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An unopened bottle of beer which accompanied pioneering British explorers in the race to the North Pole 140 years ago has emerged for sale for £600 after it was discovered in a garage.<br />
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The incredibly rare bottle of Allsopp's Arctic Ale was found poking out of a box full of spirits at a house in the Shropshire village of Gobowen.<br />
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Miraculously it has survived with its contents completely in tact since it was brewed in 1875 specially to be taken on the British Arctic Expedition of that year.<br />
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The beer is now tipped to fetch £600 when it goes under the hammer at Trevanion and Dean auctioneers on June 13.