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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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December talk on building South Pole station

Jerry Marty, who was in charge of building the newest South Pole station, talked about the challenges of building the third and current U.S. South Pole station at the ECWG’s annual black tie dinner at the Cosmos Club on Saturday, … Continue reading

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ECWG Annual Meeting

Explorers Club Washington Group members will meet at 5:45 p.m. at the Cosmos Club on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011 — 15 minutes before the annual black tie event–to elect members of the Board of Directors Class of 2014 and conduct … Continue reading

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November talk on Amazon’s hidden tribes

At the ECWG’s Nov. 19, 2011 Cosmos Club dinner Scott Wallace, FN’07 told the story of his National Geographic assignment in the summer 2002 to journey deep into the Amazon with the renowned Brazilian explorer and Indian rights activist Sydney … Continue reading

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Talk on Sharks, Tropical Paradise and Science

Craig Cook, M.D, MN 01 discussed “The Search for the Perfect Reef: Sharks, Tropical Paradise and Science” at the Explorer’s Club Washington Group’s September  17, 2011 Cosmos Club Dinner. He described two scientific expeditions to the Phoenix Islands in the … Continue reading

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