Did You Know?
Bone Dry

The driest place on Earth is the Atacama Desert, a 600-mile narrow strip of land along Chile's Pacific Coast.  With almost no vegetation, it has been used by NASA to test equipment for missions to Mars.
Ice Sculptures

Imagine ice a mile high, towering above the Chicago skyline!  Thousands of years ago, glaciers covered much of North America, gouging out great basins in the land.  When they melted, the depressions filled with water creating the five Great Lakes.

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Founded in 1898, The Geographic Society of Chicago (GSC) is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit educational organization incorporated in Illinois.  Its interests, however, stretch beyond the Chicago and Illinois areas to geography-related issues of national and international scope as well.  It is composed of members and supporters who are not only professional geographers and teachers but interested members of the public as well.

 

The mission of the GSC is to:

  • Advance the art and science of geography
  • Encourage the study of geography in the schools
  • Recognize outstanding achievements in geography
  • Provide leadership on geographic issues
  • Promote public understanding and appreciation of Earth's peoples and places