A century ago, Sir Ernest Shackleton abandoned a bid to reach the South Pole. His party also abandoned two crates of Scotch whiskey. The owners of the McKinlay and Co. brand want to find that Scotch.

Work is under way on a South Atlantic island to preserve a key building in the story of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton. Shackleton famously reached the whaling station of Stromness on South Georgia ...