The Explorers Journal

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.

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NEW LIGHT ON EVEREST • SEEING SAGARMATHA THROUGH SHERPA EYES

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INTO UNCHARTED TERRITORY • a famed Texas “show cave” with far more to reveal

EXPLORATION HISTORY

THE RESILIENCE OF FISH OWLS • in the forests of eastern Siberia, the largest owl on Earth persists

TO THE LIGHTHOUSE • a 2,500-kilometer journey of discovery in lockdown

STORIES CARVED IN STONE • documenting the petroglyphs of Arabia’s great sand seas

HARVESTING THE WILD • reindeer food

collateral damage • assessing the impact of the coronavirus on wildlife populations

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WHAT WERE THEY THINKING? • Kelly Drennan Walsh deep thoughts