This belongs in the "If you were rich" thread.
If I were rich, I'd buy that scotch.
Why? because it's rare? There's no guarantee it's good. Scotch doesn't bottle-age, and I'd suffer a guess that the whisky you'd take on an expedition might not have been exactly top-shelf to begin with.
Neat story, but I wouldn't have busted my *** to get at the stuff personally.