Daily Trivia | Arcade | Chat | Gallery

Explorers' century-old whisky found in Antarctic

Post weird, odd, bizarre & strange news & tid-bits here.

Explorers' century-old whisky found in Antarctic

Postby Canadian » Sun Feb 07, 2010 6:31 am

This Scotch has been on the rocks for a century.

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.

Ice cracked some of the bottles that had been left there in 1909, but the restorers said Friday they are confident the five crates contain intact bottles "given liquid can be heard when the crates are moved."

New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust team leader Al Fastier said the team thought there were two crates and were amazed to find five.


Would it still be any good?

Read the rest here at sea bee see
User avatar
Canadian
Site Admin
 
Posts: 12894
Joined: Sat Jan 05, 2008 3:26 am
Location: Surrey BC

Re: Explorers' century-old whisky found in Antarctic

Postby Dana » Sun Feb 07, 2010 6:37 am

Oh My!
And Scotch too!
:beer:
D
Dana
 
Posts: 1634
Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 11:27 am
Location: East Coast of Vancouver Island 'bout half way

Re: Explorers' century-old whisky found in Antarctic

Postby peapod » Sun Feb 07, 2010 4:52 pm

Ernest Shackleton gives me goose bumps. 8-) his survival story boggles the mind. I mentioned this once to hard luck henry in passing. A few weeks later I received a amazing book of photographs taken by Frank Hurley, the photographer on the endurance...It was the most "thoughtful" gift anyone has ever given me. ;) 8-) I shant ever forget it...
I sit astride life like a bad rider on a horse.
I only owe it to the horse's good nature that I am not thrown off at this very moment.
User avatar
peapod
 
Posts: 3255
Joined: Sun Jan 06, 2008 9:51 am


Return to The Odd Files

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest


Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict