TDG gives BBC an 'icy' welcome
7th October 2010, Page 10
7th October 2010
Page 10
Page 10, 7th October 2010
— TDG gives BBC an 'icy' welcome
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Local Government In England, Agriculture, Counties Of England, Gosport, Bang Goes The Theory, Tilbury, Hemp, Bang
TDG LENT A HAND to BBC science show Bang Goes the Theory, helping it construct a ship made out of ice.
It took three weeks to freeze the vessel, made from 5,000 litres of water and hemp, before freezing it in a 20ft boat mould in TDG's fa cilities in the public cold storage warehouse in Tilbury, Essex.
Unfortunately, the boat sunk on its maiden voyage out of Gosport, Hants. The Bang Goes the Theory team had intended to sail the ship to the Isle of Wight, but capsized in Portsmouth Harbour,
Site manager Jett Mills told CM: "The BBC seemed to be satisfied with it, despite the photos of it sink
ing in the papers. We mainly do meat and fish here, but anything that needs to be frozen we can do."