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[reldnahkram]

Awesome story (five crates of booze recovered in Anarctica from the Shackleton expedition), terrible stock photo (penguins? really?):

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100205/sc_afp/antarcticanzealandheritagealcoholwhisky

Comments

[tirerim.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I saw that; I think the best part is how it's a long-lost blend that they hope to analyze and recover the recipe for.

[wayman.livejournal.com]

Blended whiskey is why he fell short of the pole. True adventurers drink single malt!

I want to know the current disposition of Robert Falcon Scott's butter. And why anyone felt the need to repatriate it....