Innehållsförteckning för Fall 2021 från The Explorers Journal

One of the things I love about our fellowship of explorers is learning each day about some new aspect of the reality we live in, being uncovered by the work of our members in the field. While there remain vast areas of this planet yet to be thoroughly explored, much less the vast unknowns outside it, I marvel at how much important work is being done reexamining places we have been, with new eyes, new technologies, and new intentions. Important discoveries are often found in places thought tapped out, or overlooked, because in the past we lacked the knowledge or tools to extract or even recognize the importance of what is surprisingly close at hand. I remember well, in my own youth, having visited Yellowstone National Park—which celebrates its 150th…

LATITUDE BY NICHOLAS CRANE 280 PP • NEW YORK: PEGASUS BOOKS, 2021 • ISBN-13: 978-1643137957 • $27.95 • REVIEWED BY NICK SMITH Ever since Dava Sobel’s Longitude, many have wondered if a companion piece would emerge on the equally fascinating topic of latitude. In his entertaining and erudite Latitude: The True Story of the World’s First Scientific Expedition, author Nicholas Crane investigates how an eighteenth-century scientific expedition—what he calls an “almost forgotten moment in history”—determined the true shape of the planet. As Crane, onetime president of the Royal Geographical Society and biographer of the sixteenth-century mapmaker Gerardus Mercator, points out, these days we erroneously take it for granted that the world is spherical (it’s actually an irregularly shaped ellipsoid). Back in the eighteenth-century, scientists suspected this irregularity, but the problem was…

“If there is a commonality or thread in the films that we have been interested in, it is that they explore the human capacity to achieve the impossible, to will something into existence when there seems to be no potential solution,” Academy Award-winning filmmaker Jimmy Chin told The Explorers Journal when we caught up with him and his wife and co-director Chai Vasarhelyi on the eve of the release of their latest documentary, The Rescue. In many ways, Chin’s sentiment evinces the ethos of The Explorers Journal in that we, too, are drawn to projects whose successes are based as much on the mental fortitude of their participants as they are on required physical endurance and research design. This edition, we highlight a suite of such projects. In addition to…

A FELLOW OF THE EXPLORERS CLUB SINCE 1997, JAMES P. DELGADO, PHD, IS A MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGIST, EXPLORER, AUTHOR, AND EDUCATOR WITH NEARLY FIVE DECADES OF WORK ON AND UNDER THE WATER AND IN THE DISCOVERY AND SCIENTIFIC EXCAVATION OF THE HUMAN PAST. HE IS CURRENTLY THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF SEARCH, INC. BRADLEY BARR RECEIVED HIS PHD FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS, AND CURRENTLY SERVES AS A SENIOR ADVISOR IN THE NOAA OFFICE OF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARIES’ MARITIME HERITAGE PROGRAM. IN 2015, HE LED A RESEARCH EXPEDITION TO THE ARCTIC TO MAP AND DOCUMENT WHALING SHIPWRECKS IN THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF THE CHUKCHI SEA. HE WAS AWARDED A FULBRIGHT–NSF ARCTIC RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP IN 2017. MOST RECENTLY, HE SERVED AS THE MISSION COORDINATOR FOR LOCATING AND DOCUMENTING THE WRECK OF…

matsutake mushrooms on fire toast with wild mustard greensSERVES 4 SERVING MUSHROOMS AND BREAD TOGETHER IS A CLASSIC AND DELICIOUS COMBINATION. CHANGE THE BREAD, CHANGE THE MUSHROOMS, ADD OTHER FLAVORING AGENTS, AND YOU CAN CREATE A NEW EXPERIENCE EVERY TIME. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE OF THE MATSUTAKE. LITERALLY TRANSLATED AS A “PINE” (MATSU) “MUSHROOM” (TAKE), IT IS PRIZED IN ITS NATIVE JAPAN, WHERE IT CAN COMMAND UP TO $2,000 A POUND. THERE, IT IS MOST OFTEN STEEPED INTO AN INTENSELY AROMATIC SOUP. LUCKILY FOR US, MATSUTAKE CAN ALSO BE FOUND FLOURISHING ABOUT THE BASES OF PINE TREES—IDEALLY LODGEPOLES—AND MADRONE TREES IN MOIST HABITATS (OR AFTER HEAVY RAINS IN DRIER AREAS) OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH JANUARY. FOR THIS FRENCH-INSPIRED RECIPE, WE HAVE PAIRED THE MUSHROOM WITH CREAM AND…

