{"id":87092,"date":"2024-02-02T04:00:48","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T09:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=87092"},"modified":"2024-02-01T15:17:36","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T20:17:36","slug":"the-sad-story-of-churchills-iceman-geoffrey-pyke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2024\/02\/02\/the-sad-story-of-churchills-iceman-geoffrey-pyke\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sad Story of Churchill\u2019s Iceman, Geoffrey Pyke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G8VSiyObkqI?si=U5PUrSl14yznML5O\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>World War Two<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished Jan 31, 2024<\/p>\n<p>Geoffrey Pyke is remembered as an eccentric scientist who spewed out ideas like giant aircraft carriers made of icy Pykerete. But there was much more to him than that. 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