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