THE EXPLORERS CLUB 46 EAST 70TH STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10021 WWW.EXPLORERS.ORG | 212-628-8383 AFRICAGladys Kalema-Zikusokagladys@ctph.org ALASKAMead Treadwellmeadwell@alaska.net ATLANTASteve Pigottjagter@msn.com AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALANDTodd Taitodd@mivision.com.au BHUTANMatthew DeSantismatt@mybhutan.com CANADAGeorge Kourounischapterchair@explorersclub.ca CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICAActing Chair: Synnøve Marie Kvam Strømsvågsstromsvag@explorers.org CHICAGO/GREAT LAKESRobert A. Shuchman, PhDshuchman@mtu.edu EAST & SOUTH ASIASteven R. Schwankertsteven@sinoscuba.com FLORIDAJoseph Dituri, PhDjoe@gallantaquatic.com GEORGE ROGERS CLARKCindy Irvincirvin100@yahoo.com GREAT BRITAIN & IRELANDMark Woodmark@markwoodexplorer.comRory Golden, Vice Chairrgolden@eircom.net GREATER PIEDMONTJames Bortonasiareview@yahoo.com HAWAIIMark Blackburnmblackburn@aol.com HONG KONGAngélica Anglésaangles@explorershk.org NEW ENGLANDGregory Deyermenjianpaititi@alumni.clarku.edu NORTH PACIFIC ALASKAJoshua C. Lewis & Victoria M. Becwar-Lewisnpac1@me.com NORTHERN CALIFORNIATom Dolantdolan@outdoorstorms.com NORWAYSynnøve Marie Kvam Strømsvågexplorers.norge@gmail.com PACIFIC NORTHWESTJohn All, PhDjohn.all@wwu.edu PHILADELPHIAA.J. “Buddy” Obara, Jr.ajo_@msn.com POLANDMariusz Ziółkowskimziolkowski@uw.edu.pl www.explorersclubpoland.pl ROCKY MOUNTAINJeff Blumenfeldjeff@blumenfeldpr.com www.wexplorers-rm.org SAN DIEGOCharlene Glacycglacy@yahoo.com SOUTHERN CALIFORNIASteve Elkinselkinssteve@me.com SOUTHERN FLORIDABruce C. Mathesonbcm09@bellsouth.net SOUTHWESTRobert Louis DeMayordemayo07@aol.com ST. LOUISCynthia Peterscynthiaspeters@gmail.com SWEDENLars E. Larssonllarsson@explorersclub.se SWITZERLANDLaurent Develleldevelle37@gmail.com switzerland@explorers.org TEXAS NancyMcGeenancy@islandtimescuba.com…

WHEN WILLIAM SHATNER RETURNED FROM SPACE ON OCTOBER 13, HAVING JUST RIDDEN A BLUE ORIGIN ROCKET TO 107 KILOMETERS ABOVE THE EARTH, HE WAS QUITE EMOTIONAL AS HE SPOKE TO AMAZON AND BLUE ORIGIN FOUNDER JEFF BEZOS. AT 90, THE STAR TREK ACTOR, AND NOW EXPLORER, IS THE OLDEST PERSON TO HAVE GONE TO THE FINAL FRONTIER. WE RECENTLY CAUGHT UP WITH HIM TO HEAR FIRSTHAND ABOUT HIS 10-MINUTE, 17-SECOND FLIGHT, WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE A PROFOUND LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE. JC: What did you do during that brief window of weightlessness near apogee? WS: A lot of people play games up there. For me, I was totally focused on what’s out the window, and what impressions I had. I didn’t want to waste a moment. So, I didn’t turn somersaults and…

AVAILABLE IN PRINT AND AS A DIGITAL PUBLICATION 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.…

JOIN THE “EXPLORERS IMMORTALS” AND ENGRAVE YOUR NAME OR DEDICATION IN STONE ON NEW PAVERS FOR THE LEFRAK TERRACE AT EXPLORERS CLUB HEADQUARTERS. ADORN OUR LANDMARK OUTDOOR SPACE AND HELP PAY FOR URGENT WORK FOR PHASE II RENOVATIONS BY MAKING A TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION OF $3,750 PER DEDICATED PAVER TO OUR LOWELL THOMAS BUILDING FUND. THE EXPLORERS CLUB WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING WHO HAVE PURCHASED A PAVER: Mark Allio, Joanna Allman, James H. Alexander, John G. Alexander, Darlene T. Anderson, Jeanne D. Andlinger, Barbara Annan, Robert J. Aresty, Robert Ashton, Atlanta Chapter, Robert J. Atwater, Norman L. Baker, Andreas Bender, Josh Bernstein, John Bierley, Bruce Blanchard, John R. Bockstoce, Brian M. Boom, John R. Boreske, Jr., Jill Botway, Gary W. Bowersox, Lawson W. Brigham, Diane Britz-Lotti, Charles A. Burroughs,…

“MY SON DANIEL DOLAN, A STUDENT MEMBER SINCE 2008, AND I HAVE ENJOYED THREE EXPEDITIONS TO MT. KILIMANJARO. THE EXPLORERS CLUB’S LEGACY SOCIETY IS A GREAT ENCOURAGEMENT FOR MY SON’S GENERATION AND EVERYONE WHO ENJOYS EXPLORING LAND, SEA, AIR, SPACE, AND BEYOND.”—DAVID DOLAN, MED’03 CHAIR OF THE LEGACY SOCIETY Mark R. Allio • John G. Alexander • Alan B. Albright • Robert J. Atwater • Capt. Norman L. Baker* • Barbara Ballard • Robert D. Ballard, PhD • Samuel B. Ballen* • Mark Gregory Bayuk • Daniel A. Bennett • Josh Bernstein • Bruce Blanchard • John R. Bockstoce, DPhil • Jack Aaron Boggs* • Bjorn G. Bolstad* • Capt. Bruce M. Bongar, PhD • Brian M. Boom, PhD • Jill Botway • Garrett R. Bowden • Capt. Lawson W.…