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AFP: Shackleton whisky recovered after 100 years in polar ice
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(AFP) 3 days ago WELLINGTON, New Zealand Five crates of whisky and brandy belonging to polar explorer Ernest Shackleton have been recovered after being buried for more than 100 years under the Antarctic ice, explorers said Friday. The spirits were excavated from beneath Shackleton's Antarctic ...
Shackleton's Whisky Recovered!
theadventureblog.blogspot.com - 2/8/2010
Shackleton's Whisky Recovered!
— theadventureblog.blogspot.com — Way back in November I posted a story about how the New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust had... discovered a case of whisky under the ice in Antarctica. The booze had been left behind by Shackleton's Nimrod Expedition back in 1908, and the trust ... (more) Shackleton's Whisky Recovered!
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Shackleton's Whisky Recovered!
The Adventure Blog — ... According to this story from the Associated Press, the delicate process of recovering the whisky is now complete, and much to the surprise of the team that went to get it, they found not two crates of alcohol, but five. Three of them contained the whiskey, as was previously reported, while two others were full of bottles of brandy. The particular brand of whisky has not been available for decades, and it is expected to be studied and possibly reproduced for sale in the future. ...

Shackleton’s Whiskey Safely Recovered from Antarctic Ice
Backcountry.com: The Goat — ... mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} --> A New Zealand beverage company has successfully recovered five crates of whiskey and brandy that were abandoned on Shackleton’s failed 1908-09 ...

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