Yerm_Terragon t1_iso7u0y wrote
Reply to comment by b0nz1 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
Yeah, it does. Thats because we arent too keen these days on teaching social history.
Refrigerators only started to become commonplace 100 years ago. Before that we had to use ice boxes to keep things like meat and dairy cold, and those didnt even exist for 100 years before that point. So, you have to think that we are talking about 200-300 years before household refrigeration methods would even exist. We couldnt just make ice, we had to get it from somewhere it already was. Remember the opening scene from Frozen where they sawed ice blocks out of a lake? Not just done for a cool scene, ice harvesting use to be an actual profession. Then you just need to acknowledge that Canada is the largest landmass that will have year round ice, so thats where they got it from.
Sounds a lot more believable now, doesnt it?
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