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Drilling For Scotch in Antarctica

Posted by samzenpus on from the on-the-rocks dept.

100 years ago, British polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton had to abandon his 1909 Antarctic expedition. Among the items left behind were two crates of McKinlay and Co. whiskey, now the company has decided it would like them back. A team from New Zealand's Antarctic Heritage Trust will try to drill down to the crates, frozen in Antarctic ice under the Nimrod Expedition hut near Cape Royds. Sounds like this would go great with some Titanic cigars.

6 comments

  1. Hehe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Yeah, sure they will find the scotch. "What happened to the scotch you say, you left it behind? Ah, alright."

    1. Re:Hehe by Yvan256 · · Score: 1

      More like "You broke five bottles when you drilled right through one of the crates? Ah, alright."

    2. Re:Hehe by iDrifter · · Score: 1

      Not if I get there first.

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  2. I'll place my order now... by frosty_tsm · · Score: 1

    One scotch on the rocks, please.

  3. If they can avoid breaking the bottles by HangingChad · · Score: 1

    They should be pretty well preserved. Provided the ice hasn't crushed the bottles and they don't drill through them.

    It's a great promotion if nothing else.

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  4. For those who don't know better: by jockeys · · Score: 1

    Scotch does not age in the bottle, only in the cask. So digging this up wouldn't mean having "100 year" scotch.

    When you buy 15 or 18 or whatever year old scotch at the liquor store, that's how long it was in the cask, NOT how long it was in the cask + how long it's been on the shelf.

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