Dry ice
Does anything need to be placed under dry ice in a cooler to protect the cooler?
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Years ago, we went to Lake Powell, 3 days on a houseboat and then 3 days dry camping out of a van that had a 4" foam mattress bed built in the back. I took some steaks for day 5, put them in a small igloo cooler on top of dry ice (wrapped in newspaper) and left the cooler in the back of the van closed up. This was in late July...hot! Van was parked in the sun, closed up and locked.
After the 3 days on the house boat, we returned to the marina and drove the van to our campsite. I tried to take the cooler out and it had frozen to the foam mattress, and frozen the mattress solid all the way through (4"!!). Lifting the cooler actually ripped about 2" of the foam out! Not only that, the steaks were still rock hard, so hard that I took them out and put them on the roof of the van in the summer sun/heat, and it still took more than 24 hours before they were thawed enough to cook!!
Dry ice is some serious s**t!!
After the 3 days on the house boat, we returned to the marina and drove the van to our campsite. I tried to take the cooler out and it had frozen to the foam mattress, and frozen the mattress solid all the way through (4"!!). Lifting the cooler actually ripped about 2" of the foam out! Not only that, the steaks were still rock hard, so hard that I took them out and put them on the roof of the van in the summer sun/heat, and it still took more than 24 hours before they were thawed enough to cook!!
Dry ice is some serious s**t!!
