Submarine USS Connecticut Smashes Thru the Arctic Ice

USS Connecticut -- the U.S. Navy submarine USS Connecticut surfaces through the Arctic Ice. The Virginia-class submarine USS New Hampshire (SSN 778) and the Seawolf-class submarine USS Connecticut (SSN 22) participated in Ice Exercise 2011 (ICEX-2011) in the Arctic Ocean, March 2011. The ICEX exercise was managed by the U.S. Navy's Arctic Submarine Laboratory located aboard Naval Base Point Loma San Diego. A temporary tracking range will be built into the ice flow at the Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station (APLIS) North of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. The camp was constructed and operated especially for ICEX, by the University of Washington's Applied Physics Laboratory, and members of the U.S., Canadian, and British navies. Attribution: Courtesy U.S Navy, source "U.S. Navy Sub Surfaces At Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station during ICEX 2011", Creative Commons CC BY license. U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Andrew Breese / Released. U.S. Navy Submarine Surfaces Through the Arctic Ice (USS Connecticut) .