Expedition reports, event recaps, member stories, and dispatches from the field.
Historically, anthropology has helped us understand our time here on Earth. Space anthropology extends that understanding beyond our terrestrial home.
Relive an unforgettable night of discovery—scroll through our Annual Dinner photos and feel the Explorers Club spirit ignite your next adventure.
Welcome to your unofficial guide to the 2025 Explorers Club Annual Dinner (ECAD) festivities. This independently curated schedule highlights a wide range of events happening around ECAD weekend—from official gatherings to informal meetups and legendary parties. Whether you're a long-time member or a first-time guest, use this resource to plan your experience, discover hidden gems, and make the most of this extraordinary celebration of exploration and community.
Discover the remarkable resilience and rich traditions of the Inuit people of North America in this compelling exploration of their history, culture, and modern challenges. From surviving in one of the harshest environments on Earth to navigating the impacts of government policies, climate change, and social upheaval, the Inuit have continuously adapted while striving to preserve their heritage.
For attendees at this year’s Lowell Thomas Annual Dinner, we’re thrilled to share a live gallery showcasing moments from the workshops, adventures, and the Gala event.
Join our Honorary Hosts—all recipients of the Club’s highest honor, The Explorers Medal—along with extraordinary explorers from around the world, to celebrate the 2024 Lowell Thomas Awardees.
September 07, 2024 at 5:30 pm Quarterly Meeting
Please save Saturday, June 1st for our next Explorers Club quarterly meeting. It will be held at the Headliners Club in Austin, starting at 6:00 pm for cocktails followed by dinner and a program at 7 pm.
We are thrilled to announce that the profile of Andrés A. Ruzo, renowned geothermal scientist and Amazon conservationist, has been added to the Explorers Club Texas Chapter website. Ruzo's groundbreaking work on the Boiling River in the Amazon and his contributions to geothermal studies and conservation efforts have earned him a distinguished place among our explorers. Visit our website to learn more about his fascinating research and his efforts to protect the Amazon's unique ecosystems.
We traveled to near the Arkansas border Sunday and then backtracked to Mt. Pleasant on eclipse day which seemed to be the best place to view.
Mary posing with a giant pillbug (Bathynomus giganteus). It's an isopod crustacean distantly related to the garden pillbugs. Giant pillbugs live at 500 m or more in the Gulf of Mexico and scavenge on whatever they can find.
Download the PDF Guides Here: Solar Eclipse Shoot Sheet Solar Eclipse Photography Notes SOLAR ECLIPSE PHOTOGRAPHY NOTES APRIL 8, 2024 Prepared by: Joe Watson, April 3, 2024 DISCLAIMER: You are responsible for the safety of yourself and your equipment. Use solar protection as you choose. Open Source: This information is open source, and available free […]
Allen Tuten, long a student of the history and culture of Alaskan native people, will share his knowledge and enthusiasm in his talk scheduled for Thursday, April 18, at 5 p.m. in the Union Museum of History and Art, 211 N. Main St., Farmerville. Tuten has logged 26 visits to Alaska, where he worked with […]
Ben Edelstein has just completed a 5 day guided jungle hike to Lost City in Columbia located 30 miles outside of Santa Marta.
“My home is a Baylor-Norvell house of Rockport Texas which was built in 1868 and has a Texas Historical Marker. It sits on the ocean and as the plaque states, has survived many hurricanes. Its a simple structure but sturdily built and a testament to the early Texan’s builders skill and the use of the […]
The Arctic Cowboys They established new Amazon headwaters, then paddled the entire 4,000 mile length of the Amazon. Next, they become the first on the planet to paddle the entire 2,100 mile Volga, the longest river in Europe. Now the Arctic Cowboys, a trio of Texans from Austin, led by West Hansen and including Jimmy […]
A succinct summary of the expedition’s major points including, project significance, objectives, results and any implications the discoveries may have on either the field of study and/or exploration.
