{"id":7060,"date":"2025-10-13T13:28:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T05:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.letsgotoantarctica.com\/?p=7060"},"modified":"2025-12-22T16:16:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T08:16:52","slug":"antarctica-wine-pairing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.letsgotoantarctica.com\/en\/antarctica\/traveltips\/ajz8njjh83erfglt87mhhsj9aeeesa\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Liquor for Antarctic Travel?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Best Liquor for Antarctic Travel?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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If you could bring a bottle of liquor to Antarctica, which one would you choose?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Last time we talked about Sir Shackleton's adventurous story of keeping his promise. This time we are going to look at an episode that happened during his second trip to Antarctica.
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Before the journey began, the Queen of Great Britain presented Sir Shackleton with a national flag and hoped that he would win this honor for Britain in an era when countries were competing to be the first country to plant its flag at the South Pole.
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And so, Sir Shackleton and his three companions set out for Antarctica with this flag and all the necessary supplies.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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After arriving in Antarctica, they decided to build a small hut at Cape Royds on Hut Point Peninsula as a base for food storage and spending the long winter on the Antarctic Peninsula.
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The following year, with the arrival of spring, they set out for their destination \u2013 the South Pole.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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However, the expedition did not go as smooth. The horses they used for transportation were not acclimated to the harsh conditions of Antarctica. Four of them fell into an ice hole, nearly taking a member of the team with them. Losing a portion of their means of transportation, their progress fell seriously behind. With food supplies dwindling day by day, Sir Shackleton was forced to make a difficult decision: to plant the British flag at 88\u00b023\u2032 South, 180 kilometers from the South Pole, and end the expedition.
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This was also the closest Sir Shackleton had ever been to the South Pole in his life.
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On the return journey of this expedition, although they experienced food shortages and had to dig up four horse carcasses to eat, which led to dysentery, and had to leave two companions at a supply station with sufficient supplies in order to return to the ship in time to prevent the fleet from sailing away, Sir Shackleton remained the adventurer who kept his promise - after being rescued, he insisted on returning to take his two companions who had been waiting for a long time, and they successfully returned to England by ship together.
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Judging from the results, although this expedition ended in failure, Sir Shackleton and his companions were the team closest to the South Pole at that time. Sir Shackleton also became world-famous and was invited to give lectures in Europe and the United States.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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100 years later, in 2007, a group accidentally discovered three boxes of whiskey that had been sealed for a long time while tidying up the base at Cape Royds.

Before setting out, Sir Shackleton ordered 25 boxes of Old Highland Malt Whisky from Mackinlay to accompany his expedition to Antarctica. Before returning to England, Sir Shackleton left his unused supplies at the base at Cape Rhodes, hoping that future adventurers would make use of them. The supplies included food, equipment, and stoves\u2014enough to sustain 15 men for a full year. Included, of course, were these three boxes of whiskey.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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With the consent of the Antarctic Heritage Trust, which owns the items, three bottles of whisky were brought back to Scotland. Thanks to the diligent analysis of the master distiller Richard Paterson and his team of blenders, this 100-year-old whisky was successfully reproduced and brought back to us.
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Next time you\u2019re choosing a whisky, don\u2019t forget to consider Shackleton\u2019s Antarctic Frozen Malt Whisky and savor the adventurous spirit of Sir Shackleton a century ago.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Do you like this episode's story? Want to personally follow Sir Shackleton's journey to Antarctica? Don't forget to visitFacebook<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, orwrite a letter<\/a>Ask us about your trip.<\/p>

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Set foot on Antarctica. It's no longer out of reach.<\/p>

Let's go to Antarctica!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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