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Subscribe to the quarterly publication of The Explorers Club since 1921. From vast ocean depths to the frontiers of outer space, THE EXPLORERS JOURNAL offers first-hand 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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FEATURED ARTICLE: EXPLORATION OR ADVENTURE?

If there is a clear message emerging in the wake of the pandemic, it is this: Nature, for one, is asking us to be humble, to awaken at last to the realization that we are biological beings dwelling on a living planet, sharing its bounty with all sentient creatures, all forms of life. As we’ve seen in recent months, Nature regenerates at a remarkable rate—caiman once again darkening the sands of Baja California; wild boar in the streets of Barcelona; flamingos by the thousands in the wetlands of Mumbai; and wolves and bears returning to the valley floor at Yosemite. Read more →

 

 

FEATURED ARTICLE: EXPLORATION OR ADVENTURE?

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FEATURED ARTICLE: THE TOMB THAT CHANGED THE WORLD

Before the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings a century ago, the New Kingdom pharaoh was virtually unknown, even to Egyptologists. His name had been systematically erased from the annals of history in ancient times in retaliation for his father, Akhenaten, the “heretic pharaoh,” having banished the gods of ancient Egypt in favor of his one god, Aten. Tutankhamun’s association with that heresy would doom him to oblivion—that was until November 26, 1922, when Howard Carter revealed the momentous discovery of his tomb to the world. Read more →

FEATURED ARTICLE: THE TOMB THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
"In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd."
- Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616)

Beneath the Geographical North Pole, a member of the Under the Pole team dives through a cathedral of ice in motion. Photograph by Benoît Poyelle/Deepsea Under The Pole/Rolex.