cptkl1
cptkl1 t1_ism5n9k wrote
Reply to comment by Capital-Quantity9956 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
Salt water will freeze albeit at a colder temperature.
cptkl1 t1_ism5pxh 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
What I was thinking as well.