The Explorers Club To Be Honored At Morocco's Moussem de Tan Tan Festival

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Sep 04, 2013, 09:00 ET

NEW YORK, Sept. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Explorers Club, with its headquarters in New York City, singled out for its leadership role in promoting inclusive efforts for explorers and scientists from all countries to pursue a unified goal of worldwide exploration, will be honored for its efforts by the Moroccan government and King Mohammad VI at the historic Moussem de Tan Tan Festival in the Sahara on September 6^th through 8^th.

Accepting the honor will be President of the Worldwide Explorers Club Alan Nichols and 14 member delegation of the Club's noted members, both explorers and scientists.

Tan Tan, famous for its inclusive tradition, brings together more than 35 tribes from the Sahara, the Berbers, along with a few representatives from other African and Middle Eastern countries. They spend a fortnight pursuing cultural exchanges, folk art and music festivals, camel races and other unique activities. Termed a "spectacle" by visitors, Tan Tan becomes a virtual city created on the Sahara with more than 1,000 Bedouin tents and more than 1,000 camels.

Both Tan Tan and The Explorers Club welcome coverage by Foreign Assignments Desks. Please contact Chris Hirokawa at [email protected] for further details.

For more information visit: www.explorers.org

About The Explorers Club

The Explorers Club was founded in New York City 1904 by a group of the world's leading explorers of the time. It is a multidisciplinary, not for profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to scientific exploration of land, sea, air, and space by supporting research and education in the physical, natural and biological sciences. The Club's members have been responsible for an illustrious series of famous firsts: First to the North Pole, first to the South Pole, first to the summit of Mount Everest, first to the deepest point in the ocean, first to the surface of the moon. With 3,000 members worldwide, the organization is headquartered at 46 East 70th Street, New York, N.Y. 10021. Tel. 212 628 8383; explorers.org

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