The Explorers Journal

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 momentum with purpose

EDITOR’S NOTE journeys

The Explorers Journal

FIELD NOTES

INTO THE GREAT GOBI • completing a 1925 expedition planned, and eventually abandoned,

TEL DOR: A HARBOR LOST TO TIME • unlocking Iron Age maritime secrets along Israel’s Carmel Coast

SISTEMA CALERA • unearthing Ice Age secrets from Mexico’s Sierra Madres

STARSTRUCK • a quest to document sea stars around the globe

FORGING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE what the drift demands

HARVESTING THE WILD celebrating the marvelous maple

BOOK REVIEWS

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