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| Title Statement | The Explorers Club: a visual journey through the past, present, and future of exploration / edited by Jeff Wilser. |
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| Additional Contributors | Wilser, Jeff |
| Publication | California: Ten Speed Press,2023. |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Extent of Item | 295 pages |
| ISBN | 9781984859983 (hardcover) |
| Other Number | pr07213185 |
| Contents | Introduction --Part 1. Expanding the maps : chasing dragons --The two Greelys : a tale of Arctic anguish --First to the North Pole ... maybe? --Dogs over ponies : first to the South Pole --The last dragon chaser --Part 2. Breaking the boundaries : climbing higher and diving deeper --The wings of Greely --First to summit Everest --The society of forgotten explorers --Kon-tiki --First to the deepest point in the ocean --First to the moon : apollo night at the Explorers Club --"Why are there no girls?" --Seeing the (underwater) light --Diving and mapping --The thrill of the krill --Exploration and side hustles : from Oscars to oceans --From Apollo rockets to solar wings --Part 3. Curiosity in action : the new golden age of exploration --The two Callies : a tale of nature's anguish --Exploring by storytelling --Exploring the roots --Exploring the space volcanoes --Ushirikiano --Exploring as an exchange --Exploring for truth --The astronaut defending us from asteroids --Explorers as allies --The track of the cat --Exploring for agency --The first environmental linguist --Exploring the red planet --Food, art, and the journey to Mars --References --Acknowledgments --Credits --Index. |
| Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary | Discover the extraordinary history and thrilling frontiers of exploration with this gorgeously illustrated guide from The Explorers Club, the historic and esteemed home of the world's most prominent explorers. This guided tour of The Club's most riveting journeys includes hundreds of photos and fascinating anecdotes about The Club's distinguished members, including Teddy Roosevelt, Neil Armstrong, and Jane Goodall. From the darkest depths of the ocean to the highest points on Earth and to outer space and beyond, this book shares not just the inspirational history of modern exploration, but also reveals how it has evolved and continues to be relevant-even urgent-today. |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Discoveries in geography |
| Explorers--Biography | |
| Explorers--Societies, etc--United States | |
| By Name | Explorers Club |
| By Genre | Biographies |
| Personal narratives | |
