I confirm the story about the USS Nautilus (at least it appears in print) I read the story in a issue of Naval History (great magazine) I know I have the issue somewhere but I can’t find it. It was a story about the first underice transit of the North Pole,every bit as important a event as Sputnick (probably more significant in the military sense).The transit didn’t happen the first time,they turned back twice before sucess.