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At National Geographic Headquarters in Washington, D.C., we just wrapped up one of our most exciting events of the year: our Explorers Symposium. This annual event brings together our Emerging Explorers, Grantees, and Explorers-in-Residence to share their exhilarating, boundary-pushing work and foster a spirit of learning and collaboration.
Meet our 2013 class of Emerging Explorers.This amazingly diverse group includes a roboticist, an astrobiologist, a glaciologist, an entrepreneur, and a data artist, all of whom are at the forefront of the new age of exploration. Discover all the things our explorers are up to, read updates on their projects, and see our gallery of amazing tales from the field.

Watch explorers pushing the limits of what’s possible.

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•	Read a tribute to severe-storm researcher Tim Samaras.

•	View our Explorer Moment of the Week gallery.

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