Region: Greenland

Peter Watson with Tim Broad, Rob Jones, Stene Lodge, Ron Newton, Luke Priest and Stewart Wright (May-August 2004)

Following the example of Knox-Johnston & Bonington in 1991, some members of this team sailed a 10-metre steel cutter 'Elizebeth Victory' from Portsmouth to the E coast of Greenland, picking up the others in Northern Iceland for the final leg. Their plan was to land and explore some of the coastal mountain areas, but they had been warned that the area might not be sufficiently clear of sea ice to make landfall. While this was the case with Kangderlussuaq Fjord, they managed to enter nearby Mikis Fjord. Once on shore climbing opportunities were limited by bad weather and poor rock. Starting from sea level, they did manage to climb Red Peak (870m) - a long glacier ascent followed by a scramble over shattered rock to a broad summit - although an attempt on Mikis Peak (1289m) was aborted at 1100m