A visit to Scoresby land in NE Greenland in 1968.

A visit made with others to this area on the edge of the Arctic Circle when in my twenties.
We travelled by scheduled flight from Glasgow to Keflavic in Iceland and then by bus into Reykjavik and later on a flight in an old Dakota to the Danish base at Mestersvig.

Our first camp a short distance from the base.

The wee hut or Fangsyte is used by folks as a hunting stop-over.

The folks from Munich to whom we lent the orange tent after some of their kit was lost.

I think that the water is King Oscar fjord.

Who needs a tent in settled weather the wood, washed up along the fjord side, probably originated from the great Soviet Union rivers that empty into the Arctic sea.

There don't appear to be trees in Greenland.

GT kitted up to head up to the glacier

Resting during the walk in ….one member plus the most of the kit went in by rubber boat with a small outboard motor.

Our base close to the outflow from Gully Glacier.

The Welsh folks in the area had a problem with the engine so a tow was applied.

Our first camp on the glacier.

Always a possibility during glacier travel.

A bit of medial moraine showing in the image.

Tough walking on the glacier.

The wider crevasses allowed a descent and re-ascent.

Tortuous travel in this area.

Our highest camp on the glacier.

Tony and I made an attempt on a ridge on Norsketinde we made a bit of progress but after we decided that we did not have the skills to push on further we roped down.

Brian roping-up for the ascent of the couloir up onto Norsketinde.

Brian and Willie descending from the Norsketinde.

Brian and Willie.

The outflow from the glacier into the fjord with the main Medial moraine prominent.

A sort out after descending from the Glacier.

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