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North Pole June 5 2001 Sailors stationed aboard the Los Angeles class fast attack submarine USS Scranton SSN 756 explore the Artic ice surface For the first time in a third of a century Scranton was one of two US submarines to surface at the North Pole Scranton and her crew broke through almost four feet of ice as a part of Atlantic Submarine Ice Exercise LANTSUBICEX 1 01 a three ship exercise which demonstrated the US Navys commitment to assure access to all international waters US Navy photo RELEASED