Lecture Series: Tara Oceans : A Modern Scientific Cruise Around the World - February 6th, 2012
As a unique common endeavor the Tara team has developed a common approach shared by twelve different disciplines to try and understand how our life support system on earth works. How is plankton--this dynamic microscopic ecosystem--making our atmosphere breathable? How does plankton feed the fisheries throughout the world? What will be the fate of plankton in the changed ocean of the future? This team of international scientists is sailing onboard together with sailors, journalists and artists for the progress of science, outreach, and the arts.
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NYC - Film Screening "The Mountain" - 2/9/2012
Please join your fellow Explorers Club members for an informal night at the movies. We are planning on a monthly showing of documentary and feature films focused on mountaineering around the world. The films will be shown in the Clark Room during normal Club hours. There is no cost to members and guests, no libations will be served.
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Whales and Seals OH MY! : New York’s Marine Mammals Up Close *Members Welcome* - Saturday, 2/11/12
Dr. Kopelman's research involves photo-identification of the harbor seals of Moriches Bay and of the fin and humpback whales of NY and adjacent areas. His work with humpback and fin whales, particularly in the Great South Channel, plays an important role in assessing population trends, habitat usage, and potential disturbance.
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NYC - Lecture Series w/ James Currie - 2/13/2012
A native of South Africa, James Currie has led wildlife and bird watching tours for over 12 years.
His passion for birding and remote cultures has taken him to far corners of the earth from the Amazon and Australia to Africa and Madagascar. Whether trawling the pine flat-woods of Florida for the rare Red-cockaded Woodpecker or creeping through the undergrowth of rain forest in Madagascar in search of bizarre Ground-rollers, his passion is contagious.
Peter Hess Memorial FN'88 - Tuesday 2/21/12
The Club will hold a special memorial service to honor and celebrate the life of Peter Hess FN’88 of the Philadelphia Chapter at Club Headquarters on Tuesday February 21st, 2012 at 6:00PM. Peter cared very deeply for the Club and touched many who knew him through his camaraderie, participation and service to the organization. Peter served as the chairman of the Philadelphia Chapter from 1994 until 1998. He was elected to the Club's board of directors in 1996, serving two three year terms, and was appointed Vice President for membership. He also served as chairman of the Club's Legal Committee.
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Exploration Seminar: Beyond Human Hearing: Infrasonic and Ultrasonic Sound Measurement in the Field w/ Gregory Miller - 2/23/2012
Gregory Miller, MN08, a recognized expert on acoustical measurements in the field, was recently quoted in a popular book saying "modern humans are functionally deaf". Members heading to the field are encouraged to attend this practical session to learn why this is so. Greg points out within the animal domain the ability to perceive sound above and below the range of human hearing is well established.
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Lecture Series: Crossing the Heart of Africa w/ Julian Smith - February 27th, 2012
In 2007, author Julian Smith was the first person to retrace Grogan’s route from South Africa to Sudan. In his presentation, he compares the modern reality—from cell phones and endangered wildlife to the specters of AIDS and genocide—to the world Grogan saw, with its hostile cannibals, lethal animals, near-constant sickness and the ongoing tragedy of colonialism.
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Lecture Series: The Last Songs of the Glaciers w/ Julia Calfee - March 12th, 2012
Join us as Julia Calfee presents us with a multimedia approach to the issue of global warming. Julia has recorded over 200 sounds of ice and glaciers melting away and taken over 800 photographs. These recordings (songs) are sometimes astonishing with helicopter-like sound and rhythms reminiscent of beating drums. The photos are often abstract emphasizing the natural universal forms found in the nature of the high Alpine valleys and mountains. These elements have been combined with video for this presentation which includes a film about the process.
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Post-ECAD Monday Night Movie - THE SEARCH FOR MICHAEL ROCKEFELLER by director Fraser Heston FN'11 - 3/19/2012
In 2007, filmmaker Fraser C. Heston discovered a lost cache of unedited 1969 footage shot by adventure-author, Milt Machlin, during his expedition to the cannibal coast of New Guinea in search of the lost scion, Michael Rockefeller. The film includes previously unreleased footage and eye-witness interviews, including some startling revelations, which shed new light on the unsolved mystery of Michael's disappearance.
