Westminster East Greenland Expedition, 1978

In 1974 an eight-man party spent six weeks exploring the northern part of the K.I.V. Steenstrups Bræer area of east Greenland from a base camp in Tasîlaq. A further expedition, taking advantage of the base camp, depots and knowledge of the route inland, and travelling northwards within the nunatak z...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Polar Record
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1979
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Greenland
Westminster
East Greenland
Polar Record
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400002151
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400002151
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Summary:In 1974 an eight-man party spent six weeks exploring the northern part of the K.I.V. Steenstrups Bræer area of east Greenland from a base camp in Tasîlaq. A further expedition, taking advantage of the base camp, depots and knowledge of the route inland, and travelling northwards within the nunatak zone of the little known Kong Christian IX.s Land, was successfully accomplished during July and August 1978 through the previously unvisited Kronprins Frederiks Bjerge.

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