Honorary Chair Sir Edmund Hillary 1919-2008	President Daniel A. Bennett	Honorary President Don Walsh, Ph.D.

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SPECIAL EVENTS Explorers Club Annual Dinner 2006 Shh! Silent Auction Online and at the Annual Dinner The 2006 Online Silent Auction is now closed. Thank you all for taking the time to point, click, and bid in order to support The Explorers Club. This year the Silent Auction was conducted both at the Waldorf and online. The Silent Auction is made possible through the generosity of our members, who donate beautiful artifacts, trips and adventures, and explorer-ready gear to be auctioned. The revenue generated through the Silent Auction is a critical source of income for the Club's operations and programs, thereby advancing the mission and objectives. Online Silent Auction The 2006 Online Silent Auction, running during the entire month of March 2006, allowed all our members, and the general public, to bid on a wide selection of products and services, regardless of whether or not they attended the dinner. At the Waldorf See, below, just a few of the exciting lots offered at the Waldorf the night of the Annual Dinner.   Lots 100: Trips & Excursions 5 nights stay in Antigua Treetops Resort. 4 days Hot Air Balloon Trip in Pennsylvania. 4 nights diving trip in Grand Cayman. A weekend stay for 2 at Admiral Peary’s boyhood home in Fryeburg, ME. Lots 200: Day Trips & Services Flight in a Cessna Skyhawk from Pittsfield, MA to a small county airport with lunch and a return flight back with Capt. Norman Baker. IMAX tickets and a tour for 6 of the American Museum of Natural History. VIP Tour and lunch at Lamont-Doherty Observatory for 4. 1 year Membership to Cornell Lab of Ornithology, plus an autographed book by Tim Gallagher and a framed photograph of the Ivory Billed Woodpecker. Lot 300: Books & Publications National Geographic Space 1st Edition 2005 signed by Buzz Aldrin. Raiders of the Deep 1st Edition 1928 signed by Lowell Thomas. Lot 400: Art & Photography Original Etching numbered and signed by Robert Bateman. Signed photograph of Buzz Aldrin. Framed, signed and numbered photograph of a Blue Whale by Amos Nachoum. Lot 500: Gear & Garments 1 Race Day Bag and 1 Half Day Bag by F.M. Allen Luxury Safari Outfitters. NIKE Lance Armstrong numbered series Titanium Chrono Watch. $5,000 gift certificate for Filson Clothing - Seattle. Canada Goose Expedition Clothing Outfitters Down Parka 1 Women’s and 1 Men’s jacket from 66 Degrees North Lot 600: Decorative Items Hand Knotted Indian Oriental Rug. 1 case of Oak Summit Pinot Noir. Chinese Tang Dynasty Lady Figurine. Faberge Centerpiece S. Jean Spence Silent Auction Registrar/Manager silentauction@explorers.org ECAD 2006 Silent Auction Chair Christine Dennison FR'03 BACK TO ECAD 2006

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