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Old 8th May 2019, 08:21
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Gauges and Dials
 
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Originally Posted by judge.oversteer
How on earth (sorry for the pun) did the USS Nautilus manage to do it so accurately all those years ago?
Remember, they were underneath the polar icecap.
Just asking.
JO.
Getting to the pole is easy, just keep steering 000 True. ;-)
There's a tiny bit on the navigation here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Na...the_North_Pole
More detail here: https://www.ion.org/publications/abs...ticleID=101690

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