History Today: When USS Nautilus became the first submarine to travel under the North Pole
US nuclear submarine, USS Nautilus (SSN‑571), became the first vessel to cross the North Pole fully submerged on August 3, 1958. It was the world's first operational nuclear-powered submarine. Codenamed Operation Sunshine, the mission aimed to test the feasibility of navigating beneath the polar ice cap
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