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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
Fletcher left the Air Force in 1963. In later years, he held various management positions in meteorological institutions, including a post as director of the [[NOAA]]'s [[Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research]] (OAR).
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He received a doctorate from [[University of Alaska]] in 1979.<ref name=obit/>
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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