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Ice Run
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On board the USS Hawkbill
While shooting "Ice Run," CNN Producer Vickie Usher found herself in an unusual situation -- a woman on board one of the U.S. Navy's male-only submarines. In becoming the first female journalist to travel beneath the polar ice cap, she found life on board the cramped quarters of the Hawkbill a challenge -- and a lot of fun.
Read her journal

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at the Navy's Pacific Submarine Command