Just under a hundred years after his legendary expeditions to the South Pole, Ernest Shackleton's stash of Scotch whisky was incredibly rediscovered hidden beneath his Antarctic hut.
Rescued by a dedicated team of New Zealand researchers, the whisky (a case of 15-years-old Mackinlay’s blend which had been bottled in the 1890s) had lain frozen at the base camp at Cape Royds – which lies just under 100 miles from the South Pole – since the famed explorer's 1907 Nimrod excursion to the Antarctic.
According to Scottish drinks firm Whyte & Mackay, who originally owned the now-defunct Mackinlay’s whisky brand, the bottles had been ordered by the experienced explorer as a way to bolster his team's spirits.
