Trout! It took 30 tons of ice and a few attempts to ship live trout eggs to Australia. Upon arrival in 1864 they were put on a steam powered naval vessel to Tasmania where the ova where hatched onto plenty River. I heard awhile back something about Tasmanian trout being the most untouched genetically in the world........
wominjeka t1_isojika wrote
Reply to 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
Trout! It took 30 tons of ice and a few attempts to ship live trout eggs to Australia. Upon arrival in 1864 they were put on a steam powered naval vessel to Tasmania where the ova where hatched onto plenty River. I heard awhile back something about Tasmanian trout being the most untouched genetically in the world........