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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The Explorers Journal

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A TIME OF LOSS AND REFLECTION • EXPLORATION AND THE RISK OF EXPERIMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES

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SURVIVING THE PYROCENE • wildlife adaptation in an age of raging fires

INTO THE LAND OF DRACULA • filling in a biodiversity gap in the Ecuadorian Andes

INTO SISTEMA HUAUTLA • one of the world’s richest cave systems in terms of biodiversity continues to yield its secrets

CHASING THE CHANCHITA • an exotic fish plying the seasonal wetlands of Florida

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED • Joseph Dituri on his record-breaking 100 days under the sea

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H2Oh no • keeping your head above water

BOOK REVIEWS

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WHAT WERE THEY THINKING? • GREAT MOMENTS IN EXPLORATION AS TOLD TO JIM CLASH