Pykrete: Build a Ship FROM Ice!?

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Published 2024-08-06
Pykrete, the revolutionary composite made with ice, and a potential building material during World War II. Project Habbakuk planned to use Pykrete as part of an ambitious plan to build the largest aircraft carrier ever, all held together with ice. Learn why this wasn’t as crazy as it sounds.

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All Comments (9)
  • @travisjicorcoran5870
    Pycrete is one of my favorite crazy historical footnotes. I'm actually dropping a reference to it in a novel I'm writing now.
  • @waynesworldofsci-tech
    LOL. Dr. Alexander Clarke and Drachinifel have both covered the plan. Lots of naval history folks know the story.
  • @gyorgygajdos1657
    It was only a Churchillian obsession. The brainstormer managed to get his ideea to Churchill who got mesmerised by it.
  • @Dennis-vh8tz
    Don't fight nature: I guess that means we won't be seeing Sodium hulls? :D
  • @thematronsmilitia
    Im from wyoming -15C isn't even cold. I'm also an hvac tech so if anyone wants to bankroll a pykrete boat im down
  • @davenoi9609
    Refrigeration? Refrigeration? Refrigeration?