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Expedition Support: Gino Watkins
The Gino Watkins Memorial Fund, under the joint trusteeship of the University of Cambridge and the Royal Geographical Society, provides grants towards expeditions that meet its objectives of guiding and inspiring enterprising people towards scientific research and exploration in the polar regions.
The Committee of Managers of the Fund would like to thank the Augustine Courtauld Trust for their generous contribution of £8,500. The members of the Committee who served during the year were Mr. D. Fordham (Chair), Dr. P. Adams, Dr. I. Campbell, Mr. R. Crabtree, Dr. L. Craig, Professor J.A. Dowdeswell, Dr. P.F. Friend, Professor M. Lea, Mr. J. Lowther, Mr. J. Muston, Professor R.C. Schroter, and Dr. M. Tinsley.
The Committee made the following awards for 2007, from the Gino Watkins Fund and the Arctic Club:
Gino Watkins Memorial Fund
| Arctic Voice Expedition | £1,000 |
| West Lancashire Scouts East Greenland Expedition 2007 – Renland | £2,500 |
| Exercise Boreal Zenith | £1,000 |
| Paddle to the Peaks Greenland Expedition 2007 | £1,500 |
| East Greenland 2007 * (Includes £750 Arctic Club Award) | £1,750 |
| 2007 Dronning Louise Land | £1,000 |
| Scottish Mountaineering Club East Greenland expedition 2007 | £1,000 |
| Disko Island 2007 | £1,500 |