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.

acknowledgements

awardees

membership in THE EXPLORERS CLUB

THE EXPLORERS 50

introduction • THE EXPLORERS CLUB FIFTY

fifty more explorers to know

a diverse future

the power of exploration for equity

let’s properly welcome EC-50 awardees

chapter chairs

be immortalized at THE EXPLORERS CLUB • as a member of The Explorers Club, act now and guarantee your personal engraved tile

AROUND THE WORLD THE EXPLORERS CLUB 50

EKWOGE ENANG ABWE PhD • CONSERVATIONIST

JOHN AINI • ECOLOGIST

ADOLFO IVÁN BATÚN ALPUCHE PhD • ARCHAEOLOGIST

THEO ANAGNOSTOPOULOS PhD • MI’19 — EDUCATOR

ANN ANDREASEN • FI’15 — EDUCATOR

GEORGE BEY III PhD • ARCHAEOLOGIST

CASSANDRA BROOKS PhD • MARINE SCIENTIST

SARAH CARMICHAEL PhD • FN’16 — GEOCHEMIST

ERICK CEDEÑO • OUTDOOR OUTREACH

WILSON WAI-YIN CHEUNG • MI’19 — GLACIOLOGIST

TAEGYU CHOI • VETERINARIAN

ALICIA COLSON PhD • FI’10 — ETHNOHISTORIAN

ANTHONY J. GIORDANO PhD • CONSERVATIONIST

LOUIS HARRIS • COMMUNITY DEVELOPER

EMILY HAZELWOOD • MI’14 — CONSERVATIONIST

AMBER SPARKS • MN’14 — CONSERVATIONIST

BRETT HOWELL • MN’12 — CONSERVATIONIST

SALIMA IKRAM PhD • LF’01 — EGYPTOLOGIST

JOSIE ISELIN • PHOTOGRAPHER, AUTHOR

MORIBA JAH PhD • FN’21 — SPACE ENVIRONMENTALIST

PANINNGUAQ LIND JENSEN • TATTOO ARTIST

WILLIAM LUCAS LINDESAY OBE • GEOGRAPHER

YANLIN LIU PhD • WILDLIFE CONSERVATION

STEFANO A. LIVI PhD • PLANETOLOGIST

JOHN MACK • MR’21 — ARTIST

R. ISAI MADRIZ PhD • ENTOMOLOGIST

MANUEL JOSE CARPINTERO MANZANARES • FI’18 — EDUCATOR

TOM MARTIENSSEN • DOCUMENTARY CINEMATOGRAPHER

RICK MCINTYRE • WOLF RESEARCHER, AUTHOR

GEORGE MCKENZIE, JR. • MR’21 — PHOTOGRAPHER

NATALIE MIAOULIS • OCEAN ADVOCATE

PATRICIA MARTIN MORALES • ARTIST

AIMEE MORGANA • ANIMAL BEHAVIORIST

IGNACIO OFICIALDEGUI • MI’20 — METEOROLOGIST

ANTHONY OCHIENG ONYANGO • PHOTOGRAPHER

SHAWNA PANDYA MD • FI’19 — MEDICINE

VID PETROVIC • SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

GREGORY PLUNKETT PhD • BOTANIST

MOSES PULEI PhD •...