The Last Great Antarctic Untold Story: Meeting Mark Reed and The Quest for Shackleton’s “Last Cache”
We often fall into the trap of thinking that the golden age of exploration is a closed chapter in a history book. We imagine that the great maps were all filled in during the early 1900s, leaving nothing left for the modern world to uncover.
But this past May, while attending the bi-annual James Caird Society dinner at Dulwich, I was seated at a table that completely shattered that illusion. Another reason why I just love being a member of the that Society, you meet such interesting people, doing incredible things…
Sitting near me was Mark Reed, a modern-day explorer and project founder of a monumental endeavour called The Last Cache. Speaking with him was a thrilling reminder that history isn’t just something we look back on – there are still epic expeditions to be completed, new things to conquer and profoundly historic artefacts waiting to be found.
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