The Explorers Club is an American based professional society that supports scientific expeditions, exploration and field study. The Club was founded in 1904 by noted journalist and explorer, Henry Collins Walsh. The Club was incorporated in 1905 and women were first admitted in 1981.
There are chapters all over the USA and the world.
Famous honorary members include Theodore Roosevelt, John Glenn, Jim Fowler, Walter Cronkite, Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh, Sir Edmund Hillary, Buzz Aldrin and Albert I Prince of Monaco.