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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUNG EXPLORER

(ISSN 1930-8116) is published seven times during the school year — September, October, November-December, January-February, March, April, May — by National Geographic Society, 1145 17th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20036.


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