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History
The first mention of the Exploration Society was in October 1973 through an advertisement of a meeting for students who were interested in expeditions to attend a lecture and film session revolving around this. At this time, members of the society had attended an expedition around West Africa and the Sahara. They had completed a ten week 10, 630 mile tour to Nigeria in which, members were able to collect nearly 3000 insects during this expedition. Another trip was planned during the academic year of 1973/74, for students to join the expedition to West Ethiopia from 10th July- 21st September 1974.
At the end of the academic year of 1975/76, the society had attended trips to Spitsbergen and the Tana River in Kenya. The aim of the Tana River Expedition was to undertake an ecological collection and medical survey.
In May 1977, the society was attending an expedition to Spitsbergen again.