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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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1781 Expeditions found

Parachute Brigade MC Alaska Expedition 1956

America – North & Central

Ref: 56/AD

May - July 1956

E. J. E. Mills, Donald Kinloch, Derek Pritchard and Warwick Deacock

After being dropped into the range by the US Air Force, the party travelled up the Traleika Glacier over 8 days. After establishing a camp, they climbed to a col between Mounts Tatum and Carpe. Their Read more

Nuristan 1956

Central Asia

Ref: 56/AC

1956

Exploration and natural history Read more

London School of Economics MC Himalayan 1956

Pakistan

Ref: 56/AB

July - September 1956

J. Durbin with a party from the London School of Economics Mountaineering Club

The party completed a traverse of the Biafo-Hispar glacier system and achieved the ascents of three peaks in the area surrounding Snow Lake. Their attempt on Lukpe Lawo Brakk (the highest peak around Read more

Chin Hills 1956 (Burma)

East Asia

Ref: 56/AA

1956

Botanical collections. Read more

Harvard Karakoram 1955

Pakistan

Ref: 55/BH

June - September 1955

Henry S. Francis, Jr., Frederick Dunn, John Humphreys, Craig Merrihue, John Noxon, Arthur Read, Lt. N. A. Soofi, Grady Webster, Eugene Nasir

This party from Harvard University travelled to Pakistan with the intention of exploring the peaks around the Chogoliza Basin. However, after a short recce of the glacier, they elected instead to focu Read more