Most people can relate to the comfort a hot drink can bring, especially those who have sipped hot cocoa in -60C.
Tins of cocoa were among the decades-old artefacts recently returned to the Antarctic Heritage Trust.
To the untrained eye, it's a weathered wooden box. The faint lettering is a clue to its layers of history.
"These objects were brought down by [Robert] Scott for the 1910 British Antarctic Expedition so that makes them at least 112 years old," said Antarctic Trust Conservation collections manager Lizzie Meek.
The Shell motor spirits box and tins of cocoa were crucial supplies during Antarctic exploration. They're now crucial to capturing the past.
"The motor spirit was used by Scott to fuel his tractors which were a really new piece of tech they were trialling to try and get to the South Pole. The cocoa was people's favourite drink down there," Meek added.
The artefacts were found during a trip from McMurdo Base to Cape Evans in the mid-1950s.
"The first night we started we had one of those Antarctic storms that can last forever," said former United States naval captain Dave Baker.
Seeking shelter in Scott's Hut, Baker discovered the artefacts.
"There were cups of cocoa, frozen cocoa, there were biscuits on the table, there were cheeses," Baker said.
As well as a stack of dirty dishes suggesting someone hadn't long left the hut.
"It was a very emotional experience for me," Baker said.
After keeping them safe for 60 years, it was home time.
"When I heard about the Antarctic Heritage Trust I realised that was the place they'd be safe. I didn't want them sitting in someone's living room being used as a coffee table or something," Baker said.
You may be wondering what the cocoa inside the tins looks like, but that's something we'll never find out, the tins will remain unopened to retain their historic integrity.
These tins will end up back on the ice, a place where a hot cuppa still goes down well.
