A crate of Mackinlay's whisky, which was buried under Antarctic ice for more than 100 years now, has been opened up and the experts believe that they have unveiled a surreptitious drinker on Sir Ernest Shackleton's polar voyage.

The well-known 1907 journey of British explorers had bottled this whisky, and it had been excavated early this year from under his hut and taken to Canterbury Museum in Christchurch, New Zealand. The crate of Scotch whisky was found at minus 30 degrees Celsius (-22F) temperature and was frozen, but the liquid inside the 11 bottles was still not frozen.

The bottles were covered in paper and straw to protect the liquid. One of the bottles wasn’t completely filled like the other 10, which indicates that a crew member of Shackleton might have used it before keeping the crate inside. Distillers are making efforts to imitate the recipe of this whisky, as the original recipe does not exist any longer.

The quality of the whisky is being estimated by many, in whom, Master whisky blender Richard Paterson is also a part. He said, “It will be put into nosing glass which is shaped like a tulip and what I'll do is swirl it around and then I'll stick my nose right into the heart of the glass and allow the aromas to rise”.

He considers this experience as a matter of honor and privilege to smell the whisky that hasn’t been touched for more than 100 years now.