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The Explorers Journal

Winter 2024-2025
Magazine

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 an honor to serve you

EDITOR’S NOTE points north

The Explorers Journal

EXPLORATION NEWS

THE ARCTIC a darker shade of white

PART IQUEST FOR ULTIMA THULE the northernmost land on Earth • WISCONSIN-BORN, COLORADO-BASED MOUNTAINEER JOHN JANCIK HAS CLIMBED ON SIX CONTINENTS AND HAS DONE 19 INTERNATIONAL HIGHPOINTS AS WELL AS 48 U.S. STATE HIGHPOINTS. HE CO-LED TWO EXPEDITIONS TO NORTHERNMOST GREENLAND IN SEARCH OF THE NORTHERNMOST LAND ON EARTH AND HAS MADE FIRST ASCENTS OF PEAKS IN THE NORTHERNMOST MOUNTAIN RANGES ON THE PLANET.

DOCUMENTING ULTIMA THULE • finding the northernmost flora, fauna, and relics in the world

ICE PLUNGE • the exhilaration of cold-water swimming

THE NORTH POLE CONTROVERSY OF I909 • a case study in the relationship between exploration and the media

EXPEDITION ACONCAGUA • recording Earth’s vanishing high-altitude glaciers

FORGING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE • echoes beneath the ice voices from the Arctic frontline

HARVESTING THE WILD • a hearty woodland brew

BOOK REVIEWS

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

Formats

  • OverDrive Magazine

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Languages

  • English