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

Arctic Ocean

The Arctic Ocean, located in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Arctic north polar region, is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five major oceanic divisions...

. The Navy made available a nuclear submarine for each research cruise.

List of Expeditions

• SCICEX/93 · USS Pargo
  USS Pargo (SSN-650)
  USS Pargo , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pargo, also known as the red snapper, a fish of the genus Lutjanus found in the West Indies.-Construction and commissioning:...
  
  
• SCICEX/95 · USS Cavalla
  USS Cavalla (SSN-684)
  USS Cavalla , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the cavalla, a salt water fish. Although it was a Sturgeon class design, Cavalla was a modified "long hull" boat, approximately longer than the earlier ships in its class.-Construction and commissioning:The contract to...
  
  
• SCICEX/96 · USS Pogy
  USS Pogy (SSN-647)
  USS Pogy , a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the pogy, or menhaden.-Construction and commissioning:...
  
  
• SCICEX/97 · USS Archerfish
  USS Archerfish (SSN-678)
  USS Archerfish , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the archerfish, a family of fish notable for their habit of preying on insects and other animals by shooting them down with squirts of water from the mouth.-Construction and...
  
  
• SCICEX/98 · USS Hawkbill
  USS Hawkbill (SSN-666)
  USS Hawkbill , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the hawksbill, a large sea turtle...
  
  
• SCICEX/99 · USS Hawkbill
  USS Hawkbill (SSN-666)
  USS Hawkbill , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the hawksbill, a large sea turtle...
  
  

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
  Arctic Submarine Laboratory
  The Arctic Submarine Laboratory was a research facility of the U.S. Navy's Electronics Laboratory in San Diego, California. It began as a converted World War II mortar emplacement, Battery Whistler, and was focused on scientific exploration of the Arctic Basin, and particularly providing the...
  
   web site
• SCICEX/99 page at the USS Hawkbill web site
• SCICEX/99 page at the University of Alaska Fairbanks
  University of Alaska Fairbanks
  The University of Alaska Fairbanks, located in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA, is the flagship campus of the University of Alaska System, and is abbreviated as Alaska or UAF....
  
   Institute of Marine Science
• CNN documentary on SCICEX/99
• Article on SCICEX/99 in Undersea Warfare magazine
• USS Pogy Alumni Site