SCICEX
Deploying a Niskin bottle during SCICEX/96
SCICEX, standing for Scientific Ice Expeditions, was a five-year (1995–1999) scientific research program involving a collaboration between the U.S. Navy and academic researchers from a variety of different universities. The object of study was geophysical and oceanological conditions in the Arctic Ocean. The Navy made available a nuclear submarine for each research cruise.
Navy patch for 96 expedition and logo for 97 expedition
List of Expeditions
- SCICEX/93 · USS Pargo
- SCICEX/95 · USS Cavalla
- SCICEX/96 · USS Pogy
- SCICEX/97 · USS Archerfish
- SCICEX/98 · USS Hawkbill
- SCICEX/99 · USS Hawkbill
External links
- SCICEX web site
- 2004 article on the SCICEX program in Arctic Research of the United States magazine
- SCICEX/96 photo gallery on the USS Pogy web site
- SCICEX/98 Navy Mission Report
- SCICEX Phase 2 Memorandum of Agreement from 2000 on the Arctic Submarine Laboratory web site
- SCICEX/99 page at the USS Hawkbill web site
- SCICEX/99 page at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Institute of Marine Science
- CNN documentary on SCICEX/99
- Article on SCICEX/99 in Undersea Warfare magazine
- USS Pogy Alumni Site
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