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Friday, July 16, 2021
CONTINUITY: A Simple Luxury—Ice through the Ages
Those who consider asteroid mining implausible may be unaware that in the nineteenth century ice, harvested in the winter, was exported year-round from Boston to India, a distance of 24,000 km and voyage of 130 days, in wooden sailing ships, to save the customers who eagerly purchased it from the horrors of tepid gin and tonics. By 1870, 17,000 tonnes of ice were shipped halfway around the globe every year. For details, see Gavin Weightman's superb book, The Frozen Water Trade.
Posted at July 16, 2021 13:14