Arctic Ocean Timeline of Events

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Arctic Ocean

The Arctic Ocean, located in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Arctic north polar region, is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five major oceanic divisions...

Timeline of Events

1881

6.13.1881

The USS ''Jeannette'' is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.

1934

2.13.1934

The Soviet steamship ''Cheliuskin'' sinks in the Arctic Ocean.

1937

5.21.1937

A Soviet station becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean.

1958

8.3.1958

The nuclear submarine USS Nautilus travels beneath the Arctic ice cap.