Mountaineers recover cameras lost in 1937 expedition to Canadian peak
by Leyland Cecco in Toronto from Environment | The Guardian on (#65G3Y)
Expert team studied maps, old photos and satellite data to estimate glacier movements and track lost gear
When the American mountaineers Bradford Washburn and Robert Bates summited Canada's third-tallest peak in 1937, bad luck forced them to jettison hundreds of pounds of gear - including tents, fuel ice axes and valuable cameras - on a glacier before they began their ascent.
They then had to rework their planned route back due to poor weather, transforming a celebratory descent into a harrowing trek through Yukon territory.
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