Notable International Members

Explorers Club members have been the first to the Moon, the North and South Poles, the deepest point in the ocean and the highest peak of Mt Everest.

Here are some notable members, past and present

Commander Neil Armstrong - First man on the Moon

Jane Goodall - Primatologist

Jacques Piccard – First to deepest point in the Ocean

Don Walsh - First to deepest point in the Ocean

Sylvia Earle - Marine Biologist

Michael Collins - First to the Moon

Kathryn D. Sullivan - Astronaut

Edmund Hillary - First to Summit Mt Everest

President Theodore Roosevelt – Explorer

Sir Ernest H. Shackleton – Polar Explorer

Col. Buzz Aldrin – Second man on the Moon

Sir George Hubert Wilkins – Polar Explorer

Richard Garriott - Astronaut

Capt. James A. Lovell – Commander Apollo 13

Thor Heyerdahl – Ocean Voyager

Jeff Bezos – Aerospace Manufacturer

Tensing Norgay – First to Summit Mt Everest

Elon Musk – Aerospace Manufacturer

Charles Yeager – First to break the sound barrier

James Cameron – Deep Ocean Submariner

Capt. Robert Falcon Scott – Polar Explorer

Charles Lindbergh – Aviator

HRH Jigged Guyed Wangchuck, Prince of Bhutan

HRH Albert II - Prince of Monaco

Roald Amundsen – First to the South Pole

Robert Ballard - Maritime archaeologist

Robert Peary – First to the North Pole

Sir Douglas Mawson – Polar Explorer