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Nautilus slides under the North Pole, unseen and unstoppable
Ninety-six hours under the ice and 1,590 nautical miles later, the submarine surfaces northeast of Greenland.
Weeks after Sputnik crossed American skies unchallenged, Eisenhower wanted a different kind of proof that the United States could still lead. On July 23, 1958, USS Nautilus set a course northward from Pearl Harbor and pushed into the Arctic Ocean. At 11:15 p.m. EDT on August 3, Commander William R. Anderson's crew passed beneath the geographic North Pole, submerged the entire way. Four days later, the boat surfaced northeast of Greenland, having traveled 1,590 nautical miles under the ice…
