In February of 2010, restoration specialists were trying to preserve the hut used by

Ernest Shackleton and his team during their Nimrod expedition a century ago, when they

found something beneath the floorboards.

Keep in mind Shackleton is something of a legend.

Even in Ireland in 1874, raised in London and exploring Arctic regions by his 25th birthday,

this man was about as tough as they come.

He was a naval officer, a real life explorer, a best-selling author, and even had the honor

of being knighted by a king.

I can't think of anyone more interesting to invite to a party.

So when restoration began on the Nimrod Base Camp Hut in 2010, there was a sense of awe.

It was the structure that had once played host to impossible dreams and a spirit that few

today are willing to embrace.

That little hut was a refuge against a hostile environment, and it was also apparently

the hiding place for a treasure buried by Shackleton himself.

It wasn't gold or silver, though.

It wasn't a relic or some lost piece of history.

No, beneath those bare floorboards, restorationists found something else.

Three cases of Scottish whiskey.

And this whiskey, trapped in the permafrost for a century, was insanely valuable.

Not just because of its age, and not just because of the opportunity it offered to explore

a rare lost blend of scotch.

This whiskey was valuable, you see, because it offered the chance to taste the liquid that

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