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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.

1800 Expeditions found

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1957 New Zealand Karakoram

Pakistan
Ref: 57/BA
June - August 1957
W Berry and C Tyndale-Biscoe
Difficulties obtaining permits prevented this two-man party from reaching the Karakoram. They headed instead to Swat-Koshistan where they made the first ascent of Falak Sar (5929m), reaching the summi Read more
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Nottingham University Explorers Society Spitsbergen 1957

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 57/AV
1957
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Cambridge Columbia 1957

America – South
Ref: 57/AU
1957
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Cambridge Tibesti 1957

Africa
Ref: 57/AT
1957
W. W. Marks, R. F. Tuck and P. R. Steele
This expedition to the Tibetsi range in what was then the Chad Territory of French Equatorial Africa, succeeded in making the first ascent of Emi Koussi (3415m). The party also made ascents of Pic Wob Read more
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Anthropological Expedition to Afghanistan 1957

Central Asia
Ref: 57/AS
1957
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Cambridge Botanical Expedition to Ethiopia 1957

Africa
Ref: 57/AR
1957
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Anthropological Sola-Khumbu 1957

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 57/AQ
1957
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Disteghil Sar 1957

Pakistan
Ref: 57/AP
May - July 1957
Alfred Gregory, David Briggs, Dennis Davis, John Cunningham, Keith Warburton and Piero Ghiglione from Italy
The objective of this expedition was to make a reconnaisance of Disteghil Sar (7885m). After establishing a basecamp on the Kunyang Glacier under the mountain's south face, patient reconnaisance revea Read more
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Reading Zoological 1957 (Norsbgn)

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 57/AN
1957
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Queen's University Spitsbergen 1957

Greenland & Arctic
Ref: 57/AM
1957
F. B. Kennedy and a party of three
The party reached the Holtendahl ice plateau via the Seftsrombeen from Ekmanfjorden. There they spent three weeks making topographical and geological maps of the area and engaging in climbing. Read more