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7 climbers, led by Calvin Torrans, visited the wall of peaks on the S side of the Santa Cruz valley in the Cordillera Blanca of Peru, with the particular objective of the 3 peaks of Nevado Caraz. One Read more
R. Barton and A. Fyffe reconnoitred the unclimbed SE face of Nevado Shaqsha (5,703m). They spent an uncomfortable night descending the N ridge of Allpamayo (5,947m) but were defeated by heavy snow on Read more
3 men and 2 women, led by Simon Garth, spent 2 months on the Quelccaya Ice Cap, conducting a medical investigation into the effect of altitude on blood composition, and a glaciological project for the Read more
A 7-man team from Queen's University, Belfast, under Alistair Acheson, spent 6 weeks on Prins Christian IV Island in the Cape Farewell region of S Greenland. From their base at Qasigissat, they made 4 Read more
This team, largely from Lancaster University, led by Dr G. Halliday (Biological Sciences Dept), spent 2 months in the National Park area of NE Greenland, well N of Scoresby Sund, studying the botany, Read more