Explorers Club members Carl Schuster (front), an cartographic expert, and Ross von Burg, an explorer who has sailed extensively and is an expert on civilian future space travel, at the club's map room...Founded in New York City in 1904, The Explorers Club promotes the scientific exploration of land, sea, air, and space by supporting research and education in the physical, natural and biological sciences. The Club's members have been responsible for an illustrious series of famous firsts: First to the North Pole, first to the South Pole, first to the summit of Mount Everest, first to the deepest point in the ocean, first to the surface of the moon--all accomplished by our members.
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