“Our crew was a small one, but it had been carefully chosen from among many applicants.”  (Thomas, p.263)  Sloan Danenhower was chosen as the captain.  He was a graduate of the US Naval Academy in 1907.  Following WWI, he had resigned from the Navy Submarine Service to join Simon Lake as a designer and builder of undersea craft.  Harold Sverdrup of Norway was the chief scientist and Ray Meyers was the chief Radio operator.  In all, a total of 18 men comprised the crew.

Commander Sloan Danenhower.
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Harry Rothschild, the cook on board the Nautilus.
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 From left, Wilkins, Ray E. Myers and Frank Crilley about to toss overboard a flag before turning back from their Arctic Dash. [NY Herald Tribune, Sun. Oct. 19, 1931]. Wilkins 33-11-28.

Crewmembers looking
at ice floes.
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Crewmembers on the Nautilus.
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