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February 2000 Volume Seven, Number Two Highlights From February 2000 Here's a sample of the February 2000 issue of Expedition News. To subscribe to the complete version each month either by postal or email see the subscription information below. EXPEDITION NEWS is a monthly review of significant expeditions, research projects and newsworthy adventures. It is distributed online and by mail to media representatives, corporate sponsors, educators, research librarians, explorers, environmentalists, and outdoor enthusiasts. This forum on exploration covers projects that stimulate, motivate and educate.
DANISH PRINCE CROSSES GREENLAND
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EXPEDITION NOTES David Borlaug, president of the National Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Council, said the celebration is not only to commemorate the journey but to "rekindle its spirit of discovery and acclaim the contributions and goodwill of the native peoples." The actual journey of Capt. Meriwether Lewis and Lt. William Clark began May 14, 1804, on the Missouri River after a winter spent near St. Louis in training and gathering supplies. The explorers arrived back in St. Louis on Sept. 23, 1806.
ON THE HORIZON
This year's theme is "Time and Exploration" and will feature presentations by the last men to walk the moon, the Director of Time at the US Naval Observatory, and the discoverer of Peru's Inca Ice Mummies. An exhibit of expedition suppliers will precede the dinner along with a particular favorite of the organization - a selection of exotic hors d'oeuvres which this year will feature edible insects. Speakers for the Club's first annual dinner of the Millennium are: Captain Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon; Michael Finley, Superintendent of Yellowstone National Park; Dennis McCarthy, Director of the Directorate of Time at the US Naval Observatory; Carolyn Porco, planetary scientist of the Cassini Mission to Saturn; Johan Reinhard, the world-renowned archaeologist who unwrapped the secrets of Peru's Inca Ice Mummies; former Astronaut and US Senator Harrison Schmitt, next-to-last man on the moon; and Neil De Grasse Tyson, an astronomer and director of New York's Hayden Planetarium. And about those insects .... one favorite tradition of The Explorers Club annual dinner are servings of exotic hors d'oeuvres that are reminiscent of what explorers sometimes call food as they travel the world. "Tarantulas are on the menu and I understand they are particularly tasty," said dinner chairman and Club member Doc Hermalyn. "Let's face it, explorers have to be ready for anything when they travel to remote corners of the earth. They're not always going to be served Peking duck." (For more information: (212) 628-8383.)
MEDIA MATTERS What's Left to Explore? - A New Year's Day millennium special on CNN examined what's left to explore in an engaging conversation with Explorers Club members and extreme medicine pioneer Ken Kamler, M.D., oceanographer Sylvia Earle, archaeologist Angela Schuster, giant squid expert and author Richard Ellis, and EC President Fred McLaren. Says Sylvia Earle in the opening, "The really frustrating thing is to be at this turning point in history and have so many people not realize how much there is left to discover right here on earth. The greatest era of exploration is just beginning." The CNN feature notes that Mt. Everest has been summitted hundreds of times, yet the deepest point of the world's oceans have been explored only once. Adds Kamler, who administered medical support on Everest in 1996, "We never before had the technology we have now to look around. The next challenge is to adapt the medical technology tested on Everest to practical, widespread use throughout the world." The Explorers Club segment was produced by CNN's Vickie Usher.
EXPEDITION NEWS is a monthly review of significant expeditions, research projects and newsworthy adventures. It is distributed online and by mail to media representatives, corporate sponsors, educators, research librarians, explorers, environmentalists, and outdoor enthusiasts. This forum on exploration covers projects that stimulate, motivate and educate.
EXPEDITION NEWS is published by Blumenfeld and Associates, Inc., 137 Rowayton Avenue, Suite 210, Rowayton, CT 06853 USA. Tel. 203-855-9400, fax 203-855-9433, blumassoc@aol.com. Editor/publisher: Jeff Blumenfeld. ©1999 Blumenfeld and Associates, Inc. All rights reserved.
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