Success!

One of the greatest achievements in recent archeological history has occurred this past week, and it would be a travesty for us not to acknowledge it. After all, it’s in our mission statement. What I’m talking about is the recovery of five crates of Mackinlay Scotch and Brandy from over 100 years worth of ice near the South Pole. That’s right. There are those who would think that the valuable skills of the world’s best archeologists and scientists should be put to use solving problems like global warming and gas shortages… but no! We need to get hammered so as to forget those minor issues.

The five cases were abandoned all the way back in 1908 by Anglo-Irish explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton when his expedition to the South Pole ran short of supplies and had to turn back. Though, I don’t really see what the problem was if they had five cases of whiskey left. The real bonus for all of us whiskey lovers is that the recipe for this particular blend of scotch is no longer in existence, and once the bottles have been thawed out and analyzed the long extinct blend can be reproduced. Beautiful. Now we can only hope that they will put some of these bottles up for sale, at which point I will promptly rob a bank and purchase a bottle. Here’s to science finally coming through for us, especially after all those broken promises.

Check out a legitimate article documenting this wondrous occasion here.