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Antarctica fruitcake: 106-year-old dessert 'left by Capt Scott'
« on: August 15, 2017, 08:08:52 am »
Antarctica fruitcake: 106-year-old dessert 'left by Capt Scott'

    12 August 2017
 

Ice-covered Antarctica is one of Earth's most hostile natural environments.

But a new find by the Antarctic Heritage Trust suggests it's no match for a 106-year-old British fruitcake.

Conservators found the elderly cake on Cape Adare, and believe it belonged to British explorer Robert Falcon Scott - known as Scott of the Antarctic.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40907084
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Re: Antarctica fruitcake: 106-year-old dessert 'left by Capt Scott'
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2017, 08:11:05 am »
Quote from: rangerrebew on August 15, 2017, 08:08:52 am
Antarctica fruitcake: 106-year-old dessert 'left by Capt Scott'

    12 August 2017
 


Soon to be regifted by Aunt Gertrude and under somebody's tree December 25, 2017.
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Re: Antarctica fruitcake: 106-year-old dessert 'left by Capt Scott'
« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2017, 08:19:48 am »
Was it being used as a doorstop down there in Antarctica? I thought that was the purpose of fruitcake.
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Re: Antarctica fruitcake: 106-year-old dessert 'left by Capt Scott'
« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2017, 01:19:32 pm »
Only a fruitcake would eat that fruitcake. :whistle:
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