A 106 year old fruit cake was found among the last artefacts to be conserved at the Canterbury Museum lab by Antarctic Heritage Trust conservators. Made by Huntley & Palmers the fruit cake is still wrapped in paper and encased in the remains of a tin-plated iron alloy tin. Believed to be from Robert Falcon Scott's Northern party (1911) the cake itself looked and smelt (almost) edible, despite its age.Read the full story here:
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