Shackleton Hut News Today

As part of our project we just flew to Cape Royds on a helicopter to take photographs of Dr. David Ainley among the penguins he’s studied for many years. It is about a 10 minute helicopter ride from McMurdo. We arrived in strong winds (maybe 30 mph? – enough to stop you from walking and have to brace yourself from being blown backward during gusts). The helicopter dropped us off and left, and after a short walk we arrived at Shackleton’s Hut (the nicest of the main huts on Ross Island). It...

The top of its time? >> i think we need to research it a lot more, find out what were the other brands available. i mean ive seen a letter signed by ernest shackleton where he ordered 25 cases of mackinlays whiskey, 12 cases of brandy and six cases of port and it said he received the consignment. >> there are 11 bottles in the crate which came out of the base in antarctica. you took three. what will happen? will you able to share them with your friends at some stage? >> absolutely not. we are co...

Shackletons buried treasure is back in its native scotland, some of it is. the contents smooth golden whiskey. 11 crates of mckinlays brand whiskey were discovered in 2007 under his hut where they sat preserved in ice for more than years. he left them behind after his failed south pole expedition in 2007. a portion of the contents is being tested by scott whiskey maker whyte & mackay who hopes to recreate the century old taste. he took his private jet down to pick up the bottles in christ church...