Need some Subsim expert input:

[akdavis]

Currently involved in a debate over whether or not the following photograph is accurately captioned:

Skate (SSN-578), surfaced at the North Pole, 17 March 1959. Image from NAVSOURCE

Can anyone confirm if this is actually an image of the Skate after surfacing at the geographic North Pole on March 17? There is a question over whether the photograph agrees with Calvert's description of the conditions that day in Surface at the Pole and with the position of the sun at that time of year at the North Pole. Is it possible that this image is either 1) of the Skate at the Pole on a different day, or 2) of the Skate at a different location in the Arctic.

Here is another photo also captioned as March 17, 1959:

Crew of the USS Skate during the memorial ceremony for Wilkins on March 17, 1959. Wilkins' ashes were scattered over the Arctic ice. Wilkins 35-5-4.

[Sledgehammer427]

Isn't the Ice on the northpole completely and utterly solid? I think the top one is them about to dive under the ice pack. or something like that

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by Sledgehammer427

Isn't the Ice on the northpole completely and utterly solid? I think the top one is them about to dive under the ice pack. or something like that

No there are lakes of liquid water in the ice pack called Polynyas.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynya

[mookiemookie]

My dad rode the Skate in the 60s!