What if one of the most famous and formidable Antarctic exploration vessels in history, whose crew's story of shipwreck and survival has been told for more than a century, wasn't as strong as legend ...

Charlie Shackleton said he was “blown away” Wednesday when he heard the shockingly improbable news. In celebration, he poured himself a dram of Scotch whisky. Shackleton, who lives in Bridgewater, Vt.

The explorer’s journey to Antarctica was likely doomed before it began. By Sara Novak On Oct. 27, 1915, after being caught and crushed by packed ice for nine months in the Weddell Sea off Antarctica, ...

Ernest Shackleton was sailing for Antarctica on the ship, called the Quest, when he died in 1922. Researchers exulted over the discovery of its wreckage, 62 years after it sank in the Labrador Sea. By ...

“She was doomed, no ship built by human hands could have withstood the strain.” When polar explorer Ernest Shackleton wrote this journal entry on October 27, 1915, his dreams of reaching Antarctica ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- A crate of Scotch whisky that was trapped in Antarctic ice for a century was finally opened Friday -- but the heritage dram won't be tasted by whisky lovers because it's ...

Once samples have been extracted and sent to Scottish distiller Whyte and Mackay, which took over Mackinlay's distillery many years ago, the 11 bottles will be returned to their home — under the ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A crate of Scotch whisky that has been frozen in Antarctic ice for more than a century is being slowly thawed by New Zealand museum officials — for analysis, not to be ...

The crate was recovered from the Antarctic hut of renowned explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton. It's been thawing gradually at a museum in New Zealand. Researchers found 11 carefully wrapped bottles of ...