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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.

1794 Expeditions found

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Cambridge High Altitude Research 1979

Himalaya – India
Ref: 78/44
June - August 1979
Alison Beazley, Anthony Cooke-Yarborough, Dr. Paul Edwards, Jeannie Elliot, Julia Heald, Kate Ogden, Charles Prescot, Mike Sugden, Jonathan Turner and Lavinia Wilson
The expedition based itself in the Ladakhi town of Leh, where they spent a month conducting scientific research to assess the effect of altitude on mental acuity and the composition of blood (with a p Read more
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The Cambridge British Columbia Expedition

America – North & Central
Ref: 78/31
August - September 1979
Paul Cooper, Neil McIntyre, Simon Moberly, Fiona Neall, Denise Reed and Tony Webb
This team of six from the University of Cambridge undertook a set of three geological and glaciological research projects around the Manatee Glacier in Canada's British Columbia. The studies of cryoco Read more
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British Jannu 1978

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 77/13
August - October 1978
Roger Baxter Jones with Rab Carrington, Brian Hall and Alan Rouse
This team of four experienced British alpinists aimed to make the first ascent of the east face of Jannu, climbing from the Yalung glacier in alpine style. After assessing the face during some brief b Read more
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Trans Himalayan

Himalaya – India
Ref: 78/23
1978
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Anthropology in Ladakh

Pakistan
Ref: 78/22
1978
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Border Himalayan

Pakistan
Ref: 78/20
1978
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North of England Kishtwar 1978

Himalaya – India
Ref: 77/24
July - August 1978
Philip M R Bartlett with Lindsay N Griffin, Robert H Crawshaw and Jean-Louis Hourcadette
The expedition’s main aim was to scale Barnaj II, a major unclimbed peak in the eastern part of the Kishtwar Himalaya in northern India. Previous attempts on this peak had failed primarily due to bad Read more
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British Ladies Karakoram 1978

Pakistan
Ref: 77/46
1977
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Tirich Mir

Pakistan
Ref: 78/19
1978
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Sheffield University NE Greenland 78

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 77/45
1977
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