Shackleton whisky recovered after 100 years
Five crates of whisky and brandy which were buried under Antarctic ice by a polar explorer have been recovered after 100 years.The sprits had been buried under the hut of Brit Sir Ernest Shackleton in 1908 - presumably to hide them from fellow explorers.
There they lay until the stash was discovered by restoration workers conducting work on his hut in 2006 - but at the time they were too far under the ice to be recovered.
So a team from New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust were recently dispatched to liberate the drinks -- no, they didn't need to worry about taking ice.
Team leader Al Fastier noted “We thought there were two crates possibly containing whisky under the 1908 building. "To our amazement we found five crates, three labelled as containing whisky and two labelled as containing brandy.
Ice had cracked some of the crates and formed inside them making the job of extracting the contents very delicate. But the team was confident the crates contained intact alcohol, because liquid could be heard when the crates were moved.
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