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"We live in a world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open."
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The Harvard Travellers Club (HTC) is an organization that has provided a venue for adventurous travelers to gather and socialize since 1902. An affiliation with Harvard University is not required for membership.

The Club meets 8 times each year, and held its 900th meeting since inception in November 2022. Our speakers include many legendary -- as well as up-and-coming -- explorers, scientists, mountaineers, and adventurers.

Listen to Nils Bonde-Henriksen, HTC member, as he describes the Club's history, members of note, and the purpose of the Club on this podcast. He is interviewed by Jonathan Reynolds of the Explorers Club.
​If you are not currently a member of the Harvard Travellers Club and would like more information about the Club, or would like to attend a meeting as a guest, please contact Bruce Chafee at [email protected].
Club meetings are generally held in the Massachusetts Room of the Harvard Club on Commonwealth Avenue. Cocktails (cash bar) begin at 6:00 PM, dinner ($86) at 6:45, and the presentation commences at 8:00. Club meetings are attended by members and their guests. 

The dress code for our meetings is business casual.

A new service for HTC Members!

The HTC Travel Forum, found in the Members Area, is a venue for members to:
  1. Find travel buddies.
  2. Post about trips taken.
  3. Discuss travel plans and list trips available.

The HTC does not authorize or substantiate any trip offers.  Anyone coordinating a trip that might include an HTC member(s) must not represent to third parties that s/he is leading a Harvard Travellers Club tour.

​NOTE: ​If you are looking for members who have experience travelling in a particular area, you can find them by searching (CTRL-F {PC} or COMMAND-F {Mac}) the Member Travel Biographies in the Members Area. Contact information for members can then be found in the Member Directory. 

We hope that you enjoy this new Travel Forum and that it is helpful for your adventures!

Let us know if you have any suggestions for the Travel Forum at [email protected]​
The 2025-2026 Season at a Glance
(Meetings are held on Tuesdays, unless otherwise noted.)​​
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v = via Zoom
All other meetings are (currently) to be in person.
Speaker
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​“Honour to Whom Honour is Due: Researching Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Ross Sea Party in and around Antarctica"


The adventures of Sir Ernest Shackleton are the stuff of legend. Less well known is the fact that he sent a second ship, the Aurora, to the Ross Sea in Antarctica to support his Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1914. Stranded for two years after the loss of their ship, the Ross Sea Party heroically carried on in the face of calamity. Author Kelly Tyler-Lewis shed new light on their story with a wealth of previously unpublished material, photographs, and motion picture footage uncovered in Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica.
 
As a film producer and writer, Tyler-Lewis received an Emmy Award for Best Historical Documentary for “Shackleton’s Voyage of Endurance”, of the PBS series NOVA.  It was also nominated for Best Documentary of 2022. She authored the 2006 book The Lost Men: The Harrowing Story of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party.  Tyler-Lewis is a graduate of Harvard University, worked on numerous NOVA productions, and has been a Senior Member of Wolfson College and a Visiting Scholar of the Scott Polar Research Institute, both of the University of Cambridge; and a consulting historian for the British Film Institute.
 
 Kelly Tyler-Lewis
 
Honour to Whom Honour is Due: Researching Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Ross Sea Party in and around Antarctica
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Using Emerging Technologies to Recreate Historic Sites Around the World
by
Halley Ramos
Through her use of 21st century tools such as augmented and virtual reality at sometimes challenging sites, Halley will give us a peek into the ancient and recent past, allowing us to experience and learn about cultural
heritage. For example, in a recent project with the International Committee of the Red Cross, she trained local photographers in Syria, Iraq, and Palestine to 3D scan significant urban sites that have been devastated by conflict. Join Halley as she brings worlds to view that have disappeared.

Halley Ramos

Using Emerging Technologies to Recreate Historic Sites Around the World
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Expedition to Map the Victoria and Nordenskiold Fjords in Northern Greenland on the Swedish Icebreaker ODEN
by
Larry Mayer
Larry will talk about his expedition on the Swedish Icebreaker ODEN which made it to Victoria and
Nordenskiold Fjords in northern Greenland, further than any ship had
ever traveled before in the Lincoln Sea. Once there, the team spent several
weeks mapping and making a myriad of other measurements in order to
understand the processes responsible for the rapid melting of the
Greenland Ice Sheet.

Larry Mayer

Expedition to Map the Victoria and Nordenskiold Fjords in Northern Greenland on the Swedish Icebreaker ODEN
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Living Africa: An African Adventurer and the Last of the Big Tuskers
by
James Currie
National Geographic Explorer and internationally acclaimed birder and wildlife expert, James Currie is largely known for his birding expertise, having created and produced Nikon's Bird Adventures and Nat Geo Wild's Aerial Assasins. A life-long wildlife enthusiast and native of South Africa, he also has a pssion for adventure and remote cultures, which has led him - through his wildlife and birding tours, to nearly every corner of the world. His book, When Eagles Roar: The Amazing Journey of an African Wildlife Adventurer, details his life as a wildlife guide in Africa. And his film, Last of the Big Tuskers, inspired by the death of Isilo, the largest tusker in the Southern Hemisphere, documented the largest elephants on earth and what is being done to ensure their survival. On a lighter note, James consulted for the 2011 Hollywood birding movie,“The BigYear”, starring Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson.
Tonight's talk will cover some of James's adventures and his work with elephants.

James Currie

Living Africa: An African Adventurer and the Last of the Big Tuskers

Members Night



   Mark Evans

The Heart of Arabia -- A 1300km Crossing of Saudi Arabia in the Footsteps of Harry St. John Philby

About the expedition
 
   TBD
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