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A team led by Peter Holmes did valuable ornithological work on the Hygam Rakh wetland area and along the Sum river, ringing a total of 3,897 birds of 77 species. They also made a study of the breeding Read more
As Kong Oscars Fjord and Alpefjord were blocked with pack-ice, this expedition revised their plans and set up base camp at the Berserkerbrae/Dunnottar glacier junction. From here they climbed six hith Read more
Despite sickness and very poor weather conditions, Martin Moran, John Mothersele and Charles Heard succeeded in their second attempt on the hitherto unclimbed W ridge of Bhagirathi I. With its Chamoni Read more
In a first phase botanical and ornithological teams based in the Liddar Valley carried out intensive studies on the adaptation of 2 species of plant and one species of bird to various degrees of altit Read more
D. Nicol and his team of 5 spent 3 weeks on the summit of Mt. Kinabalu (4,100m) with the object of climbing on the tremendous 900m granite walls to the North-East. As the 'youngest major mountain' in Read more