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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.

1801 Expeditions found

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Map of Antarctica

Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition

Antarctic
Ref: 55/AM
1955 - 1958
Vivian Fuchs, Ken Blaiklock and Team at Vahsel Bay with support from Sir Edmund Hillary and Team at McMurdo Sound
After arriving in 1955 and leaving eight men to establish Shackleton Base as their starting point on the Weddell Sea, Fuchs returned in 1956 to consolidate supplies and prepare for the crossing. In No Read more
Map of India

Nepal and Assam 1955-56

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 55/AL
1955
India & Nepal Botanical collections Read more
Map of Nepal

Chamlang 1955

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 55/AK
1955
Norman Hardie with three sherpa companions: Urkien, Gyalgen and Aila Tensing
Following the 1955 Kangchenjunga expedition, Norman Hardie stayed on in Nepal with the aim of adding to the work of Major J. O. M. Roberts who, during his ascent of Mera Peak, had surveyed the Hongu a Read more
Map of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

South Georgia Survey 1955-6

Antarctic
Ref: 55/AJ
September 1955 - April 1956
Duncan Carse, K. Warburton, Tony Bomford, Stan Paterson, George Spenceley, Tom Price, Louis Baume, and John Cunningham
The third of four expeditions led by Duncan Carse to the island of South Georgia which, from 1951-57, succeeded in mapping the interior of the island. The 1955/56 expedition was focused on filling in Read more
Map of Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Cambridge Spitsbergen 1955

Europe
Ref: 55/AH
1955
Glaciology, geology and survey Read more
Map of Norway

Oxford University North East Land 1955

Europe
Ref: 55/AG
1955
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Kenya Himalchuli 1955

Himalaya – Nepal
Ref: 55/AF
1955
J. W. Howard, Arthur Firmin, Arthur Firmin and a British team from Kenya
The expedition ran into issues with both the weather and their porter team and were forced to abandon their attempt on Himalchuli (7893m) after Arthur Firmin broke his femur falling into a crevasse. A Read more
Map of Norway

Cambridge Austerdalsbreen 1955

Europe
Ref: 55/AE
1955
Vaughan Lewis, George de Boer, John Glen, John Nye and various Cambridge undergraduates
The original aim of the expedition was to dig a tunnel through the glacier to the back wall of the icefall, thus revealing the erosion processes taking place. Despite initially digging at a slightly u Read more
Map of Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Nottingham University NW Spitsbergen 1955

Europe
Ref: 55/AD
1955
Geology and glaciology Read more
Map of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

Gough Island Scientific Survey 1955-56

Atlantic
Ref: 55/AC
September 1955 - 1956
J. B. Heaney, R. J. H. Chambers, M. W. Holdgate, J. P. Hall, R. W. LeMaitre, P. J. Mullock, M. K. Swales, J. J. Van der Merwe and N. M. Wace
This scientific expedition to one of the world's most remote islands conducted a thorough survey of the island from which a map was produced. They also carried out observations of the islands geology, Read more