The Explorers 50

The Explorers Club 50 (EC50) may well be the most important initiative our Club has ever undertaken. I do not make this statement lightly. For 118 years now, we have promoted exploration by all means, and as important as it is to get the history right, it is even more important to build on that foundation for the future. Our Club was founded and built in the image of the great European and American explorers of the Heroic Age. Today however, we recognize that many of the greatest contributions to exploration are coming from all parts of the world - places where we have historically failed to focus on. The EC50 program amplifies explorers from around the globe and across a wide field of disciplines that push the boundaries of exploration. Naming these global exploration leaders to the EC50 shines a bright light on their extraordinary work and provides the recognition they so deserve. Indeed, many in the EC50 inaugural class have found their careers uplifted soon after being named an EC50 awardee and having their work celebrated by The Explorers Club, and this year’s EC50 class is every bit as exciting as last year's! I cannot wait to share their stories, attend their lectures, and welcome them at ECAD and at the Global Exploration Summit (GLEX) in the Azores this July. But mostly, I can't wait to see the great ways they will help lead the Club, and the world, in the field of exploration.

awardees

The Explorers 50

acknowledgements

introduction • THE EXPLORERS CLUB FIFTY

the EC50 success continues

three years & building

the evolution of exploration • how EC50 is forging a new path

THE EXPLORERS CLUB® 50

ADJANY COSTA • ETHNO-CONSERVATIONIST

ANAND VARMA • SCIENCE PHOTOGRAPHER

ANDREA JANE REID • INDIGENOUS FISHERIES SCIENTIST

ANIKA PURI • COMPUTER SCIENTIST

ASHA DE VOS • MARINE BIOLOGIST / EDUCATOR

AZIZ ABU SARAH • ENTREPRENEUR AND PEACEBUILDER

BETH ALLGOOD • WILDLIFE ADVOCATE

BHAVITA BHATIA • ECO-FEMINIST AND STORYTELLER

CARRIE B. DOLAN • SPATIAL EPIDEMIOLOGIST

CHRISTIAN RUTZ • ANIMAL-TRACKING PIONEER

DAVID BORISH • SOCIAL RESEARCHER AND VISUAL ARTIST

DAVID GOOD • AUTHOR AND FILMMAKER

DIEGO CARDEÑOSA • MARINE SCIENTIST

EMMANUELLE PÉRIÉ-BARDOUT • UNDERWATER EXPLORER

ERIKA WOOLSEY • UNDERWATER EXPLORER

FRANCESCO SAURO • SPELEOLOGIST AND GEOLOGIST

GENOVEVA FORERO • NAVAL CAPTAIN / ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SPECIALIST

GHISLAIN BARDOUT • UNDERWATER EXPLORER

GINA MOSELEY • PALEOCLIMATOLOGIST AND CAVER

GREGG TREINISH • CONSERVATIONIST / CITIZEN SCIENCE ADVOCATE

HALLEY RAMOS • ARCHITECTUR AL PRESERVATIONIST

HARMONY A. MARTELL • MARINE SCIENTIST / UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHER

HEATHER HALSTEAD • VIRTUAL EDUCATION PIONEER

HILDE FÅLUN STRØM • ARCTIC ADVOCATE

IGNACIO MAMANI HUILLCA • MACHU PICCHU PARK RANGER

JAMAL GALVES • MANATEE CONSERVATIONIST

KARINA OLIANI • WILDERNESS AND EXPEDITION DOCTOR

JOE CUTLER • FRESHWATER ECOLOGIST / ICHTHYOLOGIST

KENEILOE MOLOPYANE • BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGIST

KIMBERLY KIVVAQ PIKOK • IÑUPIAQ FISHER/WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST

LEO LANNA • ARTIST/CONSERVATIONIST

LHENDUP THARCHEN • FORESTER/CONSERVATION BIOLOGIST

LILY-ARISON RENE DE ROLAND • BIODIVERSITY EXPERT/CONSERVATIONIST

MANOJ GAUTAM • HUMANITARIAN/INDIGENOUS-RIGHTS CHAMPION

MARK OFUA • VETERINARY SURGEON/CONSERVATIONIST

MATTHEW JOHN CARTER • MARINE ARCHAEOLOGIST/OCEAN ADVOCATE

MICHEL ANDRÉ • BIOACOUSTIC ENGINEER

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