KypDurron t1_isqu5v4 wrote
Reply to comment by lsanborn 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
It covers 98% of the continent.
And ice formed from sea water has such a low salt content that it's potable - you can drink it (and not die of thirst).
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