"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 is an organization that has provided a venue for adventurous travelers to gather and socialize since 1902.  

The club meets 8 times each year, holding over 850 meetings since inception. Our speakers include many legendary explorers, scientists, mountaineers and adventurers. 

An affiliation with Harvard University is not required for membership.
869th Meeting  
MAY 15, 2018

The Power of Mt. Everest
Thomas Pollard

In 1999 Thom was a member of the Mallory and Irvine Research Expedition, during which time the body of George Mallory was discovered. His presentation investigates the mystery of Mallory’s disappearance 75 years previously, by way of photographs which have appeared in National Geographic, National Geographic Adventure and many other books and publications. The presentation contains many never-before-seen photographs of Mallory, now covered in a rocky grave at nearly 27,000 feet on Everest’s north face.
 
Thom's documentaries include: The Power of the Mountain; G2: A Climbing Journal, The Storm over Denali, Alive on Everest. He produced the 10part television series for NBC on the French Alps.
 
His photographs have appeared in National Geographic magazine, Climbing and Vanity Fair among others.
The 2017-2018 Season at a Glance
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Speaker
Subject

Wouter van Hoven

Wildlife Conservation in Africa

Adam Cole
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America: Stranger Places

Kevin Downey

Exploring and Photographing the World’s Great caves

John Huth

The Lost Art of Finding Our Way
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FEBRUARY 13, 2018
 
Members' Night: Three reports from afield
 
Dan Senecal
 LIVING AMONG THE DEAD
The Philippines
 
Visit the 135 acre North Cemetery of Manila in the Philippines where 6000 people live, eat, and work among the tombstones of nearly a million.  The residents have their own school and jeepney transport system. Considered squatters by the City of Manila efforts to evict over the years have gone to naught. Dan will take you on a ‘tour’ to observe unique living arrangements where mausoleums double as houses, small shops and living pets sleep on tombs.
 
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Jack Deary
TRAVEL GRANT REPORT: NAM OU RIVER TRIP
Laos
 
Jack Deary’s son, Tony, is a recent recipient of a Harvard Traveller’s Club Permanent Fund Grant.  As Tony remains abroad, Jack reports on Tony’s production of a photo documentary of an expedition through a significant tributary river of the Mekong called the Nam Ou. The Nam Ou is a navigable river that runs from the Chinese border to its entry into the Mekong just north of Luang Prabang. Tourism on the lower parts of the river (near the Mekong confluence) is possible, particularly where there is road access. But reports from Western foreigners who have traveled upstream are scarce. Tony traveled to some of the most remote parts of the South East Asian peninsula and felt as if he had slipped into ‘a time machine back to the pre- industrial period’. The rugged and inaccessible landscape has kept the indigenous tribes here isolated from most of the world, but that is changing rapidly now.
 
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Peter Lou
WORLD WAR I BATTLEFIELDS
France and Belgium
 
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, of which Dr Lou is a member, visited France and Belgium in October 2017 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of US participation in WWI in Europe. This presentation highlights the battlefields in which US and Canadians troops fought as part of “the war to end all wars”.

​​Members Night

Three Presentations by Club Members

 CANCELLED due to snow.



Paul Andrew Mayewski

Journey into Climate
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​MAY 15, 2017
The Power of Mt. Everest
Thomas Pollard

In 1999 Thom was a member of the Mallory and Irvine Research Expedition, during which time the body of George Mallory was discovered. His presentation investigates the mystery of Mallory’s disappearance 75 years previously, by way of photographs which have appeared in National Geographic, National Geographic Adventure and many other books and publications. The presentation contains many never-before-seen photographs of Mallory, now covered in a rocky grave at nearly 27,000 feet on Everest’s north face.
 
Thom's documentaries include: The Power of the Mountain; G2: A Climbing Journal, The Storm over Denali, Alive on Everest. He produced the 10part television series for NBC on the French Alps.
 
His photographs have appeared in National Geographic magazine, Climbing and Vanity Fair among others.

Thomas Pollard

The Power of Mt. Everest