Explorer Ernest Shackleton's cabin in Antarctica is slowly deteriorating. Full Article at Newshour With Jim Lehrer

You guessed. When times got tough, the pups got sauteed. Diaries of the Shackleton expedition talk about the sorrow that our pictured Second Officer Tom Crean suffered when the time came to make dinner out of the little guys. Full Article at KansasCity.com

Whyte & Mackay, the drinks group that now owns McKinlay and Co. , has asked for a sample of the 100-year-old scotch for a series of tests that could decide whether to relaunch the now-defunct Scotch. Full Article at Boing Boing

A team of New Zealand conservators is planning to unearth two crates of Scotch whisky belonging to polar explorer Ernest Shackleton. The crates have been trapped under the Antarctic ice for a century. Full Article at NPR

KERRI RITCHIE: In 1909 things went wrong for Ernest Shackleton. On a treacherous mission to the South Pole, the British explorer and his team had to be rescued when the weather turned bad and they ran out of food. Full Article at Radio Australia

For the tourists who embarked upon the journey of a lifetime to the Antarctic the chance to travel through "spectacular icy seascapes" probably brought to mind romantic images of following in the pioneering footsteps of Ernest Shackleton and recreating... Full Article at Guardian Unlimited