A malt whisky that was discovered under the hut of Sir Ernest Shackleton during his expedition to the Antarctic for the year 1907, has now been recovered and will be replicated by distillers from Scotland. 11 bottles have been recovered from the Mackinlay’s scotch crate which was seen beneath the floor of the hut.

The people who discovered the crates are from the Antarctic Heritage Trust as they were restoring buildings located in Ross Island. During that time in 1907, Ernest Shackleton ordered the whisky as 10 year old liquor for the Nimrod Expedition. This expedition made him one of the most revered explorers in history.

The bottles were brought to Christchurch this year, and they were brought as frozen bottles, but nearly not enough to freeze the malt whisky inside the bottles, and remarkably, the beverages were in very good condition when they were brought to Christchurch.

The next process was to thaw it slowly but surely so that the bottles and everything else will not be damaged. Just last Friday, the crate was very carefully opened to reveal 11 bottles of malt whisky, not the previously expected 12 bottles. Furthermore, one was not as full as the rest.