Story by Public Affairs Office | Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport | 05.06.2022
A recent three-week work assignment led a group of Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport employees to the top of the world on a grueling, productive and rewarding adventure. In early March 2022, the teams began their journey to the Arctic Circle, more specifically, U.S. Navy Ice Camp Queenfish as part of the Navy’s biennial Ice Exercise (ICEX) ......
Story by Lt. Seth Koenig | Commander, Submarine Force Atlantic | 03.09.2022
The Hon. Meredith Berger, Performing the Duties of Under Secretary of the Navy, visited the U.S. Navy’s Ice Camp Queenfish, built on a sheet of Arctic ice floating 160 nautical miles offshore, and the Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Illinois (SSN 786) on March 5-7 to observe Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2022....
Story by Lt. Seth Koenig | Commander, Submarine Force Atlantic | 02.28.2022
For U.S. Navy Sailors living on a sheet of floating ice in the Arctic Ocean, the weather is perhaps their most dangerous enemy. Windchill temperatures can plummet to -60 degrees Fahrenheit, which can freeze exposed skin within minutes. The ice under the Sailors’ tents can crack, risking a fall into the perilously cold seas below. And the winds and currents can carry the entire floating ice......
Story by Lt. Seth Koenig | Commander, Submarine Force Atlantic | 02.28.2022
Joining U.S. military forces at Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2022 are personnel from the Royal Canadian Air Force and Navy, as well as the United Kingdom Royal Navy....
Story by Lt. Seth Koenig | Commander, Submarine Force Atlantic | 02.28.2022
Commander, Submarine Forces (COMSUBFOR) officially kicked off Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2022 in the Arctic Ocean on Friday, March 4, after the building of Ice Camp Queenfish and arrival of two U.S. Navy fast attack submarines....
Story by Lt. Seth Koenig | Commander, Submarine Force Atlantic | 02.28.2022
On Feb. 28, it was a three-and-a-half-mile long chunk of ice floating more than 160 nautical miles offshore in the Arctic Ocean. By March 3, it was a thriving - if rustic - U.S. Navy encampment with a command center, sleeping quarters, cafeteria, restrooms, internet and a 2,500-foot-long runway supporting multiple daily flights....
Story by Lt. Seth Koenig | Commander, Submarine Force Atlantic | 02.28.2022
The frigid water under the Arctic ice can be a terrifying place to be. Divers from the Pearl Harbor, Hawaii,-based Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit One (MDSU-1) and Underwater Construction Team One (UCT-1) are diving under the Arctic ice to recover exercise torpedoes fired by participating fast attack submarines....
Story by Lt. Seth Koenig | Commander, Submarine Force Atlantic | 02.28.2022
Specialists from the Navy’s Unmanned Undersea Vehicles Squadron (UUVRON) ONE and Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) in Keyport, Washington, have faced the challenge of preparing their unmanned undersea vehicles (UUV) for Arctic operations....
