# Explore 50: five decades of discovery

Explore 50: five decades of discovery at Royal Geographical Society, Friday 6 November 2026, 18:30.

- Price: from £6
- Venue: Royal Geographical Society, Kensington Gore 1, SW7 2AR London
- With: Paul Rose, Nigel Winser, Robert Swan, Rachel Carr, Alastair Humphreys
- Go to page: https://www.rgs.org/events/upcoming-events/explore-50-five-decades-of-discovery/

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Explore 50: five decades of discovery is a lecture of short talks marking five decades of Society-supported exploration. The Royal Geographical Society hosts it, with Paul Rose as MC and five speakers, each representing a different decade since 1976: Nigel Winser, Robert Swan, Rachel Carr, Mark Day and Alastair Humphreys. They share stories from the field showing the challenges, research outputs and evolving purpose of expeditionary fieldwork. Two RGS-Risman Environmental Changemakers, Elizabeth Follows and Angeni Perez-Jamieson, will also join, and the talks chart how exploration has changed while highlighting the enduring values that unite it.

## Dates

- Friday 6 November 18:30 — Royal Geographical Society

Written by a model, sources: [rgs.org](https://www.rgs.org/events/upcoming-events/explore-50-five-decades-of-discovery/)

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