The Royal Geographical Society was an organisation for explorers.
Horace Stockwood was expelled from the Geographical Society. (PROSE: Eye of Heaven [+]Jim Mortimore, BBC Past Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 1998).)
Roxton Vincey gave a talk to the Royal Geographical Society in 1878 about his discovery of the Tribe of Oy. They derided his findings and refused to fund a follow-up expedition. (COMIC: Untitled [+]Alan Barnes, DWM Comics (Panini Comics, 2023).)
Redvers Fenn-Cooper was a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. The Seventh Doctor claimed he was too, several times over. (TV: Ghost Light [+]Marc Platt, Doctor Who season 26 (BBC1, 1989).)
General Alexander Bruce was a member of the Royal Geographical Society. In 1917, John Matthews reported his experience in the Himalayas for the organisation. (AUDIO: The Roof of the World [+]Adrian Rigelsford, Main Range (Big Finish Productions, 2004).)
Edward Travers was a member of the Royal Geographical Society. He addressed them on the existence of the Yeti, but was met with scorn and hostility. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen [+]Terrance Dicks, adapted from The Abominable Snowmen (Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln), Target novelisations (Target Books, 1974).) The Society wouldn't finance his expedition to Tibet to find the Yeti. (TV: The Abominable Snowmen [+]Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln, Doctor Who season 5 (BBC1, 1967).)
Ernest Fleetward addressed the Royal Geographical Society. His talk had an impact on several people there. (PROSE: Sometime Never... [+]Justin Richards, BBC Eighth Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 2004).)