British explorer Robert Falcon Scott left more than a legacy after his doomed 1910-12 expedition to the South Pole. He also left two blocks of butter.
The New Zealand butter was still intact when conservators for the Antarctic Heritage Trust discovered it in stables attached to Scott’s expedition Hut at Cape Evans in Antarctica.
“It’s quite amazing how strong the smell is after nearly 100 years,” Meek said at the hut. “I’m not sure I’d want it on my toast.”
From the AP:
Scott used the Cape Evans hut as a base for his expedition to the South Pole, which he and four others reached on 17 January, 1912. But they found that Norwegian Roald Amundsen had beaten them by five weeks to reach the South Pole for the first time.
Scott and his four companions all died on the return journey to Cape Evans.
The latest find follows news last month of the discovery of two crates of Scotch whisky under a hut used by another British explorer, Ernest Shackleton, during his 1907-09 expedition to Antarctica.
[Via: AP]
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