CruisinJo214 t1_ism6hdk wrote on October 17, 2022 at 12:42 AM Reply to comment by Dwarf-Lord_Pangolin 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 Setting up infrastructure in Antarctica is pretty next to impossible. Boston had industry, ships and ports ready to go. Permalink Parent 22
CruisinJo214 t1_ism6hdk wrote
Reply to comment by Dwarf-Lord_Pangolin 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
Setting up infrastructure in Antarctica is pretty next to impossible. Boston had industry, ships and ports ready to go.