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Expedition Reports

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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.

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Yorkshire Himalayan 1957

Himalaya – India

Ref: 57/AA

April - June 1957

W. Cowley, D. Hunter, A. MacLean, R. Hirst, D. Laughton, and A. E. Evennett

Initially aiming for the Parbati Valley, deep spring snows forced this party to instead establish their basecamp at Pulga. After eventually gaining access to the valley, Hunter and MacLean made an asc Read more

Muztagh Tower 1956

Pakistan

Ref: 56/BF

May - July 1956

John M. Hartog, Ian G. McNaught-Davis, Joe Brown and Dr T. W. Patey

At the end of May, the team established basecamp on the Muztagh Glacier, about a mile and a half from the Baltoro Glacier. Through the first half of June, they established camp I and camp II on the Ch Read more

Cambridge Austerdalsbreen 1956

Europe

Ref: 56/BE

1956

Bill Ward, John Glen, John Nye with assistance from a team of Cambridge undergraduates as well as volunteers from Perse School, Cambridge, and the Brathay Exploration Group

The main undertaking of the expedition was to determine whether the bulges at the base of the icefall were caused by ice moving down the glacier at different rates at different time of the year as had Read more

Oxford South-East Turkey 1956

Central Asia

Ref: 56/BD

1956

Zoology, botanical collecting and geology Read more

Cambridge North Borneo 1956

East Asia

Ref: 56/BC

1956

Dr Donald Wood, Mr Brian Moser and a team of three zoologists

The expedition gathered a significant quantity of geographical information about the area and returned with botanical samples for the British Museum. Read more

Mrigthuni 1956

Himalaya – India

Ref: 56/BB

1956

Exploratory mountaineering Read more

Hamburg Land 1956 (Greenland)

Greenland & Arctic

Ref: 56/BA

1956

M. F. W. Holland, I. C. Bennett, I. O. M. Morin, Miss G. R. Sutton and Miss D. N. Morin

This expedition from Oxford University spent seven weeks based around the Sukkertoppen ice-cap. From here, they made an ascent of Mount Atter by its west ridge and aschieved the first ascents of 8 pea Read more