Flag Reports
The Explorers Club flag represents a history of courage and accomplishment and has been carried on hundreds of expeditions since 1918. Any member of the Club approved to carry the flag is required upon return to issue, in hardcopy, an official Flag Report, fulfilling a fundamental part of the Club's mission: To engage in scientific exploration and share the results.
Today, there are 202 numbered flags. While a select few have been retired for preservation, and others have been lost to the ravages of Nature and the Postal Service, the rest are carried and returned, in rotation, as they have been over the last hundred years on ever-new voyages of exploration.
Approved Flag Expeditions and Reports by Year
2011 |2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003
2011
Flag# 24 - The Farthest Point from the Earth’s Center
November 2011
Frederik D.A. Paulsen, Ph.D., MI ‘02
Flag# 25 - Finding Henry Hudson’s Winter Camp
August 29 - September 12, 2011
Leslie Trager, MR ‘01
Flag# 25 - Finding Henry Hudson’s Winter Camp
9/6/2011 to 9/20/2011
Leslie Trager, MR ‘01 & Yke Robert Tymstra, FI ‘94
Flag# 25 - Pacific Lutheran University Valley of the Kings Project
11/17/2011 to 12/05/2011
Donald P. Ryan, Ph.D., FN ‘87
Flag# 44 - Pole2Pole Research Expedition
4/6/2011 to 3/15/2012
Johan E. Nilson, MI ‘06
Flag# 46 - Lionfish Expedition
June 15, 2011 to June 30, 2011
Peter Rowe, FI ‘08
Flag# 50 - Easter Island Statue Project
7/10/2011 to 8/10/2011
Jo Anne Van Tilburg, Ph.D., FN ‘09
Flag# 51 - Blue Creek Archaeological Project
May 15, 2011 to August 1, 2011
Thomas Guderjan, Ph.D., FN ‘91
Flag# 52 - Gangetic River Dolphin Project (Nepal) - Bardia and Kailali Districts, West Nepal
March 4, 2011 to March 20, 2011
Kevin V. Denlay, FI ‘98
Flag# 52 - Narwhal Tusk Research to Tremblay Sound, Pond Inlet, Nunavut
8/12/2011 to 8/26/2011
Martin T. Nweeia, D.M.D., D.D.S., FN ‘99
Flag# 60 - Air Quality Monitoring with Lichen in the Gaoli Gongshan, China
April 15, 2011 to June 15, 2011
Lawrence A. Glacy, M.A., J.D. FN’09
Flag# 61 - Combat Wounded Veteran Mountaineering Challenge: Denali 2011
6/14/2011 to 7/16/2011
David R. Olson, USN (Ret.) FN’11
Flag# 71 - Beyond Roads: The Musandam Oman Expedition
March 5, 2011 to March 20, 2011
Simon V. Donato, Ph.D., FI ‘09
Flag# 71 - PlanetSolar
9/27/2011 to 5/4/2012
Raphael Domjan, MI ‘11
Flag# 73 - Landforms of the Lost World
February 21, 2011 to March 16, 2011
Cato O. Holler Jr., D.D.S. FN’84
Flag# 73 - Landforms of the Lost World
2/21/2011 to 3/16/2011
Cato O. Holler Jr., D.D.S. FN’84
Flag# 74 - Documenting the Re-Emergence of Shamanic Traditions in Inner Mongolia and Mongolia
6/23/2011 to 7/20/2011
John R. Lawrence Jr., Ph.D., FN ‘10 and Susan R. Grimaldi, FN ‘11
Flag# 75 - Tara Oceans
February 14, 2011 to March 3, 2011
Mara Haseltine MR’08
Overview:
Flag# 75 - The 2011 Paititi/Pantayqoya Expedition
9/5/2011 to 10/10/2011
Gregory Deyermenjian, FN ‘88
Flag# 76 - Muskwa-Kechika Bird Atlas Expedition
June 22, 2011 to July 5, 2011
Robert W. Butler, FI ‘08
Overview:
Flag# 76 - The Reef - Revisited
Nov 2011 - March 2012
Peter Rowe, FI ‘08
Flag# 80 - Yucatan Cave Exploration & Archaeological Recovery Expedition 2011
January 13, 2011 to January 25, 2011
Robert J. Atwater LF’05
Flag# 80 - Dolphins of the Northern Bahamas: Studying the Underwater Communication and Behavior of Atlantic Spo
6/7/2011 to 6/16/2011
Denise L. Herzing, Ph.D., FN ‘04
Flag# 80 - R-12 Submarine Expedition
10/15/2011 to 10/31/2011
Timothy F. Taylor, FN ‘04
Flag# 84 - Whale Sharks of Cendrawasih Bay and the Coral Triangle
11/8/2011 to 11/30/2011
Brent S. Stewart, Ph.D., J.D., FN ‘91
Flag# 84 - Whale Sharks of Cendrawasih Bay and the Coral Triangle
11/8/2011 to 11/30/2011
Brent S. Stewart, Ph.D., J.D., FN ‘91
Flag# 84 - Ecology of Whale Sharks in the Archiplelago of the Republic of Maldives
12/8/2011 to 12/25/2011
Brent S. Stewart, Ph.D., J.D., FN ‘91
Flag# 89 - EQUATORIA - A Walk Across Africa
4/26/2011 to 9/30/2011
Julian M. Fisher III, FI ‘00
Flag# 93 - Honduran Biodiversity Expedition, Gualaco 2011
Robert E. Hyman LF’93
