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And i think what he's looking for is to do a more detailed scientific analysis to find out, you know, how whiskey was actually made a century go, the type of barley malt that was used, you know, what the blends were, perhaps even trace it back to a particular distillery. >> he thinks he can recreate mackinlay's rare old island malt. >> he's been with the company 40 years, he's got a wealth of experience, knows whiskey inside out and got a great nose and a great palate. >> i know you're partial to an occasional glass of whiskey itself. it must be disappointing you didn't get to taste it. >> fir...

>> well, the fact that you know, it's a brand owned by whyte & mackay, which is part of my group, the fact the bottles have spent over 100 years in a natural freezer, i mean evokes a lot of interest and i'd love to be able to know what the results of the scientific analysis are and like to consider the possibilities of recreating the mac kinlay's brand, shackleton edition perhaps. i think it would be a unique marketing story in itself. we have to do this in partnership with the antarctic heritage which have made three bottles available to us. >> you could have watched it happen and sent someon...

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 i've seen a letter signed by ernest shackleton where he ordered 25 cases of mackinlay's 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 committed to returning them not only to the antarctic heritage trust but to the shackleton hut. >> w...