Popcorn will be served! Unwind and relax with fellow explorers after ECAD weekend!
Lecture Series: The Forest Unseen, A Year’s Watch in Nature w/ David Haskell - March 26th, 2012
David George Haskell describes the outcome of an unconventional experiment in scientific and aesthetic exploration: he watched one square meter of old growth forest for a year, using his skills as an ecologist and evolutionary biologist to understand the workings of the forest. His lecture illustrates the insights that he gained from this experiment. He discusses the nature of communication in the forest, explaining how quiet observation opened the acoustic and chemical “social network” among the living organisms in the forest. He describes how seemingly obscure species and processes are central to the function of the forest.
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Lecture Series : UNVEILED SECRETS OF THE TAKLAMAKAN DESERT, CHINA w/ Christoph Baumer - 4/23/2012
In his lecture, UNVEILED SECRETS OF THE TAKLAMAKAN DESERT, CHINA, Christoph Baumer will report on the archaeological results from his winter 2009 expedition into the heart of the Taklamakan Desert. There he discovered an unknown Iron Age graveyard indicating links to nomadic steppe cultures much further north and a also a Bronze Age necropolis which revealed a surprising fertility cult and a 4000 years old unknown archaeological horizon. The naturally mummified corpses bore clear Indo-European traits.
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About the Club
Founded in New York City in 1904, The Explorers Club promotes the scientific exploration of land, sea, air, and space by supporting research and education in the physical, natural and biological sciences. The Club's members have been responsible for an illustrious series of famous firsts: First to the North Pole, first to the South Pole, first to the summit of Mount Everest, first to the deepest point in the ocean, first to the surface of the moon—all accomplished by our members.
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Capital Campaigns
Adopt a Window Campaign
The Explorers Club Headquarters boasts 114 stained glass windows. They embody a stunning range of brilliantly colored panes, representing a number of heraldic shields, portraits and pastoral and classical scenes. These windows are in dire need of repair.
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The Lowell Thomas Building Capital Campaign Preserve a Brick Initiative
Each fifty dollars donated will help to preserve one brick from the Club's current facade. Your contributions both large and small are important in helping us restore the Explorers Club historic Lowell Thomas building brick by brick*.
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Donating Appreciated Stock
The Explorers Club is pleased to accept gifts of publicly traded appreciated stock. If you own stocks, bonds or mutual funds that have appreciated in value and have owned them for at least one year, you have an opportunity to realize tax savings by making an outright gift of stock.
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EXPLORERS CLUB MEMBERSHIP CARD FOR 2012
The President, Directors and Officers of The Explorers Club are pleased to announce a Club-wide competition for the design of the 2012 Membership Card. All Members, except serving Directors and Officers, are invited and encouraged to submit their photographs, original art or design work to an independent panel of Explorers Club judges. The winning Member and Chapter will be heralded at ECAD and acknowledged in the Explorers Log.
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The Explorers Club Announces The 2012 Explorers Club Awards and Honors
To be presented at the 108th Annual Dinner, March 17, 2012.
The theme of the dinner is “How Far is Far: Remote Exploration.”
Lorie Karnath, President, FI’89, Annual Dinner Committee Chair Donald C. Johanson, Ph.D., MED’76, and the Directors and Officers of The Explorers Club Invite you to the 108th Annual Dinner.
The Master of Ceremonies is Robin Esrock and the Keynote Speaker is Ken Burns.
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2012 Grant Applications Now Being Accepted. DEADLINE NOV. 15th
The deadline for receiving 2012 applications is November 15th, 2011 and awards will be issued in April of 2012.
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- Prince Harry walks away from Everest expedition http://t.co/jlMpHKsy
- Russian scientists seeking Lake Vostok lost in frozen 'Land of the Lost'? http://t.co/0WoxgSi1
- RT @AntarcticaNews: Antarctica 100 years ago (1) - Tempo http://t.co/fmWFo7lb
- Biological collector uses his expertise to create a unique undersea laboratory http://t.co/BObi1vIV
- Repairman Accidentally Sailing to South Pole http://t.co/iajQROat