April 2, 2011 to April 29, 2011
Flag# 93 - Forbidden Kingdom Drishti Expedition
8/8/2011 to 9/2/2011
Scott W. Hamilton, MED ‘82
Flag# 97 - Ancient Shipwrecks of Croatia
9/1/2011 to 9/15/2011
Ian G. Koblick, FN ‘78 & Craig T. Mullen, FN ‘97
Flag# 99 - Berbice River of Guyana
August 11, 2011 to August 24, 2011
Charles Frederick Thompson II MN’02
Flag# 101 - Erta Ale Lava Lake, Ethiopia: Comparison with Jupiter’s Moon Io
February 23, 2011 to February 28, 2011
Rosaly M.C. Lopes, Ph.D. FN’04
Flag# 108 - Easter Tropical Pacific 2 - Cocos Island
January 7, 2011 to January 29, 2011
G. Chris Fischer MN’10
Flag# 108 - Easter Tropical Pacific 3 - Galapagos Islands
November 1, 2011 to November 17, 2011
G. Chris Fischer MN’10
Flag# 108 - Giant Sharks – Boca Grande, FL
May 18, 2011 to May 28, 2011
G. Chris Fischer, MN ‘10
Flag# 109 - Oden Southern Ocean Expedition 2010/11
December 3, 2010 to January 20, 2011
Brent S. Stewart FN’91
Flag# 112 - 2011 Nam Theun Watershed Expedition
January 14, 2011 to February 28, 2011
Lee M. Talbot, Ph.D. MED’57 and Martha H. Talbot FN’04-
Flag# 117 - The Iron Copper Production Landscape and Emergence of the Kingdom of Edom (Southern Jordan)
9/25/2011 to 12/10/2011
Thomas E. Levy, Ph.D., FN ‘09
Flag# 118 - Observation & Prediction of Ocean Acidification in the Western Arctic Ocean
9/28/2011 to 10/28/2011
Jeremy T. Mathis, Ph.D., FN ‘08 & Gaelin A. Rosenwaks, FR ‘06
Overview:
Expedition Blog: http://arctic.globaloceanexploration.com/
Flag# 132 - The Warwick Project
June 11, 2011 to July 16, 2011
Jason E. Paterniti, MN ‘10
Overview:
Additional Information:
http://www.g-eos.org/2010/08/marine-reef-exploration-bermuda.html
Flag# 139 - Bat Hibernacula Habitat Characterization and Monitoring Protocol Development
February 4, 2011 to February 13, 2011
J. Judson Wynne FN’06
Flag# 139 - Earth-Mars Cave Detection Program, Phase 2 - 2011 Atacama Desert Expedition
March 1, 2011 to March 19, 2011
J. Judson Wynne, FN ‘06
Overview:Click Here to View Video
Flag# 139 - Earth-Mars Cave Detection Program, Phase 2 - 2011 Mojave Desert Expedition
6/19/2011 to 6/25/2011
J. Judson Wynne
Flag# 139 - Relict Species and Invasion Ecology of Rapa Nui Caves
7/24/2011 to 8/8/2011
J. Judson Wynne, FN ‘06
Flag# 139 - Troglobitic Arthropod Sampling At Wet Caves in Greater Grand Canyon
8/28/2011 to 9/5/2011
J. Judson Wynne, FN ‘06
Flag# 141 - Characterization of Mercury Emissions from Artisanal Gold Refining Shops
February 6, 2011 to February 28, 2011
Marilyn E. Engle FN’03
Flag# 147 - A Photographic Survey of Living Mollusks in the Coastal Honduran Region with Emphasis on Volutes
April 5, 2011 to April 15, 2011
Charles E. Rawlings III, M.D. FN’90
Flag# 172 - Institute of Nautical Archeology Kizilburun Turkey Excavation 2011
6/1/2011 to 6/16/2011
Matthew S. Partrick, M.D., FN ‘10
Flag# 176 - Monrosa 2011
6/9/2011 to 6/28/2011
Fabio P. Ruberti, Ph.D., FI ‘10
Flag# 186 - 2011 Sima del Borrego Expedition April 22, 2011 to May 2, 2011
April 22, 2011 to May 2, 2011
C. William Steele FN’79
Flag# 186 - Perry Water Cave Underground Camp Expedition
January 14, 2011 to January 23, 2011
C. William Steele, FN ‘79 & Michael P. Cicherski, MN ‘01
Flag# 186 - American/Iranian Alpine Exchange
6/2/2011 to 6/25/2011
Branndon Bargo, MN ‘09
Flag# 189 - Mount Everest High Altitude Research Expedition
March 28, 2011 to May 31, 2011
David K. Hempleman-Adams MED’00
Overview:
http://www.deroemereverest.com/blog/
Flag# 202 - Under Alaskan Seas: Arctic Submarine Canyons to the Aleutian Trench
8/7/2011 to 9/17/2011
Michelle L. Ridgway, FN ‘09
- RT @AntarcticaNews: Last Sunset in Antarctica Kicks Off Winter Season - Our Amazing Planet http://t.co/353Cfwm1
- RT @mjane_h: Beautifully done animation of explorers' journey to Challenger Deep in Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench http://t.co/BTvndOMF
- Kuwait in the memoirs of an American Adventurer http://t.co/i4Br66O4
- Adventurer's Pacific row 'going well' http://t.co/Ze4AP1Js
- RT @nytimesscience: Scientist at Work Blog: How to Uncover Underwater Artifacts http://t.co/QphrAKeL
