WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A beverage company has asked a team to drill through Antarctica's ice for a lost cache of some vintage Scotch whisky that has been on the rocks since a century ago. The drillers will be trying to reach two crates of McKinlay and Co. whisky that were shipped to the Antarctic by British polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton as part of his abandoned 1909 expedition. Whyte & Mackay, the drinks group that now owns McKinlay and Co., has asked for a sample of the 100-year-old scotch for a series of tests that could decide whether to relaunch the now-defunct Scotch. Workers from New Zealand's Antarctic Heritage Trust will use special drills to reach the crates, frozen in Antarctic ice under the Nimrod Expedition hut near Cape Royds. Al Fastier, who will lead the expedition in January, said restoration workers found the crates of whisky under the hut's floorboards in 2006.
Beverage Company Drilling For Whiskey In Antarctica's Ice
The Huffington Post News Editors, Huffington Post
Tue, 11/17/2009 - 8:45am
Topics: wellington british sir ernest shackleton workers new zealand's antarctic heritage trust nimrod expedition cape royds al fastier the new zealanders antarctic treaty richard paterson london's telegraph scotland a new zealand antarctic antarctica scotch mckinlay whyte mackay fastier paterson whisky bottles hut
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