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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EXPLORATION NEWS
our space is your space • Explorers Club fellows Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos soar to new heights in private space exploration
PEAK PERFORMANCE • British photographer Colin Prior and the lure of the Karakoram
MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION • celebrating a century on the roof of the world
MOUNTAINTOP EXPERIENCES • into thin air with Constanza Ceruti, a pioneer in the field of high-altitude archaeology
EYE TO EYE WITH A GENTLE GIANT • communing with sperm whales of the Windward Islands
MAN ON A MISSION • Apollinaire Lebas and the long-lost story of Paris’s Luxor Obelisk
HARVESTING THE WILD • a delicious wetland delight
burn baby, burn • be careful in the sun
BOOK REVIEWS
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WHAT WERE THEY THINKING? • GREAT MOMENTS IN EXPLORATION AS TOLD TO JIM CLASH