Exploration Mountaineer preparing for an ascent. Observing Broad Peak, rising almost 6,000 feet above sea level. At the summit of Broad Peak. The alpine team, led by three Swiss mountaineer/scientists, scaled seventeen peaks while on the island. The first of two mountaineers’ camps, looking across Sam Ford Fiord toward Broad Peak. ← First impressions Field work → Exploration The Baffin Island Photographs of M.H.W. Ritchie IntroductionThe expeditionGetting thereThe teamFirst impressionsExplorationField workArctic summerPhotographer, artist, rancher
