Mm Links June 2014 Week 1

[gen2]

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It was 1968 and the British Antarctic Survey were doing their recruiting rounds of the universities. I went to the talk, so something within me must have been interested but afterwards, I decided this definitely wasn't for me. The coldest I'd experienced up to then was the UK winter of 1962-63.

Nevertheless, with a scouting background and love of the outdoors, I had joined St Andrews University Mountaineering Club, regularly spending weekends in the Scottish mountains in all weathers.

As a result, in 1969, I became part of a 10-man University Expedition to West Greenland led by Dr P W F Gribbon. It was based for five weeks on an uninhabited island called Upernivik Island in the Umanak district. The expedition had a dual purpose: to climb the mountains and carry out some scientific data collection. My contribution, along with my friend Neil, was to survey the recession of a glacier by means of a plane-table and alidade. There were no electronics or lasers to assist in those days - in fact Neil later went on to do research on lasers for his PhD.

The results of our survey, along with previous work by others, was published in this scientific journal.
http://www.igsoc.org/journal.old/9/56/igs_journal_vol09_issue056_pg279-282.pdf

The next time the British Antarctic Survey came round recruiting, I was much more interested.

More on that next week.

While you wait, I have provided a once-in-a-lifetime PHOTO opportunity for you to get a small taste of what we experienced.

Ten images will be found here:
http://www.kirkcaldyartclub.org.uk/Index.asp?MainID=18329

[kawakiri]

Uphill climb
Survey corps
Ruby laser
Square degree

[pixie373]

Rock Climb
ordnance survey
laser surgery
third degree

[pixie373]

Love those photos!

[baza]

HILL climb
survey SHIP
laser LIGHT
THIRD degree

[Brenden]

ROCK climb
HOUSE survey
Laser VISION
HONORARY degree

[wickedtongue]

Good Morning

Climb Down
Ordnance Survey
Laser Surgery
Third Degree

[Handbaglady]

Wow What a great experience and fabulous pictures. Standing on top of the peak must have been awesome. Thank you for sharing them.
My links are as follows:-
Climb Down
Building Survey
Laser Surgery
Honours Degree

[ulysses100]

rock climb
Ordnance Survey
laser beam
third degree

[cliffyg]

mountain climb
ordnance survey
laser level
first degree

[Elspeth]

Steep climb
Survey ship
Laser beam
Degree course

[cupid04]

climb down

home survey

laser printer

third degree

[Psybbo]

Good afternoon, I'll try
Steep CLIMB
Aerial SURVEY
LASER beam
Honorary DEGREE

[roopower]

Good evening, great photos,gen2

Mountain climb
Survey ship
Laser dinghy
Third degree

[Onty]

Good Morning all.
Best intro ever and complete with wonderful pictures and painting.
Can we have more next week? Thanks

Mr. O
Uphill Climb
Traffic Survey
Laser Pointer
First Degree

Mrs. O
Mountain Climb
Land Survey
Laser Light
Honorary Degree

Good luck to everyone

[andres]

climb upwards
land survey
laser device
science degree

[Onty]

May I please change my Honorary Degree to Degree Celcius. Apologies and thanks.
Mrs O

[elliemay1]

Mountain Climb
On-line Survey
Laser beam
Third Degree

[boxtops]

Here's mine

Hill CLIMB
Ordnance SURVEY
LASER beam
DEGREE ceremony

and here's Nibble's:

Mountain CLIMB
Ordnance SURVEY
LASER printer
Third DEGREE

[kettledrum]

Climb trees
Site survey
Laser printer
Science degree

[twix123]

Thanks KP, wonderful pictures, and good afternoon all. I'll try:

ROCK Climb
AERIAL Survey
Laser CLASS
SECOND Degree