WHISKY COMES HOME AFTER CENTURY ON ICE

CinnamonGirl
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18 Jan 2011 17:56 #1 by CinnamonGirl

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Three bottles of whisky abandoned in the Antarctic ice by British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton have been returned to Scotland.

The bottles, from the British Antarctic Expedition 1907, were frozen solid at minus 30 degrees Celsius temperatures but the whisky inside was still liquid.
The bottles of Mackinlay's were part of a cache recovered last year from beneath Shackleton's Antarctic hut.
Tests are now under way to see how the whisky fared after being preserved in the polar chill for so long.

http://news.discovery.com/history/whisk ... pgn=hknws1

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ScienceChic
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19 Jan 2011 09:56 #2 by ScienceChic

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If they need a taster to make sure they're still okay, I'd volunteer to sacrifice my time and liver!

What an incredible find - history in a bottle! One of my dreams is to have an old bottle of Bordeaux - what an experience...

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