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Tag Archives: Explorers Club Washington Group
April ECWG dinner talk on archaeobotany
Linda Perry spoke on “Archaeobotany: What Used to be for Dinner” beginning at the ECWG’s April 20 dinner at the Cosmos Club in Washington. Archaeobotany is the study of remains of plants from the distant past. The science is the … Continue reading
Dinner talk was on Antarctic expedition
Three members of a planned 2014 Antarctic expedition honoring the 100th anniversary of Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance expedition described their expedition at the Explorers Club Washington Group’s dinner Saturday, Feb. 23, 2012 at the Cosmos Club. Their talk was entitled: “By … Continue reading
ECWG offering graduate student grants
The Explorers Club Washington Group (ECWG) is now accepting applications for its 2013 Exploration and Field Research Grants Program. The ECWG established the awards to encourage young men and women to add to the body of knowledge of the earth, … Continue reading
Sept. 22 dinner speaker reviewed lessons of wildfires
John N. Maclean, FN ’02, spoke on “A Season of Fire” at the ECWG’s September 22, 2012 dinner at the Cosmos Club. His talk reviewed lessons learned from the ongoing explosive fire season including the reality of bigger, hotter fires … Continue reading
Maclean’s book on fatal fire set for publication
John Maclean, FN ’02, award-winning author of three previous books on wildfire disasters, has written another, a book on the deadly 2006 Esperanza Fire in California. The book will be released next January by Counterpoint Press. Maclean first visited the … Continue reading