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ROYAL HOLLOWAY METEOROLOGICAL EXPEDITION TO SVALBARD 1978

Details (as held in the RGS-IBG Expeditions Database at 8/31/2025 2:36:03 AM)
Country(s): Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Organisation: Royal Holloway University of London
Contact: Andrew Wilson
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Members: 6
Year: 1978
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Status: Returned
Location: Svalbard.

Summary
8 weeks. Ascent of Newtontoppn. Meteorological surveys. A study of airflow was undertaken to help predict formation of clouds and speed of pollution distribution.

Publications
TypeDetailsRefLocation
ReportPreliminary Report 10pp illus454Map Room
ReportImperial College Exploration Board Exploration Review 1975-1981. (Duplicate held)1146Map Room
Report68pp. illus.504Map Room
Report1146Digitised Report

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