Scotty Traditional Cache
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Size: 
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The cache is located Svalbard and can be reached by boat in summer,
or skidoo in winter.
| This cache is accessed from Billefjorden. It is close to a
cairn built in memory of John Kirton, who was killed in an accident
in 1958. |
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Cairn in Ebbadalen |
The cairn has a plaque which reads:
Christopher John Blissett
Kirton
17.8.1937 - 26.7.1958
Exhibitioner of Queens' College, Cambridge,
who lost his life while collecting fossils
in the mountain afterwards called Kirtonryggen,
at the foot of which he is buried
thirty miles to the north east of this, the base
of the Cambridge Spitsbergen Expedition 1958.
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This plaque to his memory was placed by the
Cambridge Svalbard Expedition
1959
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On July 26, 2008, exactly 50 years after the accident, a party
consisting of six of the original members of the 1958 expedition
visited this spot along with members of John Kirton's family. This
geocache was placed at the same time. It is hoped that geocachers
may pause and reflect on this story. |
View from the cache - Hørbyebreen and the head of
Billefjorden |
The name of the cache commemorates the efforts of a Scottish
company which in the 1920s attempted to develop a coal mining
operation in the area. Their nearby hut, Skottehytta, has been used
by countless scientific expeditions over the years. |
Skottehytta and Løvehovden (The Lion's Head) |
If you are looking for the cache, be aware that polar bears
might be around so appropriate measures should be taken.
The cache consists of a Lock&Lock plastic box
containing:
1. Stash note
2. Log Book
3. Pen
4. Trinket |
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Haqre n ynetr ebpx.