SCICEX

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.

Deploying a Niskin bottle during SCICEX/96

Margo Edwards was the chief scientist for the 1999 expedition^[1] and spent thirteen days on the USS Hawkbill, thereby becoming the first women to live aboard a Navy nuclear submarine during under-ice operations.^[2] Edwards' research found evidence of climate change in the Arctic, including thinning sea ice,^[3] volcanoes on the seafloor,^[4] and warm water moving into the Arctic from the Atlantic Ocean.^[2] These data are available for anyone to view.^[5]

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^{[dead link]} 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