Roger Andersen

Roger Andersen has participated in 35 polar field programs since joining the Polar Science Center in 1975. These programs are listed on the right.

Chipping a hole through old sea ice approximately 12 feet thick at Ice Station Fram 1 north of Greenland in late March 1981. "Hydroholes" like this allow scientists to lower instruments through the ice to make measurements of the ocean water underneath. Typically a warm building is assembled over the hole to keep it from freezing over and provide a warm work space. Six tons of ice chips were removed from this hole, and, yes, sea water is starting to gurgle through around the bottom. Thick multi-year floes like this have grown very rare in the Arctic over the past decade.

Polar Science Expeditions-

1. AIDJEX Spring 1975
2. AIDJEX 1975-76
3. OCSEAP Summer 1976
4. OCSEAP Spring 1977
5. OCSEAP Summer 1977
6. OCSEAP Summer 1978
7. Fram 1 Spring 1979
8. NORSEX Fall 1979
9. Fram 2 Spring 1980
10. Pond Inlet buoy Winter 1981
11. Fram 3 Spring 1981
12. Fram 4 Spring 1982
13. MIZEX 83 Summer 1983
14. MIZEX 84 Summer 1984
15. AIWEX Spring 1985
16. Red/Rose buoy Spring 1986
17. North Pole buoy Fall 1986
18. Mould Bay buoys Spring 1987
19. White Trident Spring 1988
20. CEAREX Spring 1989
21. Mould Bay buoys Spring 1990
22. Ice Station Weddell Winter 1992
23. LEADEX buoy Spring 1992
24. SIMI Fall 1993
25 SHEBA Fall 1997
26. SHEBA Spring 1998
27. APLIS Spring 1999
28. CCGS Laurier Fall 1999
29. NPEO Spring 2002
30. Bering Strait Summer 2002
31. SwitchYard Spring 2003
32. SwitchYard Spring 2004
33. SwitchYard Spring 2005
34. SwitchYard Spring 2006
35. SwitchYard Spring 2007