Word: celotex
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Kings Bay they will erect for themselves temporary houses, the walls of which will be fortified with "Celotex." This Celotex is a synthetic wood made by the Celotex Co. of New Orleans by shredding sugar-cane residue remaining after the sugar has been abstracted. The shredded cane produces a fibre which is compressed into sheets of sythetic lumber, just as in the lumber regions sawmill wastes are machined and compressed to produce the well known wallboards and sheathings...
They appreciate also another quality found in "Celotex." the quality that induced the Polar pilgrims to take it along to build their temporary homes at Kings Bay and even to line their ship quarters with it-its high insulating index. That this boarding synthesized from sugar-cane waste also deadens sound was immaterial to them. What they valued most was that it would keep out cold-cold which they expected would reach 50° to 60° below zero during part of their journey towards the Pole, and that it would keep within doors heat adequate for comfort. They might...
...Celotex" was only one of the many gifts to the explorers. Armour & Co. of Chicago donated considerable beef and preserved bear meat. The Standard Oil gave all the fuel of which need might be expected on the flights...