4/9/2004: Polar bears interact with submarine

[lumberjim]

i forgot to include this part in the email i sent you:

031000-N-XXXXB-001 Arctic Circle (Oct. 2003) -- Three Polar bears approach
> the starboard bow of the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS
> Honolulu (SSN 718) while surfaced 280 miles from the North Pole. Sighted
by
> a lookout from the bridge (sail) of the submarine, the bears investigated
> the boat for almost 2 hours before leaving. Commanded by Cmdr. Charles
> Harris, USS Honolulu while conducting otherwise classified operations in
the
> Arctic, collected scientific data and water samples for U.S. and Canadian
> Universities as part of an agreement with the Artic Submarine Laboratory
> (ASL) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). USS Honolulu is the 24th
> Los Angeles-class submarine, and the first original design in her class to
> visit the North Pole region. Honolulu is as assigned to Commander
Submarine
> Pacific, Submarine Squadron Three, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. U. S. Navy photo
by
> Chief Yeoman Alphonso Braggs. (RELEASED)
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