Tag: Antarctic Heritage Trust

• Saturday, August 12th 2017 - 07:59 UTC

  Century old English fruitcake found in Antarctica: could belong to Scott's expedition

  

  New Zealand scientists have found a 'perfectly preserved' 106-year-old fruitcake in a remote Antarctic hut. The delicacy, made by British cake makers Huntley and Palmers, was still wrapped in paper and encased in the remains of a tin-plated iron alloy tin, the researchers at the Antarctic Heritage Trust in Christchurch said in a statement on Thursday.