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The Explorers Club


10 [[image - black & white photograph of Admiral Peary in an aircraft cockpit]]

[[caption]] Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary, former president of The Explorers Club, who took his first aeroplane ride in October, 1915, and proclaimed wide use of craft as research tool, and Dr. Walter A. Wood, current president of The Explorers Club.

11 [[image - black & white photograph of Dr. Walter A. Wood in an aircraft cockpit]]

The Explorers Club, founded in 1904, is an educational and scientific institution dedicated to the furtherance of those disciplines which are both the tools and purposes of exploration. The early history of The Explorers Club is highlighted with such names as Amundsen, Andrews, Akeley, Byrd, Peary, Roosevelt, and Stefansson. Today, the names of Balchen, Carpenter, Ewing, Hillary, Leakey, Libby, Thomas, and Weyer stand out among the distinguished list of members.

Among its activities, The Explorers Club has financed more than 135 expeditions as well as awarded its flag to more than 300 expeditions. The library has over 17,000 volumes on all phases of exploration and the related sciences. The new and remarkably distinguished building, now the club headquarters, located at 46 East 70th Street, New York City, was acquired four years ago. An important part of The Explorers Club is the World Center For Exploration, the "action" arm of the organization and a vital part of exploration in the future. Another distinguished part of the Club is its affiliate, the Explorers Research Corporation, formed in 1966 as the vehicle for undertaking important but difficult and hazardous research. Its first project, the study of Clear Air Turbulence, has already resulted in an important contribution to air safety.

The Explorers Club welcomes individuals and organizations to join in new efforts to keep the challenge of expanding frontiers open for progress and human welfare.