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100 year-old whiskey found in Antarctic

By T.K. Randall
February 7, 2010 · Comment icon 15 comments

Image Credit: "The Heart of the Antarctic"
Crates of whiskey from 100 years ago have been uncovered below Ernest Shackleton's hut in Antarctica.
A number of crates of Mackinlay's Scotch whisky were found, several more than was expected to be there. The crates would have been brought to the Antarctic by Shackleton during his expedition to cross the continent between 1914 and 1917.
Five crates of Scotch whisky and two of brandy have been recovered by a team restoring an Antarctic hut used more than 100 years ago by famed polar explorer Ernest Shackleton.


Source: MSNBC | Comments (15)




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Comment icon #6 Posted by REBEL 15 years ago
*HIC...BURP*
Comment icon #7 Posted by Isensee 15 years ago
I hear whiskey keeps warm. Great find though. Bet these bottles will be sold off for quite a bundle of moolah.
Comment icon #8 Posted by Paracelse 15 years ago
I hear whiskey keeps warm. Great find though. Bet these bottles will be sold off for quite a bundle of moolah. You're darn right.. and I won't be able to get a swig :( :((
Comment icon #9 Posted by mcc0037 15 years ago
WOW! I would love to have a glass of that with a freshly rolled Cuban Cigar... I would imagine prices on those would be ridiculously expensive but I can't blame them (it would definitely pay off graduate tuition if one can find the "right buyer")
Comment icon #10 Posted by Relle 15 years ago
I thought you were going to say they found it in Winnipeg! Apparently my Baba used to make whiskey that was quite sought after. One day the RCMP came by to tell her she was going to be raided the next day. She spent the rest of the afternoon buring bottles all over the farm. Anyway, cool story!
Comment icon #11 Posted by ~ MacDDT ~ 15 years ago
ooooooooh ... nice! I wish I could make a find like that
Comment icon #12 Posted by chaoszerg 15 years ago
Good thing it was not rum, or it would have been nabbed by silvercougar before you can say WTF!!
Comment icon #13 Posted by cluey 15 years ago
that's cool!!!!!!......i know if was in Antartica in 1909...........i would have taken a case to keep warm and the blood flowing...........
Comment icon #14 Posted by Whisk and Plunger 15 years ago
I'd laugh if they'd syphoned the whisky out and filled it with something nasty Personally, I prefer Whiskey to Whisky, but I still wouldn't mind getting my hands on a 100 year old bottle
Comment icon #15 Posted by 6FeetUnder 15 years ago
I read somewhere that whiskey doesn't actually keep you warm, it just makes your body feel like it is. It's actually quite dangerous.


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