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Explorers Talk in Vancouver

Jett & Kathryn Britnell Posted onJuly 25, 2019July 25, 2019 Comments are off

Explorers Talk

As the Explorer Club’s Regional Director, BC/Yukon, Canadian Chapter, it is with great pleasure I can now confirm “Explorers Talk” in Vancouver is all systems go!

The Vancouver Aquarium Theatre is booked for the evening of November 5th!

After August 1st, we will announce the speakers. $20.00 general admission tickets will be offered exclusively to BC/Yukon Explorers Club membership for two weeks. After that, all remaining tickets will be made available for sale to the public. We will post when this happens.

So… take your protein pills and put your helmet on as the countdown has commenced for “Explorers Talk” in Vancouver.

Until then, dare to Explore… Dream… Discover.

Jett Britnell FI’16, FRCGS, FRGS
Regional Director BC/Yukon
Canadian Chapter
The Explorers Club

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Jett & Kathryn Britnell

Jett & Kathryn Britnell are professional Underwater, Wildlife & Expedition Photographers, Explorers, internationally published Scuba / Adventure Travel Writers and Speakers. Both are Fellows in the world renowned and exclusive Explorers Club in New York, Fellows in the prestigious Royal Canadian Geographical Society in Ottawa, Fellows in the famed Royal Geographical Society in London and members of the League of Underwater Explorers. Jett is a member of the highly esteemed Ocean Artists Society, a unique alliance of the world’s top marine life artists, painters, sculptors, photographers, filmmakers, and writers, one of approximately 50 of the World's top underwater photographers who have donated imagery to support The Ocean Agency's conservation initiatives, and is a consultant to Elephanatics, an elephant advocacy organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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