Captain Scott's Fruitcake has been recovered from the Antarctic, wrapped and in a sealed tin, and is said to be still edible after more than a century! In actual fact, a New Zealand based charity, known as The Antarctic Heritage Trust, found the cake, whilst carrying out a two year conservation programme at Scott's base camp and landing stage on Cape Adare. The cake, discovered in a batch of more or less severely corroded tins, was quite a surprise find for the team, probably left behind by Scott's Northern Party, who conducted geological research and spent the winter of 1911 there.
The Fruitcake, a variety favoured as a high-energy food, produced by the famous biscuit makers, "Huntley and Palmer" was also said to be a favourite of Captain Scott.
Captain Scott, Captain Oats, Petty Officer Edgar Evans, Lieutenant Henry Bowers and Edward Wilson, all died on their return journey from the South Pole to the base camp on the Terra Nova.
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