"I guess waiting for global warming to unearth the whiskey is not an option."
Posted by Kate at November 17, 2009 12:21 AMWhat if.... Shackleton was a souce and drank it all? Verrrry clever.
Posted by: Snagglepuss at November 17, 2009 1:05 AM...and replaced the whiskey with water to try and hide the evidence!!!!
Posted by: glacierman at November 17, 2009 1:13 AMPhilistines! Whiskey and whisky must never be cooled!
Posted by: norm at November 17, 2009 1:24 AMIs McKinlay and Co.listed on the TSX?
Posted by: Joe Molnar at November 17, 2009 1:28 AMsince he was Irish. I doubt there be anything but empties.
Posted by: cal2 at November 17, 2009 3:06 AMThis reminds me of that expedition to Greenland that recovered that P38 Lockheed lost in 1942 or 1943 on the ice-cap.....it was finally located under circa 250' of ice.....
But, but, but..... Gore and Hansen have told us that Greenland is melting....
The "Nimrod Expedition!" LOL. And cal2, not ALL Irish people drink, that is a stereotype! Come to think of it, perhaps it is well deserved.....hahahahaha.
Posted by: PistonBroke at November 17, 2009 7:08 AMThat clever Shakleton, burying the whisky so far under the ice! Just make sure there are no Irishmen on the drilling rig, or the drill will become one big, giant straw ; ) "Shlorry, bossh -- nuthin' found, hic."
Posted by: DrD at November 17, 2009 8:47 AMCome on people,they found the stash over two years ago.Be careful of what you read on the internet!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-439841/Preserved-ice-100-years-whisky-Shackleton-used-cold.html
Tight little continent
Posted by: KevinB at November 17, 2009 9:01 AMScotch doesn't age in the bottle.
Apparently, in Shackleton's day, they preferred a peaty after-taste in scotch that might be resurgent if these bottles become the toast of the town.
gives 'on the rocks' a whole new meaning.
Posted by: john begley at November 17, 2009 9:29 AMI wonder how much a bottle that'll go for. $10,000 / bottle? More?
And then you don't dare drink it. What a waste.
Posted by: rabbit at November 17, 2009 10:01 AMKind of like the waiter who dropped a bottle of $10,000 wine while serving a couple in the Calgary Chicago Chop House.
Wonder how many patrons would have dropped to their knees and grabbed a straw!
Posted by: glacierman at November 17, 2009 11:15 AMCmon now, would you not have a nip if you found it?. May be aged but they all taste the same after a couple of stiff shots. 100 yr old whiskey = fresh batch of good old moonshine.
Posted by: Merle Underwood at November 17, 2009 11:27 AMHa, I love stories like this. A smile on my face to start the day!
Posted by: Colin from Mission B.C. at November 17, 2009 12:23 PMWas at work today when I read this..... Nimrod expdn and Cape Royd......good thing my cubicle has high walls!
Posted by: OMMAG at November 17, 2009 5:52 PMCould I get a little extra ice with that please?
Posted by: Peter O'Donnell at November 17, 2009 6:14 PMI would take a sip of the stuff just do to the story behind it, but it still would excite my gag reflex.
I would much prefer a crate of wine or a 6 pack being drilled out.
Posted by: Knacker at November 17, 2009 6:47 PMWhat a Scotsman will do for a dram of Whiskey!!!!
Posted by: Revnant Dream at November 18, 2009 1:46 AMMay be aged but they all taste the same after a couple of stiff shots. 100 yr old whiskey = fresh batch of good old moonshine.
~Merle Underwood
Scotch doesn't age in the bottle.
If it was 12 yr old scotch when it was bottled it's still the same 12 yr old scotch 400 years latter.
Kate give your head shake.
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