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the explorers journalWinter 2007/2008editor’s noteA Global AdventureThis issue we set foot on literally every continent on Earth.In our lead story, Jon Bowermaster invites us along on hisOceans 8 expedition, which, as of this writing, is boundfor Antarctica’s Larsen Ice Shelf to complete the final legof a journey that has taken the avid kayaker to some of themost remote parts of our globe. Paddling through sharkinfestedwaters and treacherous seas, Bowermaster is ona quest to focus international attention on the plight of ouroceans, which are threatened by global warming, pollution,and overfishing.As part of our ongoing celebration of the InternationalPolar Year (see http://www.ipy.org/) we continue to highlightpioneering research in the polar environments. Thisissue, Kenneth L. Smith of the Monterey Bay AquariumResearch Institute shares his work unraveling the secretlives of Antarctica’s icebergs. Once thought to be littlemore than inanimate islands of frozen water, icebergs havebeen found to host complex independent ecosystems thatplay a critical role in the drawdown of carbon dioxide andorganic replenishment of our oceans. In the Arctic, Geoffrey Clark providesfresh insight into the events that unfolded during Adolphus W.Greely’s tragic Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881–1884.We are also privileged to publish selections from a rare portfolio ofimages that have lain dormant since the 1968 publication of RobertGardner’s Gardens of War: Life and Death in the New Guinea StoneAge and snapped by none other than Michael Clark Rockefeller onlymonths before his mysterious disappearance while documentingthe Asmat of southern New Guinea in November 1961. Taken duringGardner’s famed Harvard-Peabody Expedition to the Baliem Valley, thephotographs—some 4,000 in all—chronicle the daily lives of the warringDani, who, despite the encroachment of the modern world—continue topursue their traditional lifeways.an elegant manta ray swimsbeneath Jon Bowermaster’s kayakOff the atoll of Fakarava in theTuamotus. Photo by Peter McBrideAngela M.H. Schuster, Acting Editor-in-Chief
THE EXPLORERS CLUB TRAVELERSA World of AdventuresFEATURED JOURNEYHidden AlaskaPrivate Lodges in Denali, Fox Island& the Kenai Peninsulawith Explorers Club PresidentDaniel A. BennettJuly 8–19, 2008Travel with Explorers Club members and friends onluxurious adventures far off the beaten path in thecompany of distinguished and engaging leaders. Take a floatplane to the world famousBrooks Falls to view brown bearsfeeding on migrating salmon; Cruise aboard a private boat throughthe Kenai Fjords National Park toview sea otters, puffins (and manyother bird species), harbor seals, Stellersea lions, and whales; Stay deep within Denali National Parkand enjoy excursions to view caribou,moose, Dall sheep, grizzly bears, andresident & migratory birds. Experience the thrill of rafting through theKenai National Wildlife Refuge; Optional flight-seeing tours of Mt.McKinley (Denali) and its adjacent glacialcanyons; Our small group of no more than 14participants will stay at some of Alaska’sfinest backcountry lodges.SELECTED JOURNEYSimage courtesy of © 2007 Will Steger FoundationPlease contact us at:800-856-89519am - 6pm Mon-Fri, ETToll line: 603-756-4004Fax: 603-756-2922Email: ect@studytours.orgWebsite: www.explorers.orgUltimate Serengeti SafariFebruary 12–24, 2008 (13 days)Himalayas by AirMarch 21–April 7, 2008 (18 days)The Best of Melanesia & MicronesiaPapua New Guinea, Trobriand Islands, Yap & PalauMay 8–24, 2008 (17 days)Fire & IceJapan to Kamchatka, June 7–21, 2008 (15 days)Kamchatka to Alaska, June 19–July 3, 2008 (15 days)
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