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April talk on a ‘Paradise in Peril’

Robert E. Hyman LF 93’ will describe his exploration in the Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve in Honduras at the April 14 ECWG dinner at the Cosmos Club. He describes the reserve, which is home to the highest level of tropical … Continue reading

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March talk to be on climbing Antarctica’s highest mountain

Gary J. Kopff MN ’91 will give an illustrated talk on climbing the highest mountain in the Antarctic (the Vinson Massif) in the Ellsworth Mountains with his friends  the late  international␣ climbing guides Rob␣ Hall in 1961 and 1996 and … Continue reading

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News Briefs 4th Quarter 2011

The Washington DC area explorers reported a variety of activities during the last three months of 2011. The ECWG Exploration and Field Research Grants Program announced another successful year and are awaiting this year’s applicants.  Since the initiation of the … Continue reading

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Talk retraced the steps of Marco Polo

Denis Belliveau, MR 07,  used photos to describe the two years he spent retracing all 25,000 miles of Marco Polo’s 24-year, 13th century journey by land and sea from Venice to China and back at the ECWG’s Cosmos Club dinner … Continue reading

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Dinner talk on Northwest Passage journey

Emmy award-winning filmmaker Sprague Theobald talked about his five-month, 2009 journey from Rhode Island through the legendary Northwest Passage to Seattle at the Jan. 14, 2012 Explorers Club Washington Group dinner at the Cosmos Club in Washington. Theobald  left Rhode … Continue reading

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