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All about the men and submarine that was first to circumnavigate the polar ice cap
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I seriously dont know why this book hasnt been optioned as a movie yet not unlike apollo 13
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It has adventure political intrigue danger including a near disastrous fire and damage to the boat under the ice as well as telling an seldomly told tale of our navy pursuing true scientific exploration in the modern age