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Capital-Quantity9956 t1_ism536l wrote

Reply to comment by SleeperHitPrime in TIL that before the invention of regfrigeration in 1851, ice had to be imported to Australia from Boston, Massachusetts. The ice blocks travelled through the tropics inside ships insulated with timber, straw, peat, and sawdust by stumcm

How is any ice NOT desalinated by nature

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cptkl1 t1_ism5n9k wrote

Salt water will freeze albeit at a colder temperature.

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Capital-Quantity9956 t1_ismpkj6 wrote

And be transported over lengths of time that include entire months? Haha what a dumb question

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