21 March 2016
Intrepid explorers launch ‘Spitsbergen Retraced,’ an expedition to the Arctic Circle
Five members of Oxford University, including St Hugh's student Jamie Gardiner, are preparing to undertake an exciting and daring journey into the Arctic to re-trace a pioneering 1923 expedition.
The group will attempt to repeat the 184-mile crossing of East Spitsbergen, an Island in the Svalbard Archipelago, and also hope to explore new mountaineering routes in the Atomfjella Mountains. This journey was first undertaken by members of Oxford University in 1923 and this mountain range was first...
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