Facing the Battle of the Atlantic and shortages of steel, British planners backed an extreme proposal to build an aircraft ...

Project Habakkuk was a wartime proposal to build an enormous aircraft carrier from “pykrete,” an ice-and-wood-pulp composite pitched as strong, slow to melt, and difficult to sink. The transcript ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Since aluminum and steel were in short supply, Pyke had to get creative with alternative building materials. He thought ice could be a useful alternative.... Here’s ...