Pykrete is the frozen composite material of the World War II

• Published in: Ice and Snow
• Main Authors: O. V. Kovalev, M. N. Andreev, V. V. Rice
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: Nauka 2016
• Subjects: использование упрочнённого льда; корабль изо льда; льдокомпозит; пайкерит; Science; Q; Pyke; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15356/2076-6734-2016-1-119-127; https://doaj.org/article/2b54aa1665824e1eb4aa1048a3e84abb

During the war, government of the allies considered the construction of ice structures converted from artificial icebergs into aircraft carriers. The idea to use ice for construction of floating aerodromes, or giant aircraft carriers, was launched by Geoffrey Pyke, and then was developed in a projec...