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South American Explorers, headquartered in Ithaca, New York, is a nonprofit travel, scientific, and educational organization founded in 1977. Its goals are advancing field exploration and research in South and Central America on subjects such as biology, geography, anthropology, and archaeology, and promoting field sports such as mountaineering, rafting, and caving. The organization publishes the quarterly ''South American Explorer'' magazine, and sells maps, guidebooks, trip reports, and other materials.〔David Gonzales, "South American Explorers Club a Wealth of Information," ''Chicago Tribune'', March 14, 1999〕 There are clubhouses for member use: Lima and Cuzco in Peru; Quito, Ecuador; and Buenos Aires, Argentina.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Clubhouses: Your Home Away from Home )〕 == Origins == South American Explorers was founded by journalist Donald James Montague as the South American Explorers Club in 1977. Before founding the organization, Montague did a stint in South Korea with the Peace Corps in the 1960s, then joined United Press International Television News (UPITN) as a New York City-based assignments editor.〔Interview with Donald James Montague, May 11, 2012〕 Linda Rosa claims to be co-founder and to have largely funded the initial enterprise. Tired of his desk job, Montague decided to organize a camera crew in South America because it was the source of the agency's "worst film," and he figured it would be easy to do better.〔Tim Cahill, "The Adventurer's Continent: The Rags-to-Rags Story of the South American Explorers Club," ''Outside'' magazine, April 1983〕 The crew would consist of himself and two friends he'd met in South Korea, Jane Berger and Dale Forster.〔 The crew landed in Lima in 1971, not long after the 1970 Ancash earthquake.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Historic Earthquakes: Peru, 1970 May 31 20:23:27 UTC, Magnitude 7.9 ) Earthquake.USGS.gov〕 After filming a wide range of stories in Peru for UPITN and other organizations, they began covering events throughout South America, including Juan Perón's 1973 return to Argentina after 18 years of exile in Spain. Soon after, the camera crew shifted its base of operations to Buenos Aires, but when Peron died in 1974, the state-sponsored Dirty War made conditions particularly unsafe for journalists. Montague chose to disband the camera crew later that year and headed overland to Peru.〔 In Lima, Montague met with the Don Griffis, the business manager of the weekly ''Peruvian Times'' (then called the ''Lima Times'' because of conflicts with the military regime of Gen. Juan Velasco Alvarado).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Andean Air Mail & Peruvian Times: About Us ) Peruviantimes.com〕 Montague proposed starting an "explorers club" and magazine, where the members would be the source of articles. Griffis wasn't convinced but offered Montague six months of "subsistence allowance" to see if the idea would take off. Back in the U.S. Montague visited the New York Explorers Club, which was supportive of his venture but declined to offer reciprocal membership because the South American Explorers Club would accept women, while the New York Explorers Club did not at the time.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A Gathering Place ) Explorers.org〕 In Washington, D.C., Montague enlisted the help of Linda Rosa, whom he had met in Guayaquil during a camera expedition with UPITN.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「South American Explorers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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