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245	1	0	_aBAFFIN ISLAND SKI-MOUNTAINEERING EXPEDITION, 1998.
260			_bThe Expedition
260			_bWaunfawr (Gwynedd)
260			_c1998
300			_a22 leaves, illus., maps. 30cm.
500			_aSummary acl 27020
520			_aBetween the 16th April and 6th May, the seven member expedition succesfully completed an exploratory journey on alpine ski through the mountains of the Cumberland Peninsular, to the east of the Weasel Valley and to the north of Kingnait Fjord. The Expedition from the point of drop off by skidoo was entirely self-sufficient with the supplies and equipment being pulled and carried with a combination of rucksack and specially adapted children's sledge. After a few days around Mt Asgard the team moved South-east out of the Auyuittuq National Park Reserve into a very dramatic area of large glaciers and steep rock walls. A fairly circuitous travel of some 150km was made back to a pick-up at the head of Pangnirtung fjord and fourteen peaks were climbed en route. Of the peaks climbed three had names on the map and a further four appeared to have had previous ascents. Most summits involved a combination of ski and foot, generally by the easier looking ridges and never exceeded more than alpine PD+ in technical difficulty. Various peaks were ascended and descended entirely by ski with one noteable extreme descent. The weather was generally high pressure with clear skies and little wind with daytime temperatures of -10°c to -15°c and nightime lows of -30°c. During 20 days, travel was restricted on 3 days. Snow cover was good but of dubious quality with approximately 30cm of windpack layers overlaying lm of depth hoar. It was apparently a high snowfall year for the area. One team member (John Kentish) broke a back molar tooth in half on day four and decided to retreat alone down the Weasel valley, in some pain-, to get treatment.
650			_aCumberland Peninsular
856			_uhttps://aclrepository.awsapps.com/workdocs/index.html#/share/document/2f6e4969eb5d3536186cf872c2e5fdbc5e80c7bd5ab2e219610803f6fc82511a _yFull text available here
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