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Snow cave

Snow cave

Where there are no huts, mountaineers sometimes dig snow caves. Malcolm Emmerson and Dave Dittmer prepare dinner in a cave in 1989.

About this item

Alexander Turnbull Library, Evening Post Collection (PAColl-0614)
Reference: EP/1989/3970/10
Photograph by Mark Round

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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John Wilson. 'Mountaineering', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 20-Oct-09
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/mountaineering/7/4