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Ice blocks from Norway

Paperback • 2023 • Norwegian Bokmål • 1. edition

Ice blocks from Norway: the importation of natural ice to Britain, circa 1870-1925

By Michael Freeman

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For over fifty years, between around 1870 and 1914, there was a thriving trade that saw translucent block ice exported to Great Britain from the fjords and lakes of Norway. By 1899, the volume of ice landed in Britain had reached over half a million tons, with the port of London often accounting for 40–50 per cent of that total. The ice was needed for food preservation as Britain’s increasingly urban and industrial population grew exponentially over the later nineteenth century and, over time, t...Show more

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ISBN

9788202791216

Publisher

Cappelen Damm akademisk

Published year

2023

Language

Norwegian Bokmål

Edition

1

Original title

Ice blocks from Norway

Format

Paperback

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