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Posted: December 2, 2009 |
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Explorer Ernest Shackleton's cabin in Antarctica is slowly deteriorating. While working to remove ice from underneath the hut that was causing fungus to grow, scientists made an interesting discovery -- cases of whisky that had fused to the underlying rock. Freelance journalist Emily Stone describes the find.
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Produced by: Larisa Epatko |
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| Emily Stone spent two summers working at McMurdo Station in Antarctica, and one of the research projects she wrote about was the preservation of Ernest Shackleton's hut at Cape Royds. |
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Speaking: Emily Stone
Photo Credit: Emily Stone, Audio Credit: Larisa Epatko |
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