Close Encounters with Fire

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In-Person
Date: March9,2026
Location: The Explorers Club Headquarters, New York, United States
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Join The Explorers Club on March 9th for a close look at the natural and cultural history of fire, from millennia-old indigenous practices to modern wildfire fighting. Wildfires have become a symbol of climate apocalypse, frequently cited as unambiguous evidence of fossil-fuel induced ecological disaster. But get close enough to a fire on the landscape and you may discover a far more complicated and fascinating story about evolution, biology, history, and culture. Join award-winning journalist and author M.R. O’Connor on this infinitely more hopeful journey of discovery as she recounts her intrepid reporting into some of the world’s most remote and beautiful places to understand the powerful and ancient element of wildfire.

Participants & Organizers

The Explorers Club(Host, Organizer)

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Headquartered in New York City with a community of Chapters around the world, The Explorers Club has been supporting scientific expeditions of all disciplines, and uniting our members in the bonds of good fellowship for over a century.