What to Bring to the End of the World: Part II
A Tale of Two Explorers and the Things They Carried
This is the second panel in a diptych on the polar explorers Matthew Henson and Donald MacMillan. It concerns their ephemera, little things left behind that still speak to us across the years—and engage our chaotic, emergent moment.1
Also this week, for paid subscribers, I’m pleased to share my latest Nat Geo story.
Part Two: The Hymn
Matthew Henson, who kn…
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