Maps and Exploration

Andrzej Zawada

Andrzej Zawada (born Maria Andrzej Zawada; 16 July 1928 – 21 August 2000) was a Polish mountaineer, expedition leader and pioneer of winter Himalayism. Zawada was an organiser and leader of numerous high-mountains expeditions, author of movies and photographs from expeditions, and co-author of Alpinist books. He was an honorary member of the British Alpine Club, French Groupe de Haute Montagne and The Explorers Club in the United States. He was a grandson of Tomasz Rawicz-Zawada, a young participant of the January Uprising in 1863, and son of Filip Zawada, a Polish legionnaire and consul.

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• ▸De Long Islands
• ▸Capture of USS Chesapeake
• ▸Grytviken

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