SCICEX

[
Niskin bottle during SCICEX/96] SCICEX, standing for "Scientific Ice Expeditions", was a five-year 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.

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

* [http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/res/pi/SCICEX/ SCICEX web site]
* [http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2005/nsf0521/nsf0521_5.pdf 2004 article on the SCICEX program] in "Arctic Research of the United States" magazine
* [http://www.usspogy647.com/g2/v/SCIEX96/ SCICEX/96 photo gallery] on the USS Pogy web site
* [http://www.navy.mil/navydata/cno/n87/usw/winter99/mission_report.htm#hawkbill SCICEX/98 Navy Mission Report]
* [https://www.csds5.navy.mil/asl/Scicex/SCICEX_MoA.pdf SCICEX Phase 2 Memorandum of Agreement] from 2000 on the Arctic Submarine Laboratory web site
* [http://www.csp.navy.mil/scicex/ SCICEX/99 page] at the USS Hawkbill web site
* [http://www.ims.uaf.edu/scicex/ SCICEX/99 page] at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Institute of Marine Science
* [http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/icerun/index.html CNN documentary on SCICEX/99]
* [http://www.navy.mil/navydata/cno/n87/usw/issue_4/scicex_99.html Article on SCICEX/99] in "Undersea Warfare" magazine