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Anyone work in freezer sales ??
During the summer and before the invention of refrigerators, the inhabitants of Méribel brought ice from the Gébroulaz glacier to the valley. It was then used for hotels, restaurants or trains, in the early days of tourism. This tradition of the "ice road" has come alive again during this weekend and the "Fête à Fanfoué". Many thanks to the young people of the valley!
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kitenski wrote:
Anyone work in freezer sales ??
During the summer and before the invention of refrigerators, the inhabitants of Méribel brought ice from the Gébroulaz glacier to the valley. It was then used for hotels, restaurants or trains, in the early days of tourism. This tradition of the "ice road" has come alive again during this weekend and the "Fête à Fanfoué". Many thanks to the young people of the valley!
sounds a bit like an urban legend, Ice will keep all the year round at Méribel in a hole in the ground. Dig a hole or find a cave and stuff it with snow in the winter.
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Don't they mine it like coal?
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David, is there permafrost in Meribel village ? I would expect it perhaps above 2500m but Would be surprised down at 1400m where I might expect soil temperatures below a couple of metres to be similar to the uk. Or is it a latent effect of prehistoric glaciation ?
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Many large houses in the UK had Ice Houses before the invention of refrigerators (see [url=]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_house_(building)[/url] ). The rate at which heat is conducted into the Ice House is sufficiently slow for some of the ice to last until the next winter.
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Similar to the snowfarming modern resorts do today.
Pile high the snow or ice, cover in straw or plastic sheets, and leave in the shade for months.
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