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Discovered in Antarctica: Robert Falcon Scott's "Highest Camp"

Adventure Collection | Posted 04.03.2013 | Travel
Read More: Ross Ice Shelf, Roald Amundsen, Antarctic, Antarctica, Mount Erebus, Antarctic Campsite, Ernest Shackleton, Robert Falcon Scott, Clive Oppenheimer, Nimrod Expedition, Terra Nova Expedition, Travel News
Adventure Collection

Coming across a few stones might not seem all that extraordinary when you're standing on Mount Erebus in Antarctica. But one volcanologist saw something in those stones that was a lot more: remnants of Robert Falcon Scott's "highest camp," set up during the 1912 Terra Nova Expedition.

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An Old-Fashioned Antarctic Expedition

Posted 01.31.2013 | Travel
Read More: Antarctica, Antarctica Travel, Distilled Perspective, Tim Jarvis, Adventure Travel, Ernest Shackleton, Endurance, Shackleton, Shackleton Epic, Travel News

Five days ago, adventurer Tim Jarvis set off from Elephant Island, an icy chunk of Antarctica's South Shetlands archipelago, in a 22.5-foot replica o...

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Explorer's Epic Sea Voyage To Be Retraced

Reuters | Stuart McDill | Posted 02.01.2013 | Science
Read More: Exploration, Antarctic, Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, Video, Antarctic Exploration, Ernest Shackleton, Reuters, South Pole, Polar Exploration, Science News

By Stuart McDill SYDNEY (Reuters) - A group of intrepid explorers are readying themselves for the first-ever recreation of the epic voy...

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Images Of Stranded Arctic Explorers

2012-07-03-slatelogo.jpg | Posted 10.11.2012 | Arts
Read More: Famous Arctic Expeditions, Arctic Photography, Frank Hurley, Ernest Shackleton, Frank Hurley Ernest Shackleton, Arctic Expedition, Failed Arctic Expeditions, Shackleton Expedition, Arts News

By Alyssa Coppelman Ice Frame Frank Hurley/Courtesy the Ralls Collection. There were no cameras in 1492, so we will never know exactly what i...

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Seven Trips To Expand Your Comfort Zone

Jean Newman Glock | Posted 09.23.2012 | Travel
Read More: Egypt, Uganda, Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Jordan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ernest Shackleton, Antarctica, Trains, Petra, Penguins, Thailand, Soviet Union, Gorillas, St. Petersburg, Art, Pyramids, Moscow, Transsiberian, Valley of the Kings, Russia, Cambodia, Bangkok, Amazon, Four Seasons, Rwanda, Luxury Travel, Travel, Experiential Travel, Travel News
Jean Newman Glock

he Hermitage is great, their storage rooms even better and the glorious mansions of the Romanov period are opening for a glimpse of the past we have all read about.

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The Best Spirits Of 2011

Tony Sachs | Posted 03.05.2012 | Home
Read More: David Wondrich, Johnnie Walker Double Black, Angel's Envy Bourbon, Don Julio añejo Claro, Ron Jeremy, Tad Seestedt, Sazerac Cocktail, Manhattan Cocktail, David Perkins, Speyside, Ron De Jeremy, Ernest Shackleton, Bols Barrel-Aged Genever, Mackinlay Rare Old Highland Malt Whisky, High West Silver OMG Pure Rye, Alcoholic Beverages, No. 3 London Dry Gin, Martinez Cocktail, The Vodka by Ransom, Bourbon, Drambuie 15, Rum, Gin, Whyte & Mackay, Brugal 1888, High West Double Rye!, Liqueur, Grand Marnier Quintessence, Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve, Genever, Spirits, Cognac, Pierre-Ferrand 1840 Original Formula, Auchentoshan 1999 Bordeaux Cask Matured Whisky, Rye, Slidepollajax, Liquor, Home News
Tony Sachs

When I first started thinking about writing this year-end wrap-up, I thought that 2011 was a pretty blah year for new spirits.

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Crazy Stuff We Did During Summer Vacation

Fathom | Posted 10.21.2011 | Travel
Read More: Puerto Rico Street Food, Antarctica, The Pantanal, Wisconsin, Fathom, Vieques, Rajasthan, Ernest Shackleton, Alain Ducasse, Zambia, Summer Vacation Ideas, Her Majesty, Gotta See This, Paris, Grown-Up Summer Camp, Anish Kapoor, Camp Wandawega, Ascot, Slidepollajax, Travel Blogs, Berlin, Travel News
Fathom

These tales of adventure instantly transport us from our cubicle to the age of exploration.

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Antarctic Explorer's Century-Old Scotch Recreated

GlobalPost | Emily Stone | Posted 06.06.2011 | World
Read More: New Zealand@Y:World, Scotland, Whisky, Whiskey, Antarctica, Scotch, Ernest Shackleton, World News

CHICAGO -- Few of us would want to relive Ernest Shackleton's arduous and ultimately unsuccessful trek to the South Pole 103 years ago. But a Glasgow ...

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Shackleton's Century-Old Whisky Flown Out Of Antarctica

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Scotch Whiskey, Scotch, Whiskey, Whisky, Shackleton's Whisky, Ernest Shackleton, Antarctica, Home News

*Click here for photos of Ernest Shackleton's recovered whisky* LONDON — Some people brag about serving scotch whisky that's 15 years old. But ...

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Baby, It's Cold Outside!

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Polar Challenge, Taiwan, Antarctica, North Pole, Yang Li-Chou, Donald Sutherland, Polar Bears, Beyond the Arctic, Jean Lemire, Simon LeClerc, The Last Continent, Ernest Shackleton, Beyond the Pole, Entertainment News
George Heymont

For those who enjoyed the Planet Earth series, Lemire's The Last Continent offers a sumptuous visual treat. Its stunning views of the Antarctic landscape, coupled with great underwater photography, place it at the top of the list of great travelogues and nature films.

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PHOTOS: Century-Old Crate Of Scotch Whisky Pulled From Antarctic Ice Finally Opened

Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Liquor, Antarctic Scotch, Antarctic Whisky, Antarctica, Alcohol, Sir Ernest Shackleton, Spirits, Scotch, Whisky, Whiskey, Ernest Shackleton, Antarctic Whickey, Chas Mackinlay, Slidepollajax, Hunter Valley Distillery, Whiskey Antarctica, Video, Home News

The Associated Press: WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A crate of Scotch whisky that was trapped in Antarctic ice for a century was finally opened Frid...

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Antarctic Whiskey: 100-Year-Old Cases Of Alcohol Recovered From The Ice

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Antarctica, Whiskey, Antarctic Whickey, Hunter Valley Distillery, Ernest Shackleton, Chas Mackinlay, World News

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — This Scotch has been on the rocks for a century. Five crates of Scotch whisky and two of brandy have been recovered b...

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Drilling For Scotch Whisky On Frozen Continent

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Al Fastier, Antarctica, Sir Ernest Shackleton, Cape Royds, Richard Paterson, Scotch, Scotch Whiskey, Ernest-Shackleton, Frozen Whiskey, Whyte Mackay, World News

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A beverage company has asked a team to drill through Antarctica's ice for a lost cache of some vintage Scotch whisky t...

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The Cold War Over the Hottest of Blood

Paul Watson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, Sea Shepherd, Yushin Maru, International Whaling Commission, Antarctica, Steve Irwin, Ernest Shackleton, Animal Planet, Whale Wars, Whaling, Japanese-Whaling, Sir Robert Scott, Paul Watson, Green News
Paul Watson

The Sea Shepherd crew is doing what governments should be doing, but refuse to do themselves, because of the threats of trade retaliation from Japan.

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