Expedition aims to recover Ernest Shackleton’s whisky

A RARE brand of whisky that British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton left behind in Antarctica is the holy grail for a New Zealand drilling expedition.

The New Zealand Press Association reports that the whisky was among supplies abandoned by Shackleton on his unsuccessful expedition to the south pole in 1909.

The brand of McKinlay and Co no longer exists. Whyte & Mackay, the drinks giant that owned McKinlay and Co, had asked for a sample of the drink for a series of experiments, the NZPA quoted London’s Telegraph as reporting.

100 years sounds just about right to chill whiskey.

Expedition leader Al Fastier said he did not want to sample the contents.

“It’s better to imagine it than to taste it. That way it keeps its mystery,” he was quoted as saying.

Eep!

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