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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BEFORE IT’S GONE • BRITISH TEAM TO STUDY ARCTIC SEA ICE

SPECIAL REPORT to boldly go • the pioneering celestial journey of the James Webb Space Telescope has begun

INTO THE GATES OF HELL • a quest for extremophile life in a desert inferno

A JOURNEY TO HELL AND BACK • Shackleton biographer Sir Ranulph Fiennes on pressing on in the face of adversity

INTO THE LAND OF FIRE AND ICE • wandering the backroads of Iceland

ANATOMY OF AN ERUPTION • a 3,600-year-old archaeological site on the Turkish coast is providing a window on the eruption of Thera, the greatest natural disaster in human history

THE UNSTOPPABLE FORCE AND THE IMMOVABLE OBJECT • the eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha`apai and the importance of science communication

HUNGA TONGA-HUNGA HA`APAI • THE KINGDOM OF TONGA

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