At 11:15 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time on August 3, 1958, the Nautilus reached the Pole with more than 14,000 feet of water under her keel. Anderson announced the achievement with a countdown from ten and a moment of silence. The crew celebrated with a dinner of steak and French fries. "And just that swiftly, we were no longer headed north," Anderson would later write. "The bow of USS Nautilus was now heading away from the Pole, pointed due south." It was Anderson's little joke — from the Pole, everything is due south.
Caption: Anderson, conscious of the dangers inherent in the Nautilus's mission, didn't sleep much on the run to the Pole. Photo ca. 1958, Submarine Force Library and Museum.
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