A case of whisky which spent more than 100 years buried in the Antarctic has returned to Scotland. The scotch was buried beneath a hut used by the explorer Ernest Shackleton during his unsuccessful 1907 to 1909 expedition to reach the South Pole. Five cases were dug up last year, before being carefully thawed by museum officials in New Zealand. One of these cases - of Mackinlay whisky - has been flown to Scotland. Distillers Whyte and Mackay, which owns the McKinlay brand, were keen to get hold of a bottle. The billionaire owner of the Glasgow-based firm, Vijay Mallya, flew a case back to Scotland using his private jet. Whyte & Mackay's master blender Richard Paterson will spend up to six weeks in full laboratory conditions analysing the whisky before reporting back to the Antarctic Heritage Trust.
