Introduction to the Nautilus Polar Expedition of 1931 Sir Hubert Wilkins, Commander History of the Nautilus Expedition The Nautilus submarine Arthur Blumberg, Chief Electrician The crew of the Nautilus Reaching the pole

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Crew members in the engine room of the Nautilus
Crew members in the engine room of the Nautilus
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Links to related sites

U.S. Navy Arctic Submarine Laboratory
http://www.csp.navy.mil/asl/
  Includes more photographs of the Nautilus and its successors
The Papers of Sir George Hubert Wilkins at Ohio State University
http://www.lib.ohio-state.edu/arvweb/polar/wilkins/wilkins.htm
  Papers of the Commander of the Nautilus
U.S.S. Nautilus (SSN-571), Groton, Connecticut
http://www.ussnautilus.org
  Home of the latter day Nautilus