Century-old whiskey goes home

The 115-year-old bottles of Mackinlay whiskey were found in ice under Sir Ernest Shackleton's hut in 2006. Photo / Thinkstock

Three bottles of some of the world's oldest whiskey return to Scotland today after a trip which began 104 years ago and reached Antarctica.

The 115-year-old bottles of Mackinlay whiskey were from a cache of three crates of whiskey and two of brandy explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton took to Cape Royds in 1907. They were found in ice under his hut in 2006. Today they were to travel home, to be analysed for Vijay Mallya, who owns the distillery that made the whiskey.