Roos, Sven Edward, 1907-1984

Sven Edward Roos (b. August 19, 1907, Gothenburg, Sweden-d. May 15, 1984, Cape Canaveral, Florida) was a member of Admiral Richard E. Byrd's first and second expeditions to Antarctica. As an apprentice merchant seaman at the age of 15, he joined Admiral Byrd's first expedition to Antarctica as a crew member on the City of New York, in 1928. For the second expedition, Roos was the oceanographer and the chief of hydrographic surveys aboard the Coast Guard cutter Bear. Between the Byrd expeditions, he was a crew member on the Atlantis, a research ship affiliated with the Woods Hole, Massachusetts, Oceanographic Institute. In 1938, he joined Standard Oil Company, of New Jersey, as a boatswain on the company's oil tankers. He later joined the Moore-McCormack Lines, and after World War II, became a captain and licensed master. In 1959, he was captain of the Moore-Mac Elm. Roos joined Sea-Land Lines in 1962, retiring in 1970.