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Operation Blue Nose
Operation Blue Nose was a 1947 U.S. Navy, U.S. Naval mission to explore under the Polar ice cap in the Chukchi Sea in the Arctic using submarines. The operation consisted of the submarines USS Boarfish (SS-327), USS BOARFISH (SS-327), USS Caiman (SS-323), USS CAIMAN (SS-323), and USS Cabezon (SS-334), USS CABEZON (SS-334), and submarine tender USS Nereus (AS-17), USS NEREUS (AS-17) took part in CTG 17.3. Operation Blue Nose operated under-ice in the Chukchi Sea were under the command of Allan Rockwell McCann, RADM Allan R. McCann, Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific or COMSUBPAC. USS BOARFISH was the flag ship and was specially equipped and trained in the U.S. Navy's effort to explore and develop submarine under-ice operational capability in the harsh arctic environment. Special sonar developed by the Arctic Submarine Laboratory was installed on USS BOARFISH. Waldo K. Lyon, Dr. Waldo K. Lyon, ASL founder was on board to operate the sonar and to conduct other testing for the op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polar Ice Cap
A polar ice cap or polar cap is a high-latitude region of a planet, dwarf planet, or natural satellite that is covered in ice. There are no requirements with respect to size or composition for a body of ice to be termed a polar ice cap, nor any geological requirement for it to be over land, but only that it must be a body of solid phase matter in the polar region. This causes the term "polar ice cap" to be something of a misnomer, as the term ice cap itself is applied more narrowly to bodies that are over land, and cover less than 50,000 km2: larger bodies are referred to as ice sheets. The composition of the ice will vary. For example, Earth's polar caps are mainly water ice, whereas Mars's polar ice caps are a mixture of solid carbon dioxide and water ice. Polar ice caps form because high-latitude regions receive less energy in the form of solar radiation from the Sun than equatorial regions, resulting in lower surface temperatures. Earth's polar caps have changed d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
