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Expedition Support: Gino Watkins Memorial Fund
The 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 £9,000. 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, Dr. K. Crosbie, Professor J.A. Dowdeswell, Dr. D. Goodman, Dr. M. Humphreys, Professor M. Lea, Mr. J. Muston, Professor R.C. Schroter and Dr. M. Tinsley.
The Committee made the following awards for 2010, from the Gino Watkins Fund and the Arctic Club:
| Unclimbed Walls of Baffin Island | £2,000 |
| Tasiilaq Community Kayak Project 2010 | £1,000 |
| Inushuk Northwest Passage Sea Kayak Expedition 2010 | £1,500 |
| Expedition to Sermiligaarsuk Fjord, SW Greenland | £1,000 |
| BSES Arctic Adventure Expedition 2010 | £1,000 |
| NW Greenland Sea Kayak Climb | £1,250 |
| Greenland 2010 – Tilman International | £1,500 |
| Alpine Club Antarctic Expedition | £1,500 |
| First Winter Crossing of the Antarctic Continent 2012 | £2,000 |
| The Uummannaq Expedition 2010 | £1,500 |