Thread: One for the Steamoes

Hi Geoff,
Smoke is literally unburnt fuel.
I used to run a boiler that had a grit refire pipe going back into the combustion chamber from the base of the stack (chimney)

Phil

There's also a stove called a rocket stove that does a similar thing.

BTW book sounds like a good read.
I'm currently listening to the Audio book of Nansen's attempt to get to the North pole by deliberately sticking his ship fast in the ice and letting it drift about in the polar ice.
5 years of provisions were aboard their ship - after that it was down to seals and Polar bears . . . . . .
When it look like his ship is not going to make it he and another bloke set off with a dog team to see if they can make it across 660 km of crevasses, melting ice, polar bears etc - but when they get to 86º north they look like they will run out of food so they turn back.
Then they walk more than 1000 km back to one of the islands above Siberia and of course there is no one around so they have to hunker down for the 8 months winter in a stone and snow hut. When the ice breaks up next summer they kayak to another island where they accidentally stumble across someone - a one in zillion chance and make it back. Ripper yarn but it's all true. Talk about guts and faith in their gear and each other.

Originally Posted by BobL

There's also a stove called a rocket stove that does a similar thing.

BTW book sounds like a good read.
I'm currently listening to the Audio book of Nansen's attempt to get to the North pole by deliberately sticking his ship fast in the ice and letting it drift about in the polar ice.
5 years of provisions were aboard their ship - after that it was down to seals and Polar bears . . . . . .
When it look like his ship is not going to make it he and another bloke set off with a dog team to see if they can make it across 660 km of crevasses, melting ice, polar bears etc - but when they get to 86º north they look like they will run out of food so they turn back.
Then they walk more than 1000 km back to one of the islands above Siberia and of course there is no one around so they have to hunker down for the 8 months winter in a stone and snow hut. When the ice breaks up next summer they kayak to another island where they accidentally stumble across someone - a one in zillion chance and make it back. Ripper yarn but it's all true. Talk about guts and faith in their gear and each other.

Watched a doco about this recently. It was quite good. Showed the actual ship and how it was constructed etc. It was part of a series on explorers but at the moment I'm having a seniors moment and have no idea of the name of the series. grrrr

bollie7

Bob I think I might have read that book too. Was that where Nansens companion took his shirt off and put it back on inside out to celebrate Christmas day?
Thanks Phil, I had never heard of reburning the smoke before and I wondered whether the author had made a mistake.
Geoff.