US Navy Nuclear Submarine Cracks Polar Ice

During the rigorous training performed by hopeful fast-attack submarine crews from the United States Navy, the men and women learn absolutely everything there is to know about the vessel’s operations.

However, there is a particular skill that is not in the regular curriculum: how to surface a nuclear submarine through a heavy layer of ice.

In 2018, the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Hartford and the Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine USS Connecticut performed this visually stunning feat, and it was all caught on camera.

In the footage, both submarines are seen creasing through thick layers of ice, popping out while performing an exercise that has taken place for decades.

With the attention on the Arctic Ocean at an all-time high because of the melting ice caps, many institutions such as the US Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, are perfecting their ice-based procedures to ensure an efficient transition into a new world of operational possibilities in the most dangerous terrain in the world…

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