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Travels in the Gobi Desert
Mary McBride on her journey through the Gobi Desert
Wednesday, October 22: 7 PM refreshments / 7:30 PM presentation
Camels on the Explorers’ Club Andrews Centennial Journey 2025. Photo by Mary McBride
Mary McBride, our newsletter editor, went on the Explorer Club’s Roy Chapman Andrews Legacy Expedition of 2025. It retraced a journey in Central Asia which Andrews led one hundred years ago. He was president of the Explorers’ Club in the 1930’s, director of the American Museum of Natural History in NYC, and was said to have been the inspiration for Indiana Jones. Andrews' original expeditions made in the 1920’s resulted in numerous discoveries in paleontology such as the first dinosaur egg known to science; the fossils of the largest-known extinct land mammal; and a new dinosaur species.
The expedition Mary went on, in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia, had a team of explorers, scientists, researchers and club members. Transportation for all participants and their equipment was provided by 38 camels (some shown above).
Mary McBride is a graphic designer living and working in Tarrytown, NY. She is, in addition, a hiker, explorer, and avid trail rider. Mary will show photographs and speak about some of the expedition's discoveries.