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Expedition Reports

Every MEF-supported expedition is required to submit a report to the foundation. We have archived these reports so that they can be of use in research and the planning of future expeditions. Listed below are summary pages for every expedition that the MEF has supported with links to their complete expedition reports. Expeditions can be refined by geographical area and purpose, browsed using the map below or searched using the search box.

1778 Expeditions found

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British Dhaulagiri IV Expedition 1973

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 73/AC
September - October 1973
Antony Johnson, Dr David Awbery, Roger Brook, Allen Fyffe, Allan Dewison, Alan (Richard) McHardy, lan Rowe, Charles (Chic) Scott and Geoff Tabner
The expedition got off to a poor start with delays to the unloading of the party's bags from the transport ship. An advance pteam was sent on ahead, but McHardy, who had suffered following a climbing Read more
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British Fitzroy 1973

America – South
Ref: 73/AD
1973
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Anglo-Danish Greenland 1973

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 73/AA
1973
S Face of Ingollfjeld (2560m) Read more
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Joint Services Chilean Patagonia 1972-73

America – South
Ref: 72/BJ
November 1972 - March 1973
Captain C H Agnew, Lieutenant C S Gobey, Lieutenant M P N Sessions, Surgeon Lieutenant A D L Hoppe, REA 2 (Air) N Francis, Captain T J Zorijack, Captain S M B Harron, Sergeant P D Breadmore, Sergeant J T Brewer, Corporal J W D Banks and Junior Tehnieian L W Skelson
Eleven members of the British Services and two Chilean Army Officers (who withdrew from the expedition after one month) explored the northern Patagonia ice-cap (Heilo Patagonia del Norte) carrying out Read more
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British Argentinian 1972-73

America – South
Ref: 72/BC
1972-73
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Leicester Polytechnic Students Greenland 1972

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 72/BK
July - September 1972
Andrew Barbier, Kevin Barratt, Mick Davis, Alan Douglas, Peter Ellis, Graham Hudson, Adolf King, Ian Lambert, Pete Meads and Harry Wilson
The expedition was centred on Kugssuataiq in SW Greenland and climbed a number of the granite peaks in that area. The team also studied the effects of glaciation on the ecology of the area, including Read more
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Westminster School East Greenland 1972

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 72/BL
July - September 1972
Major E. R. D. French, W. S. L. Woolley, M. C. Burns, Dr. N. N. W. Padfield, C. D. Campbell, C. D. J. Kessler, C. J. A. Lyne-Pirkis, U. J. Moore, D. J. Newman, P. J. S. Nicol, P. J. Robinson and L. A. Wilson
After initially being delayed in Angmagssalik for more than a week, the team's boat finally arrived and they were transported to Kangderlugssuag. This too took extra time due to the heavier than noram Read more
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Kulu Himalayan 1972

Himalaya – India
Ref: 72/BH
1972
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Hong Kong MC Snow Mountains of West Irian

East Asia
Ref: 72/BG
1972
Ascents of Carstenz Pyramid, Idenburg Top and others Read more
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Cambridge Schuchert 1972

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 72/BF
July - September 1972
F. Alayne Street, Christa Stock, Kate Tomlinson, Sheila Brookes, Sue Wrenn and Clare Blinch
Despite a late snow melt, unusually high meltwater conditions and some days lost to poor weather, this expedition, based in Schuchert Dal, succeeded in carrying out its planned scientific research. Th Read more