How do I manually archive 1 redo log at a time?

The database is configured in archive mode, but automatic archiving is turned off.
For both Oracle 901 and 920 on Windows, when I try to manually archive a single redo log, the database
archives as many logs as it can up to the log just before the current log:
For example:
SQL> select * from v$log order by sequence#;
GROUP# THREAD# SEQUENCE# BYTES MEMBERS ARC STATUS FIRST_CHANGE# FIRST_TIM
1 1 14 104857600 1 NO INACTIVE 424246 19-JAN-05
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3 1 16 104857600 1 NO INACTIVE 425088 28-MAR-05
4 1 17 512000 1 NO INACTIVE 425092 28-MAR-05
5 1 18 512000 1 NO INACTIVE 425100 28-MAR-05
6 1 19 512000 1 NO CURRENT 425102 28-MAR-05
6 rows selected.
SQL> alter system archive log next;
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SQL> select * from v$log order by sequence#;
GROUP# THREAD# SEQUENCE# BYTES MEMBERS ARC STATUS FIRST_CHANGE# FIRST_TIM
1 1 14 104857600 1 YES INACTIVE 424246 19-JAN-05
2 1 15 104857600 1 YES INACTIVE 425087 28-MAR-05
3 1 16 104857600 1 YES INACTIVE 425088 28-MAR-05
4 1 17 512000 1 YES INACTIVE 425092 28-MAR-05
5 1 18 512000 1 NO INACTIVE 425100 28-MAR-05
6 1 19 512000 1 NO CURRENT 425102 28-MAR-05
See - instead of only 1 log being archive, 4 of them were. Oracle behaves the same way if I use the "sequence" option:
SQL> select * from v$log order by sequence#;
GROUP# THREAD# SEQUENCE# BYTES MEMBERS ARC STATUS FIRST_CHANGE# FIRST_TIM
1 1 14 104857600 1 NO INACTIVE 424246 19-JAN-05
2 1 15 104857600 1 NO INACTIVE 425087 28-MAR-05
3 1 16 104857600 1 NO INACTIVE 425088 28-MAR-05
4 1 17 512000 1 NO INACTIVE 425092 28-MAR-05
5 1 18 512000 1 NO INACTIVE 425100 28-MAR-05
6 1 19 512000 1 NO CURRENT 425102 28-MAR-05
6 rows selected.
SQL> alter system archive log next;
System altered.
SQL> select * from v$log order by sequence#;
GROUP# THREAD# SEQUENCE# BYTES MEMBERS ARC STATUS FIRST_CHANGE# FIRST_TIM
1 1 14 104857600 1 YES INACTIVE 424246 19-JAN-05
2 1 15 104857600 1 YES INACTIVE 425087 28-MAR-05
3 1 16 104857600 1 YES INACTIVE 425088 28-MAR-05
4 1 17 512000 1 YES INACTIVE 425092 28-MAR-05
5 1 18 512000 1 NO INACTIVE 425100 28-MAR-05
6 1 19 512000 1 NO CURRENT 425102 28-MAR-05
Is there some default system configuration property telling Oracle to archive as many logs as it can?
Thanks,
DGR

Thanks Yoann (and Syed Jaffar Jaffar Hussain too),
but I don't have a problem finding the group to archive or executing the alter system archive log command.
My problem is that Oracle doesn't work as I expect it.
This comes from the Oracle 9.2 online doc:
http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96540/statements_23a.htm#2053642
"Specify SEQUENCE to manually archive the online redo log file group identified by the log sequence number integer in the specified thread."
This implies that Oracle will only archive the log group identified by the log sequence number I specify in the alter system archive log sequence statement. However, Oracle is archiving almost all of the log groups (see my first post for an example).
This appears to be a bug, unless there is some other system parameter that is configured (by default) to allow Oracle to archive as many log groups as possible.
As to the reason why - it is an application requirement. The Oracle db must be in archive mode, automatic archiving must be disabled and the application must control online redo log archiving.
DGR

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