Under the North Pole

Witness History

BBC

Personal Journals, Society & Culture, History

4.5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2019

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

In 1958 the nuclear submarine USS Nautilus travelled under the North Pole. Julian Bedford spoke to retired vice Admiral Kenneth Carr in 2012 about the mission spurred by the Cold War battle for technological supremacy.

Photo: The USS Nautilus arriving in the UK. Copyright: BBC

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0:00.0	Choosing what to watch night after night the flicking through the endless
0:06.8	searching is a nightmare we want to help you on our brand new podcast off the
0:11.8	telly we share what we've been watching
0:14.0	Cladie Aide.
0:16.0	Load to games, loads of fun, loads of screaming.
0:19.0	Lovely. Off the telly with me Joanna Paige.
0:21.0	And me, Natalie Cassidy, so your evenings can be a little less
0:24.9	searching and a lot more auction listen on BBC sounds. Now the Witness History Podcast from the BBC World Service with me Julian Bedford.
0:41.0	This podcast is a rebroadcast.
0:44.0	Today I'm taking you back to the 1950s,
0:47.0	and the first ever attempt by a nuclear-powered submarine
0:50.0	to make the journey between the Pacific
0:52.0	and Atlantic Oceans by traveling under the North Pole.
0:56.2	I spoke to one of the men on board the USS Nautilus, which first left Port in the summer
1:01.7	of 1958.
1:06.0	Only once the submarine is underway does the Captain William Anderson inform his crew of their mission.
1:11.0	This is the captain speaking.
1:14.0	I have on board a top secret operation order.
1:18.0	There are perhaps only about a dozen people in the country
1:22.0	who know about this plan.
1:25.0	Our mission is one of extreme importance to our country.
1:30.0	Our mission is to proceed to England by way of the North Pole.
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