Anthropologist and botanical explorer Wade Davis is an Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society and an honorary member of the Explorer's Club, one of 20 so named in the 100-year history of the club. Author of ten books, including the international best seller The Serpent and the Rainbow, which later was released as a motion picture, Wade has worked among dozens of indigenous cultures around the world for nearly 30 years. He is currently studying Polynesian navigation history. Wade will accompany the expedition shown below.