Well we can't let good whisky go to waste. I'll post anyway.
Preserved in ice for 100 years, the whisky Shackleton used to keep out the cold.
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11/04/2009 6:03:37 PM PST · by GSP.FAN · 35 replies · 1,205+ views MailOnline ^ | 03 March 2007 | Peter GillmanThey say whisky matures with age...but leaving it embedded in the Antarctic ice for almost 100 years may be going a bit far. |
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| Whisky on (Antarctic) ice: Ernest Shackleton...left a stash at the bottom of the world. |
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10/26/2009 6:07:49 PM PDT · by xzins · 43 replies · 1,909+ views Global Post ^ | October 26, 2009 | Emily StoneCAPE ROYDS, Antarctica — This spit of black volcanic rock that juts out along the coast of Antarctica is an inhospitable place. Temperatures drop below –50 Fahrenheit and high winds cause blinding snowstorms... But if you happen upon the small wooden hut that sits at Cape Royds and wriggled yourself underneath, you'd find a surprise stashed in the foot and a half of space beneath the floorboards. Tucked in the shadows and frozen to the ground are two cases of Scotch whisky left behind 100 years ago by Sir Ernest Shackleton after a failed attempt at the South Pole. Conservators... |
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