The Peruvian Orchid Expedition Team have successfully completed their botanical survey of the Inter-Oceanic Highway currently being built to link the... more
Posted by Julian Cottee, Thursday 28th August @ 12:50pm
Recent OUEC alumnus Emily Ainsworth joined a Mexican travelling circus earlier this year as recipient of the RGS/BBC Journey of a Lifetime Award. He... more
Posted by Julian Cottee, Thursday 28th August @ 12:50pm
Field epidemiology in sub-Saharan Africa: will Rapid Diagnosis Tests (RGTs) ever
replace microscopy?
Royal Geographical Society with IBG on Thurs... more
Posted by Ben Geldeard, Sunday 11th May @ 9:09am
In 1997 Jennifer Murray entered the Guinness Book of Records as the first woman to circumnavigate the globe in a helicopter, using the feat to raise o... more
Posted by Ben Geldeard, Sunday 11th May @ 9:09am
Come and get all the contacts and information you need to set up or join your own student expedition in 2009. You’ll get tips on choosing your team,... more
Posted by Ben Geldeard, Sunday 27th April @ 9:00am
(Werner Herzog, 2004)
THE WHITE DIAMOND is a film about the daring adventure of exploring rainforest canopy with a novel flying device - the Jungle... more
Posted by Ben Geldeard, Sunday 27th April @ 8:50am
For expedition leaders: risk assessments and contingency plans were due in (to Caroline Rushworth) Friday of 0th, get them done ASAP if you havn't alr... more
Posted by Ben Geldeard, Sunday 27th April @ 8:50am
To mark the end of Hilary Term the Exploration Club is very pleased to announce that film-maker Sasha Snow will be putting on a special screening of h... more
Posted by Julian Cottee, Wednesday 5th March @ 7:33pm
The OXFORD UNIVERSITY EXPLORATION CLUB (OUEC) exists to help improve knowledge of our world through overseas exploration by members of Oxford Universi... more
Posted by Julian Cottee, Friday 12th October @ 12:49am
There's a lot more information on our new web site at www.ouec.org
You can also keep up to date with this term's events on our Facebook group:
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Posted by Julian Cottee, Friday 12th October @ 12:49am
From the greek, dendron (tree) and nautica (navigation), dendronautics is the art of forest canopy exploration.
The rainforest canopy remains one o... more
Posted by Julian Cottee, Friday 12th October @ 12:49am
Come and get all the contacts and information you need to set up or join your own student expedition in 2008. You'll get tips on choosing your team, m... more
Posted by Julian Cottee, Friday 12th October @ 12:49am
In **1956** Douglas Botting, an Oxford undergraduate, led an OUEC expedition to the **remote Arabian island of Socotra** – the Galapagos of the Indi... more
Posted by Julian Cottee, Thursday 31st May @ 3:01pm
Ben, Chris and Hauke have set a benchmark for future Exploration Club expeditions with their successful venture into the remote eastern mountain range... more
Posted by Julian Cottee, Tuesday 15th May @ 11:00pm
After completing an undergraduate degree in Cape Town, South Africa, **Chris Haw** undertook the purchase, renovation and voyage of the Shani-Yake, a... more
Posted by Julian Cottee, Tuesday 15th May @ 8:25am
Jane is a local writer and lecturer who specialises in the **social history of women travellers**. She has written a number of popular non-fiction bo... more
Posted by Julian Cottee, Monday 30th April @ 8:40pm
On August 1st 2005 **Eelco Weijmans** (26) decided to follow his childhood dream and ride his bicycle from his hometown of Amsterdam to the Indonesian... more
Posted by Julian Cottee, Monday 30th April @ 8:37pm