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When Ninety-Eight Days, Two Tropics, And Frozen Lamb Changed Everything
When Ninety-Eight Days, Two Tropics, And Frozen Lamb Changed Everything
A frozen carcass arrived in London after a 98-day voyage, crossed two tropics, and still felt indistinguishable from fresh meat - something deemed impossible in 1882. How did a single sailing ship, a failing refrigeration engine, and a cargo of 4,331 mutton and 598 lamb carcasses change what the world ate?
In this episode, we tell the story of one voyage from Port Chalmers, New Zealand to Smithfield Market, London in 1882, the unproven refrigeration technology aboard the Dunedin, and the near-disasters that threatened the…
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