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04/25/2025
The annual The Explorers Club ECAD weekend got into full swing this morning. Explorers from every corner of the globe are gathered in NYC to exchange ideas, meet fellow explorers and scientists, share their research on space, climate change, the oceans, anthropology, archeology, conservation, - name it, and Explorers Club members are doing it. You cannot help but be inspired and hopeful in their company! The young and not-so-young explorers come from every walk of life and every shade and background humans can be. ๐๐
๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐, ๐๐พ๐๐ถ๐๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. There are only two requisites for exploring: Curiosity and a willingness to push on against the current. This morning, one of my favorite people on earth, J. Robert Harris hosted a program entitled "Remembering Forgotten Explorers".
The program highlighted four people who made considerable contributions to science and humanity through their courage and perseverance, but were forgotten by history because of their gender, race, or social position. ๐ง๐ฎ๐พ๐๐น๐ถ๐๐๐๐พ , a young indigenous woman, guided four expeditions to the Arctic. When the final expedition boat sank (the captain died mysteriously, his disgruntled crew had no idea how that arsinic got into him...) she kept 20 survivors alive for 6 months on a floating iceberg. ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ (a monk!) traveled to, learned about and brought messages and intel back from the Great Khan in Mongolia decades before Marco Polo thought about his expedition, ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ , born on 1902, traveled all over the world - mostly alone, from Greenland to Africa to South America and the middle east, drawing and documenting - with respect - the indigenous people and cultures, and ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ , an indigenous man from the Bontoc people of the Philippeans was part of the "indigenous zoo" exhibitions so popular in Europe and America in the early 20th Century. He learned English and made it his business to teach about his culture, becoming a bridge to understanding.
The Explorers Club has (usually evening) programs through out the year open for anyone interested. A curious mind (and a ticket) are the only requisites. Come experience the world with us.
