To the poles

Very nice, GM.  

Funny Guy.,,

I really thought about that, including mounting the sub upside down and then flipping the photos. But I can't bring myself to drill a 3/16" diameter hole in the topsides! Figure its gliding over a submerged iceberg, Fred.

Nice.  But shouldn't that ice be over the top?  :)

Here's my model of SSN 571 Nautilus. It's the Blue Ridge resin kit in 1/350.

First of all, I think this is one of the most beautiful ships ever designed. I love her lines.

Blue Ridge has done a fantastic job, too.

It's a little earlier than her transit of the North pole in 1958. The limber holes had been plated over by then and the sail had a rounded cover. But who's to complain, close enough and they give you those detailed comments.

Searching my stash for the pine island now. Will post to this thread my progress as time allows

GM, you are a fountain of knowledge. Thank you.

Henryk Arctowski (great name)

Member of the Belgian expedition to Antarctica in 1898-1899; the first expedition to spend the winter in the ice. The ship was the Belgica. Like the Terra Nova and others, a converted steam/ sail whaler. Finding kits of these is pretty hard. So far I have the Pourquois Pas and the Discovery.

Marek Kamiński- first to walk to both poles solo and unsupported, 1995.

Jan Mela- double amputee to both poles in 2005-2006 at the ages of 15 and 16, accompanied by Kamiński, Wojciech Ostrowski and Wojciech Moskal.

Have any Poles been to the poles?

littletimmy

GM  You mentioned the Pine Island. Could you expand a little on her role in the pole exploration?  I have an old Revell kit that this might make me finish.

Here's a couple of links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Highjump

http://www.south-pole.com/p0000153.htm

There's a very moving, tragic and yet interesting story about a Mariner callsign George 1.

The Revell kit can be significantly upgraded with a PE set that GMM sells. It's a generic sheet called "1/400 US Navy" or something like that. It covers other kits as well, including a great selection of radar antennas, but it has everything you'd ever need from railing to boat cranes to new props for the Mariner.

I found that the flat bottom was close enough to her actual freeboard that I set her on a base and made a little diorama of an aircraft recovery operation.

Highly reccommended.

The USS Pine Island was part of the Operation "High Jump" task force in 1946-47. It carried an early Sikorsky helo, a SOC-3 float plane and three PBM Mariners. It's mission was a survey from the air  of the Antarctic for possible establishment of a scientific base.

GM  You mentioned the Pine Island. Could you expand a little on her role in the pole exploration?  I have an old Revell kit that this might make me finish.

Certainly better than a nice chianti, but really, what goes well with canine?

Interesting project, by the way!

Cheers!

Helps wash down dog, I assume.

The whiskey would have been the first of the provisions to exhaust, I would think. Private stash?

Shameless bump.

The three cases of MacKinlay's single malt that were found under the floor of Shackleton's little hut on Cape Royd, were returned to Antarctica this month.

But not until after the distiller took a syringe draw out of one of them and recreated the brew. It will be a while until another 15 year batch is sold, but pre-conscriptions are going to a fund to support preservation of the antarctic period of exploration.

Nautilus 90 N!!

Just read that part in the book. Hadn't been able to put it down all morning- skipped the turkey sandwiches.

This is a great story, worth reading in any of it's versions.

I've got a few good trivia questions out of it too, if I ever get the conn back.

No kidding??

Interesting fact   Canadian beer cases hand holes are big enough  for hands with mittens on to fit in!

Take off, eh?

Say "Hi!" to Bob and Doug when you get there.

www.youtube.com/watch

You may find some interesting shots of the sealift for the DEW line construction in the "Great White North" here.

Bon Voyage! Don't forget to wear your sealskins.