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.

president’s letter turning over the reins

editor’s note deep awareness

The Explorers Journal

membership in THE EXPLORERS CLUB

SHARKS ALL AGLOW • THE LARGEST-KNOWN LUMINOUS VERTEBRATE FOUND OFF NEW ZEALAND

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AT LAST: THE ANTIKYTHERA MECHANISM DECODED

FIRST FULL ASCENT OF MAUNA KEA

capsule collection

a whale of a time • David Rothenberg talks with Hal Whitehead about his revolutionary research on how sperm whales learned to outwit hunters more than a century ago

EXPLORATION OR ADVENTURE? • as we return to the field, may we be mindful of the journey

COURTING A RESTLESS GODDESS • fear and reverence on the roof of the world

RESPECT FOR A RESTLESS GODDESS

UNDERWATER CAVES OF THE KALAHARI • 3-D mapping the largest subterranean lakes in the world

40 YEARS AND COUNTING • celebrating the first women of The Explorers Club

ficelled ruffed grouse with streamside edibles

back into the field • navigating the new normal whenour wanderings resume

BLOOD MOON

THE NEXT EVEREST

EXPEDITION DEEP OCEAN

CAPTAIN COOK REDISCOVERED

BETWEEN LAND AND SEA:THE GREAT MARSH

chapter chairs

legacy society

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

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