“a pointed letter from Senator Henry M. “Scoop” Jackson, from Washington State, a very powerful member of Congress and one who took special interest in military matters. Jackson had just returned from an Arctic tour with the air force and he got an idea while he was up there, surveying the intimidating ice pack. Would it be feasible, the senator wondered in his correspondence, to operate a nuclear-powered submarine beneath the ice?””
The Ice Diaries: The Untold Story of the USS Nautilus and the Cold War's Most Daring Mission