Living on the International Space Station, Space Walking, and Off Shore Sailing, Research Vessel Tour of Galveston Harbor, Marine Lab, Ship Simulator and much more Speaker, COL Michael Fossum, Astronaut and COO of Texas A&M Galveston: I am extremely excited to let you know that our final meeting of 2022 will be in Galveston on the […]
Bill Steele exploring caves in Texas World-renowned cave explorer Bill Steele is adding new passages to Texas maps, foot by foot In a dark tunnel near the entrance of Honey Creek Cave, Bill Steele buckles his helmet and tugs on a pair of swim fins. The world-renowned speleologist scoots to the edge of a ledge, […]
October 21 – 23, at Starbase in Boca Chica on the Texas-Mexico Border by Port Isabel, Hear Dr. Sam Patel, Senior Director of Operations (Explorer) tell the SpaceX story. Tour the manufacturing facility and the launch pad with design engineers. Please note SPECIAL SECURITY REQUIREMENTS BELOW regarding advanced clearance, no social media, no photography, age […]
If you are unfamiliar Bracken Cave is the largest bat population, and one of the largest known concentrations of mammals in the world. Every summer 20 million Mexican free-tailed bats come to Texas to give birth to baby bat pups. Every night for a few short months the bats emerge to feast on thousands of […]
Speaker, Astronaut GEN. CHARLIE DUKE INVITATION to the Explorers Club Texas Quarterly Meeting New Braunfels on June 18, 2022 “Moon Walkers, Past and Future” Gen. Charlie Duke, Apollo 16 Lunar Lander Pilot, Moonwalker, Deep Space Visionary QUARTERLY MEETING: Join the Explorers Club Texas Chapter Quarterly Meeting Live and In-Person for cocktails, dinner, and Charlie’s presentation […]
Final Sign-up Deadline 1:00PM Wednesday March 23rd. You’re Invited to the Explorers Club Texas Quarterly Meeting in Austin on March 26th, 2022 “Extinction May Not Be Inevitable” Trained Dog and Ranger Teams Are Highly Effective For Apprehending Poachers of Rhino, Elephants, and Other Endangered Wildlife SPEAKER: Hear Vianna von Weyhausen, Founder of Canines for Africa (K94A), […]
Attended by West Hansen, Lizet Alaniz, Ben Edelstein, Matt Lutz, Steve Tittle, Kiran Dix, and Jimmy Harvey. Enjoyed a lecture on exotic hallucinatory rituals from ayahuasca to frog licking, discussed Josh Slocum’s legendary expedition when he sailed his tiny boat, The Spray, around the world in the late 1890’s to be the first person to solo circumnavigate the planet, discussed the flat versus the spherical theories of the shape of this planet, enjoyed adult beverages, discussed Ben Edelstein’s upcoming trip to Tahiti to purchase a new ocean-going catamaran sailboat, discussed West, Jimmy and Steve’s upcoming Northwest Passage expedition.
In November, West and Lizet Hansen arranged and sponsored a special Explorers Club Texas tour of the Texas State Capitol. The tour guide presented the history of the amazing capital structure which, including the coupla statue of the Goddess Liberty, is the tallest capitol building in the U.S. including in D.C.
See all the videos from World Oceans Week 2020 Ocean Art, Sharks, and all the oceans: Pacific, Atlantic, Atric, Antarctic, Indian, Southern. Learn about sustainable fishing and conservation. Renew understanding of why we care about the oceans which remain 90% unexplored. Art of the Ocean: https://vimeo.com/429432885 Sharks: https://vimeo.com/429449462 Indian Ocean: https://vimeo.com/427095144 Pacific Ocean: https://vimeo.com/427049365 Southern Ocean: https://vimeo.com/427010862 Arctic Ocean: https://vimeo.com/427037088 Atlantic […]
Dr. Tony Fiorillo, V.P. and Chief Curator of the Perot Museum led a tour at Dinosaur Valley State Park in Glen Rose. We learned that there are literally thousands of tracks in the Paluzy River and perhaps were 600,000 dinosaurs rooming around! Not only are the footprints large, they are limitless in number.
The Explorers Club Texas Chapter Winter Meeting February 15, 16 in Glen Rose, Tx. and Dallas, Tx $45 Cost for Sunday Lunch Meeting, Perot Museum, Dinosaur Valley State Park Register Here with PayPal Meet Old Friends and Family Weekend: “We’re talking fossil old!” SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2020. The warm-up events! Dinosaur Valley State Park Glen Rose, […]
Bill Steele (FE ’79) is busily organizing the Proyecto Espeleologico Sistema Huautla (PESH) Explorers Club Flag expedition. The expedition send-off party in Austin on Saturday evening, March 28, and the next day begin the three day drive to southern Mexico. The expedition will run the month of April.
Public Lecture Series with Richard O. Prum What can explain the incredible diversity of beauty in nature? A celebrated Yale ornithologist turns to a neglected idea of Darwin’s for answers and transforms the way we understand sex, pleasure, and evolution itself. In The Evolution of Beauty, Richard O. Prum’s award-winning career as an ornithologist and his […]
Movie Cosmic Birth For millennia humans have looked up and admired the Moon. Between 1968 and 1972, the Apollo program brought twenty-four American astronauts into lunar orbit – twelve of whom walked its surface. While they aimed for the moon, some of their most moving experiences occurred when they gazed back at earth. In the […]
I’ll find him for sure! Public Lecture Series with Daisuke Takahashi Three hundred years ago Daniel Defoe published a tale of perhaps the world’s most well-known castaway, Robinson Crusoe. Defoe’s famed novel is believed to be modeled after the epic story of the marooned buccaneer, Alexander Selkirk (1686 – 1721). Selkirk survived for more than […]
Join The Explorers Club for an evening of food and fascinating discussion with the team studying an ambitious new mission to explore further than humanity has yet gone. The Interstellar Probe concept study team is holding their annual workshop, laying plans for a mission that would escape our Solar System many times faster than any […]
Three hundred years ago Daniel Defoe published a tale of perhaps the world’s most well-known castaway, Robinson Crusoe. Defoe’s famed novel is believed to be modeled after the epic story of the marooned buccaneer, Alexander Selkirk (1686 – 1721).
Don Walsh, Ocean Explorer Location: The Cow Library in the home of Harlan and Cathy Crow. Speaker: Captain Don Walsh, deep ocean explorer, U.S. Navy Capitan (Ret.), world leader in oceanographic studies Commentary: Victor Vescovo, deep ocean explorer, mountain climber, adventure The fourth quarter meeting on November 16 of the Texas Chapter of the Explorers Club was held […]
