Five crates of a century-old lost whisky belonging to Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton have been recovered by a New Zealand exploration team. Three crates of the Mackinlay whisky and a further two crates of brandy were discovered beneath the floorboards of the hut at Cape Royds used by Shackleton to launch his journey to the South Pole.

“We thought there were two crates possibly containing whisky under the 1908 structure,” said team leader Al Fastier. “To our amazement we found five crates, three labeled as containing whisky and two labeled as containing brandy.”

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