Spanish Expedition to Schweizerland, East Greenland. The seven members of the Valencian Arctic Expedition, Dr. Vicente Manglano Baldovi, Enrique Torres Ochoa, Héctor Verdu Pastor, Baldomero Brugarolas Munuera, Amadeo Botella Sanjaime, Angel Tebar Peñaranda and I as leader, arrived by air at Søndre Strømfjord on July 21, 1970 and continued that same day to Angmagssalik. Because of pack-ice conditions, we had to change from our original objective and were allowed to go by boat to the head of Sermilik Fjord, where we were landed on July 23 on the south-facing shore halfway between the tongues of the Fenris and Midgaard glaciers. On July 25 we began to carry loads up the nameless glacier which descends from the north. After five days of constant work, we established Base Camp at 2800 feet in the middle of the glacier around which were a great many peaks we hoped to and did climb. By August 12 we had explored three glaciers and ascended 18 unclimbed peaks between 7500 and 5500 feet. We then broke into three independent groups, two of which explored the glaciers west and east of Base Camp as they moved south towards the coast, while the third evacuated Base Camp and climbed two more peaks. In our opinion the most important geographical work we did, aside from making minor map corrections, was to fix the present termini of the Midgaard and Fenris glaciers. In the next days we climbed five more peaks and explored another glacier. (It would appear that they left practically no summit untouched in their area. — Editor.) We were uncertain about being picked up by boat since ice had packed into the bay, but fortunately on the chosen day, August 26, the boat arrived punctually. The pack-ice was so high and compact that we did not see the boat until it was a stone’s throw away, but it was skillfully brought through though at considerable risk.

JOSÉ ARANDA LLATAS, Federación Valenciana de Montañismo