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Posted on 01/19/2013 12:25:10 PM PST by Kaslin
SCOTTBASE, Antarctica (AP) — Talk about whisky on ice: Three bottles of rare, 19th century Scotch found beneath the floor boards of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackelton's abandoned expedition base were returned to the polar continent Saturday after a distiller flew them to Scotland to recreate the long-lost recipe.
But not even New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, who personally returned the stash, got a taste of the contents of the bottles of Mackinlay's whisky, which were rediscovered 102 years after the explorer was forced to leave them behind.
"I think we're all tempted to crack it open and have a little drink ourselves now," Key joked at a ceremony handing over the bottles to Antarctic Heritage Trust officials at New Zealand's Antarctic base on Ross Island.
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hear, hear! this is one of the most amazing stories i've ever read... fascinating!
No, you got it all wrong.
A cigar goes with cognac or brandy and a Martini goes with caviar or something fishy.
No, alcoholics will drink anything. The point is to get high (or low), not to taste the various subleties of lovely whiskey.
I love Ernest Shackleton - what a man! Of course, I’m a fan of Scott and Amondsen (sp?) but I don’t want to get into an argument.
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Ok....
the entire story is amazing... but from Elephant Island on—just miraculous...
The story of Shackleton’s leadership on the Endurance expedition is extraordinary. It is recommended reading for every adolescent (I’m sorry I only heard of it as an adult) and anyone who wants to learn about real leadership. Incredible but true story. Start with Alfred Lansing’s book
then read Shackleton’s own account, South.
Whaddya say?
FReegards!
To quote "Yogurt": Merchandising, merchandising, where the real money ... is made.
Although, I doubt most people would know who Shackelton was.
I do remember somebody once marketed "Watergate Whiskey" during the investigation. IIRC, it sold for about $7/bottle.
The empty was worth a couple, three dollars more at the time.
My hopes of exploiting the differences in the two markets were dashed by being only 14 or 15 years old...
Sounds like one of the old Canadian Club advertisements.
Alcoholics can’t taste the subtle difference anyway. Taste buds are shot.
Oh, BTW, I am sure he took a lot of grief at the time for his mission’s failing. He got another chance, but he died of a heart attack, doing what he loved.
And then there was...Billy Beer!
A truly amazing story. The stunning feat was when they set sail with six guys in a 22 foot whaleboat, sailing 800 miles in virtually an open boat in the winter and hitting their target with only three celestial navigation reads along the way.
Frikking impossible is what it was.
Then, when they got to South Georgia island, to walk across the island in 36 hours using boots with wood screws in them as crampons...just amazing.
They had an exhibit at the Peabody-Essex Museum in Massachusetts a few years back that had a replica of the boat...unbelievable. You simply can’t believe they sailed in those waters in that thing.
Those were real, honest to goodness men with stones.
Dude... seriously?
Hey... a good cigar goes with everything... :^)
“a smiley or a “sarc” tag would have helped clarify.”
The whole point of sarcasm is to have a good time with other sarcastic people at the expense of the un-sarcastic.
Speaking of scotch, I have a few items and would like to find out more about them, if anyone has some constructive ideas. A ceramic jug of Red Hackle and a Haig & Haig Pinch. Both unopened and both, I believe, prewar. I know Whiskey doesn’t age in the bottle and I could drink them but I enjoy just looking at them and can by good stuff for imbibing. I know the Hackle was not the best but after the war there were reserves of it so it was available.
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