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| Photo: The Whisky Exchange |
When one thinks of buried treasure they automatically think gold, money, diamonds and jewelry. But as it turns out, there is more to our limited thoughts of treasure. Apparently there is some treasure you can drink.
In 1909, Ernest Shackleton canceled his Antarctic Nimrod expedition, turning back 112 miles short of the South Pole after running low on supplies. But it turns out he hadn't completely run out of the good stuff: In 2006, a team restoring the hut that served as Shackleton's base camp discovered three cases of Scotch whisky buried in the permafrost beneath the floorboards.[Departures]
