Historic whiskey

[philamac]

Story of booze taken to cold places by the explorer Shackleton, and it is still there a century later.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8364035.stm

I remember watching a documentary about the artic explorers, and the old huts used by Scott as a base camp were still there, with tins of jam, bedding and personal effects still there as their owners left them

 

[Rev-O]

sounds like my vestry!

 

[Arrowhead]

On the subject of polar exploration, the following article from the current TLS is a good but grim read:
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