From vast ocean depths to the frontiers of outer space, The Explorers Journal offers firsthand reporting from those pushing the limits of knowledge and human endurance. Founded in 1904 to promote exploration “by all means possible,” The Explorers Club is an international organization dedicated to the advancement of field exploration and scientific inquiry. Among our members are leading pioneers in oceanography, mountaineering, archaeology, and the planetary and environmental sciences.
president’s letter turning over the reins
editor’s note deep awareness
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SHARKS ALL AGLOW • THE LARGEST-KNOWN LUMINOUS VERTEBRATE FOUND OFF NEW ZEALAND
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AT LAST: THE ANTIKYTHERA MECHANISM DECODED
FIRST FULL ASCENT OF MAUNA KEA
capsule collection
a whale of a time • David Rothenberg talks with Hal Whitehead about his revolutionary research on how sperm whales learned to outwit hunters more than a century ago
EXPLORATION OR ADVENTURE? • as we return to the field, may we be mindful of the journey
COURTING A RESTLESS GODDESS • fear and reverence on the roof of the world
RESPECT FOR A RESTLESS GODDESS
UNDERWATER CAVES OF THE KALAHARI • 3-D mapping the largest subterranean lakes in the world
40 YEARS AND COUNTING • celebrating the first women of The Explorers Club
ficelled ruffed grouse with streamside edibles
back into the field • navigating the new normal whenour wanderings resume
BLOOD MOON
THE NEXT EVEREST
EXPEDITION DEEP OCEAN
CAPTAIN COOK REDISCOVERED
BETWEEN LAND AND SEA:THE GREAT MARSH
chapter chairs
legacy society
WHAT WERE THEY THINKING? • GREAT MOMENTS IN EXPLORATION AS TOLD TO JIM CLASH
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