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Senator Henry M. Jackson and Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rickover holding a block of ice from the North Pole brought back by the USS SKATE, in Jackson's office in Washington, D.C., August 29, 1962
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| Title | Senator Henry M. Jackson and Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rickover holding a block of ice from the North Pole brought back by the USS SKATE, in Jackson's office in Washington, D.C., August 29, 1962 |
| Photographer | United States. Navy |
| Date | 1962 |
| Notes | Stamped on verso: The nuclear-powered submarines, U.S.S. Skate, SSM-573 and the U.S.S. Seadragon SSN-584 surfaced at the North Pole after a historic rendezvous under the Polar ice pack on the 22nd of August 1962. The submarines surfaced together at the North Pole, carried out anti-submarine warfare exercises, collected scientific information, and established a new year-round submarine channel by exploring the passage through the Kennedy and Robeson Channel between Greenland and Ellesmere Island. The U.S.S. Skate of the Atlantic Fleet departed New London, Conn. on July 2, 1962 and the U.S.S. Seadragon of the Pacific Fleet departed Pearl harbor, Hawaii on July 12, 1962. |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Legislators--United States; Admirals--United States; Ice; Sofas |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Jackson, Henry M. (Henry Martin), 1912-1983; Rickover, Hyman George |
| Location Depicted | United States--Washington (D.C.) |
| Digital Collection | Henry M. Jackson Collection
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| Order Number | HMJ0576 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction-info Please cite the Order Number when ordering. |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Henry M. Jackson papers. Accession no. 3560-31, Box 6/8 |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Physical Description | Silver gelatin, b/w ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print or color slide using a Microtek ScanMaker 9800XL at 100-250 dpi in JPEG format, saved at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2007. |
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