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The Podocarpus National Park includes the last substantial area of highaltitude montane forest left in the Andes of southern Ecuador, and as such contains a number of threatened species of flora and f Read more
This Army Adventurous Training Exercise aimed to climb virgin peaks in the Princess Margaret Range and to carry out a simple scientific programme on behalf of British universities and a wildlife surve Read more
The expedition was centred on Kugssuataiq in SW Greenland and climbed a number of the granite peaks in that area. The team also studied the effects of glaciation on the ecology of the area, including Read more
The expedition examined the proglacial geomorphology of the active and abandoned valley sandur deposits, the moraine systems, soil types and eolian deposits, as well as local microclimate and biogeogr Read more
Although attempted by five students from Oxford in 1958, Saraghrar (7,349m) was first climbed in 1959 by an Italian party approaching from the east. The present team hoped to make the first British as Read more