Jean-Louis Etienne’s first polar expedition
Aboard the Japy-Hermes, mountaineers and sailors set sail on July 14th, 1979 for Greenland. The objective: to climb the peaks of the Umanak region, north of Disko Island, on the west coast.
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Expedition to Greenland from July to August 1979
Aboard the Japy-Hermes, mountaineers and sailors set sail on July 14th, 1979 for Greenland. The objective: to climb the peaks of the Umanak region, north of Disko Island, on the west coast.