Demystifying the American Explorers Club, as famous as the Freemasonry, with more than 3,000 super elite members, There are many mysterious super-elite clubs in the United States, such as Freemasonry, Illuminati, and Adventure Club. Today we are talking about the Explorers Club. The club was established in 1904 as a gathering place for explorers and scientists to fund, promote, and assist expeditions around the world.
Its members include astronaut Buzz Aldrin, President Teddy Roosevelt, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, film director James Cameron, President Roosevelt, etc.
American Explorers Club
- The Explorers Club is located on East 70th Street in Manhattan, close to Central Park. It was originally the home of Stephen C. Clark, the founder of the Baseball Hall of Fame. There is a fascinating six-story building on East 70th Street on the Upper East Side of New York City, which combines the architectural styles of James I (the King of England in the 17th century) and the Tudor period. It is the headquarters of the famous World Explorers Club and one of the most awesome field science institutions in the world.
Later, club members and famous writer Lowell Thomas bought the house and gave it to the club.
2. The front desk living room is full of history, with many European things from the 15th and 16th centuries, such as wooden coffee tables.
3. Below is the chair of the wife of the last Chinese emperor (Pu Yi).
4. The club also has artifacts from Robert Perry’s 1909 expedition to the North Pole, including sealskin gloves and canned milk from the expedition.
5. The following is the globe project used by Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl during his expedition.
6. He once created a 4300-mile journey with the team for 101 days. This is the page in his diary that describes the discovery of indigenous people.
7. There is an old elevator here, and it is also a place where the 3000 members of the club usually have to pass by when they meet.
8. This is one of the two main activity rooms in the building. This was once Clark’s library.
9. The club is often used as a meeting place for explorers to show their findings. Below is a painting by Adolphus W. Greely, the first president of the Explorers Club.
10. This is a polar bear specimen. Press the button and the bear will roar.
11. The porch of this main event space is amazing, and the side railings were imported from a 15th century French monastery in the Pyrenees.
12. The average age of the 3000 members of the club is 65 years old.
13. The Adventure Club has 26 chapters (19 in the United States and 7 abroad). To become a member, you must participate in on-site scientific research and be recommended by current members.
14. Club members of the expedition can apply for the flag of the expedition club, but they must submit a small paper whose goal is the introduction of their expedition.
15. The club has a deep relationship with NASA. Do you remember the small flag that the first astronaut to land on the moon brought? It was from this expedition club.
16. The flag of this club is also inserted on the top of the highest mountain in the world.
17. The club also keeps the complete archives of each member, as well as every inspection carried out by the club members with the club flag.
18. Each member has a file in the archive, which contains application tools, logo reports, news clips, photos, and artifacts they bring back.
19. This is an application from President Teddy Roosevelt.
20. The club’s archive contains a large number of photos from the expedition.
21. The Explorers Club also has a large collection of rare books, many of which date back to the early 19th century.
22. The upper floors of the Hall of Fame are full of photos of the club’s most famous members.
23. The Hall of Fame leads to the trophy room, which is full of cultural relics from the expedition, including many exotic animal specimens.
24. Next to the door, you can see the long front teeth of a narwhal, which looks like an ivory.
25. These rare four-horned antelope specimens are the result of genetic mutations.
26. Here is a 25-year-old furry mammoth.
27. The club is famous for its annual dinner offering exotic food. In recent years, dishes include whole cooked crocodiles, tarantulas, goat eyeballs, maggots and earthworms.
Annual event tickets range from US$375 to US$1,200. Usually about 1,400 people participate.
- Here is a portrait of the Danish explorer Peter Flochen, who was trapped on Baffin Island in Canada in a snowstorm in 1923.
29. President Teddy Roosevelt shot this lion when he was visiting Africa.
Although the club was once known as a big game hunter, but now, the club has begun to advocate environmentalism.
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