Jotunheimen Research Expeditions to Norway.

The arrival of a letter seeking support for the School of GeoSciences Undergraduate Fieldwork fund brought to mind the mid-1970s University of Edinburgh Jotunheimen environmental research expeditions to southern Norway.

I was a member of two of the expeditions in 1976 and 1977 working as an undergraduate field assistant and I also did research for my BSc Geography dissertation.

The education and training that I received in Norway proved to be an invaluable foundation for my subsequent PhD palaeoenvironmental research.

The photograph below shows members of the 1977 expedition enjoying a celebration meal. A twenty-first birthday party?

So, not all work and no play, as was also evident from the Jotunheimen or 'Home of the Giants' cricket series in the long summer evenings!

Front row left to right: Margaret MacMillan; John Farquhar; Ian Scott; Dr Peter Beckett (co-leader) Back row: Dr John Matthews (co-leader) & Clare Swindells. Photograph taken by Alan Alexander, Geography 'Class of 1978'.