Comments on: Diving Under Ice to Solve Polar Mysteries (Jul, 1931) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/09/02/diving-under-ice-to-solve-polar-mysteries/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:33:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Tormod http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/09/02/diving-under-ice-to-solve-polar-mysteries/comment-page-1/#comment-1071487 Tormod Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:37:12 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8150#comment-1071487 Wilkins' Nautilus was sunk an found its final resting place on the seabed at 300meters (approx 900 feet) depth just a couple of miles from where I live. It was sunk by Wilkins in the Byfjord in Bergen Norway. I have actually seen the wreck myself when testing a Remote Operated Vehicle in 1984. Today the Nautilus is a popular site for training ROV pilots involved in offshore oil and gas activity in the North sea. Regards Tormod Wilkins’ Nautilus was sunk an found its final resting place on the seabed at 300meters (approx 900 feet) depth just a couple of miles from where I live. It was sunk by Wilkins in the Byfjord in Bergen Norway. I have actually seen the wreck myself when testing a Remote Operated Vehicle in 1984. Today the Nautilus is a popular site for training ROV pilots involved in offshore oil and gas activity in the North sea.
Regards
Tormod

]]> By: rick http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/09/02/diving-under-ice-to-solve-polar-mysteries/comment-page-1/#comment-1070998 rick Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:39:36 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8150#comment-1070998 I used to live in Groton, CT, where the Electric Boat company builds nuclear subs. The Navy base is nearby and we could watch the subs coming and going. Nearby is the Navy's submarine museum where the real Nautilus is berthed and on public display. We used to take our out of town visiting friends aboard it. The log book (or maybe it's just a copy of it) is on display in a glass case in the control room and open to the historic page where the captain noted "Nautilus 90 north". There's also a mannequin of the captain looking through the periscope . . . a bit kitchy to say the least but otherwise it's a must see if you are in the area. And since the Navy runs it, it is free to the public . . . at leas it used to be when we lived there in the 80s. Rick I used to live in Groton, CT, where the Electric Boat company builds nuclear subs. The Navy base is nearby and we could watch the subs coming and going. Nearby is the Navy’s submarine museum where the real Nautilus is berthed and on public display. We used to take our out of town visiting friends aboard it. The log book (or maybe it’s just a copy of it) is on display in a glass case in the control room and open to the historic page where the captain noted “Nautilus 90 north”. There’s also a mannequin of the captain looking through the periscope . . . a bit kitchy to say the least but otherwise it’s a must see if you are in the area. And since the Navy runs it, it is free to the public . . . at leas it used to be when we lived there in the 80s.

Rick

]]> By: TomB http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/09/02/diving-under-ice-to-solve-polar-mysteries/comment-page-1/#comment-1070996 TomB Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:13:47 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8150#comment-1070996 Sorry, the link I posted is from Nauilus '54, not the one from the article. Sorry, the link I posted is from Nauilus ’54, not the one from the article.

]]> By: TomB http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/09/02/diving-under-ice-to-solve-polar-mysteries/comment-page-1/#comment-1070995 TomB Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:12:14 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8150#comment-1070995 Of course, it could be a foregone conclusion. I mean, once Jules Verne "invented" the first one, it seems like you've gotta have a submarine named "Nautilus" no matter what. http://eisenhower.archives.gov/Research/Digital_Documents/Nautilus/Program.pdf Is a cool comemoration of the launching, and yes, it mentions Verne. Of course it also mention's Fulton's "Nautilus" from 1800. Of course, it could be a foregone conclusion. I mean, once Jules Verne “invented” the first one, it seems like you’ve gotta have a submarine named “Nautilus” no matter what.

http://eisenhower.archives.gov.....rogram.pdf

Is a cool comemoration of the launching, and yes, it mentions Verne. Of course it also mention’s Fulton’s “Nautilus” from 1800.

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/09/02/diving-under-ice-to-solve-polar-mysteries/comment-page-1/#comment-1070977 Firebrand38 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:51:21 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8150#comment-1070977 rick: Yeah, <em>spooky!</em> They must have used a Ouija board or maybe they all just read 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. rick: Yeah, spooky! They must have used a Ouija board or maybe they all just read 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.

]]> By: rick http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/09/02/diving-under-ice-to-solve-polar-mysteries/comment-page-1/#comment-1070974 rick Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:04:56 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8150#comment-1070974 Spooky that they named it the Nautilus. That was the first sub to actually do it. It was also the first nuclear powered boat. Rick Spooky that they named it the Nautilus. That was the first sub to actually do it. It was also the first nuclear powered boat.

Rick

]]> By: TomB http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/09/02/diving-under-ice-to-solve-polar-mysteries/comment-page-1/#comment-1070971 TomB Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:09:46 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8150#comment-1070971 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_O-12_(SS-73) for details on what happened to the expedition. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_O-12_(SS-73) for details on what happened to the expedition.

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