An explorer is a person involved in exploration, an activity with some expectation of discovery.

Explorer, Explore or Exploring may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media

Film and television

  • Explorers (film), a 1985 science fiction film
  • Explorer (film), 2022 documentary film about explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes
  • "Explorers" (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), a TV episode
  • Explore (TV series), 1980s American TV show
  • Exploring (TV series), 1960s American children's TV show
  • National Geographic Explorer, a documentary TV series

Literature

  • Explorer (novel), a 2002 novel in C. J. Cherryh's Foreigner series
  • explore (magazine), a Canadian travel magazine
  • The Northwest Explorer, a newspaper in Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
  • Explore: The Journal of Science & Healing, an American journal

Music

  • Explore!, a 2015 album by Isyana Sarasvati
  • Explorer (album), by Tilt, 2005, and the title track
  • "Explorers", a song by Muse from the 2012 album The 2nd Law

Businesses and organizations

  • ExploreLearning, an American online mathematics and science simulation provider
  • Explore Scientific, a manufacturer of telescopes, microscopes & binoculars
  • Explore Technologies, a toy manufacturer
  • Explorer Vodka, Swedish brand of vodka

Places

  • Explorer Peak, a mountain in Utah, U.S.
  • Explorer Ridge, a mid-ocean ridge on the coast of British Columbia, Canada
  • Explorer Seamount, in the Pacific Ocean

Science and technology

  • Microsoft Explorer (disambiguation)
  • Texas Instruments Explorer, a computer family of Lisp machines

Sports

Transportation

Aircraft and spacecraft

  • Abrams P-1 Explorer, American aerial survey aircraft from 1937
  • ecoDemonstrator Explorer, a Boeing program
  • Explorer 1, the United States' first artificial satellite
  • Lockheed Explorer, a wooden aircraft
  • MD Helicopters MD Explorer, a helicopter
  • P&M Explorer, a British ultralight trike
  • Space Adventures Explorer, a Russian concept tourist spaceplane
  • Space Shuttle Independence, formerly known as Explorer, a full-scale replica of the Space Shuttle
  • Explorer, an Armstrong Whitworth Ensign aircraft

Maritime

  • , an 1857 steamboat
  • , the name of two ships of the Royal Navy
  • Stena Explorer, a high-speed ferry renamed
  • , a cruise ship
  • , the name of several ships
  • , a 1955 steam trawler
  • , an 1865 early submarine
  • , the name of two ships of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
  • , a deep-sea recovery or drilling ship
  • Explorer, a barque that crossed the Atlantic to North America in 1603 under Martin Pring

Vehicles

  • Ford Explorer, a sport utility vehicle

Other uses

  • Gibson Explorer, a model of guitar
  • Explore (education), Canadian educational exchange programs
  • Explorer Scouts (The Scout Association), a British youth organisation
  • Exploring (Learning for Life), affiliated with Boy Scouts of America

See also

  • Xplorer (disambiguation)
  • The Explorer (disambiguation)
  • Explorer One (disambiguation)
  • Exploration (disambiguation)
  • Expedition (disambiguation)
  • List of explorers