Screw Oil, Let’s Drill for Whiskey
By Rocky Thompson on November 16th, 2009
Ernest Shackleton brought a couple crates of whiskey on his failed 1909 expedition. They were abandoned in Antarctica and have since been ensconced in ice. A beverage company from New Zealand is seeking permits to drill through the ice to retrieve the 100-year-old defunct whiskey. They’ll give a taste and possibly replicate the old product to begin selling it again. Whiskey Expedition sounds awesome, but I’m worried they’ll try to get there driving a promotional Red Bull car that’s shaped like a can and all the women on the expedition will only wear bikinis and shot bandoliers. Could be more disastrous that Shackleton’s original trip.
via Out There
What a coincidence. I just started reading AN UNSUNG HERO, about the Irishman, Tom Crean, the Antarctic explorer.
They should bring Shaun White and make the penguins build him a half pipe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1Zoh2JC_XA
Yeah, they should build a private runway and charter a jumbo jet to fly him solo to Antarctica. Then, in his 20,000 s.f. private mansion he should have his own private half pipe.
All of this will of course contribute to the melting of Antarctica but it’s for a good cause.