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{{Short description|U.S. Air Force pilot and polar explorer (1920–2008)}}
{{Infobox person | name =Joseph Otis Fletcher | image =Joseph O. Fletcher mask.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|5|16}} | birth_place =[[Ryegate, Montana]], US | death_date = {{Death date and age|2008|7|6|1920|5|16}} | death_place =[[Sequim, Washington]], US | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates =
'''Joseph Otis Fletcher''' (May 16, 1920 – July 6, 2008) was an
==Biography==
He was born outside of [[Ryegate, Montana]] on May 16, 1920, to Clarence Bert Fletcher
Fletcher started studying at the [[University of Oklahoma]] and then continued his studies in [[meteorology]] at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]. After graduation, he entered the [[U.S. Army Air Corps]] and eventually became the deputy commanding officer of the [[4th Weather Group]], United States Air Force, stationed in Alaska.<ref>{{cite news
He married Caroline Sisco Howard on October 15, 1949.<ref name=obit/>
On March 19, 1952, his team landed with a [[C-47 Skytrain|C-47]] aircraft, modified to have both wheels and skis, on a tabular [[iceberg]] in the Arctic Ocean and established a weather station there, which remained
On May 3, 1952, pilot [[William P. Benedict]] and Fletcher as co-pilot<ref>The original article in ''[[The Polar Times]]'' stated that Fletcher was the pilot, but in the Fall/Winter 1997 issue of the ''[[Polar Times]]'', following a personal communication from Mr. Fletcher, a correction appeared stating that Benedict had been in charge of that flight. This is also confirmed by the interview Brian Shoemaker conducted with Fletcher in 1997 (link below).</ref> flew that plane to the [[North Pole]], along with scientist [[Albert P. Crary]], to become the first Americans to land and set foot on the exact geographic [[North Pole]]. Unknown to Fletcher and his team, a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] expedition had previously landed three [[Lisunov Li-2]]s at the pole on April 23, 1948.<ref>[http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/resources/infosheets/21.html Concise chronology of approach to the poles], Scott Polar Research Institute</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title = The Oddest Place on Earth: Rediscovering the North Pole|last = Pala|first = Christopher|publisher = iUniverse|year = 2002|isbn = 9780595214549|location = Lincoln, Nebraska|pages = 227–228|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=NRc7h5gisY8C&q=Fletcher}}</ref>
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He retired in 1993. In 2005, he was awarded the honorary membership of the [[American Meteorological Society]]. The [[Fletcher Ice Rise]] in [[Antarctica]] was named for him.
He died on July 6, 2008, in [[Sequim, Washington]] at age 88.<ref name=obit/> He was buried in [[Resthaven Memorial Park]] in [[Shawnee, Oklahoma]].
== References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.qsl.net/kg0yh/ice.htm Fletcher's Ice Island T-3].
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[[Category:American Polar Society honorary members]]
[[Category:People from Golden Valley County, Montana]]
[[Category:United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni]]
[[Category:University of Oklahoma alumni]]
[[Category:University of Alaska alumni]]
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