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TTIE ARffIC CIRCIILAR - \lOL. )Q(II No. 2 - June 1978<br />
Japanese ex5:1orer will strike out for the northern tip of Greenland,<br />
with hopes of arriving there by Jr:ne 1. Ttris portion of the<br />
journey will equal the first 1eg in distance.<br />
Usilg rncurtain climbing techniques, Uemura will work his way to the<br />
top of the Greenland ice plateau which towers approxi.rnately<br />
3,000 neters (9,843 feet) above sea leveI. He will then traverse<br />
the 2,700-lcn (I,678-mi.) lenqth of Greenland, at tjnes using ice<br />
saililg techniques to relieriie the sled dogs of sone of their burden.<br />
Hre o
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