Ice-cold drinks are taken for granted as summertime staples, but as recently as 200 years ago, they were luxuries afforded by only the rich. That all changed when Frederic Tudor, a risk-taking Boston entrepreneur, made a cold fortune by shipping ice harvested from New England ponds to sweltering spots as far away as India and Brazil. Defying the skeptics, Tudor pioneered the 19th-century’s global ice trade and died a millionaire. - The Man Who Shipped Ice Around The World - History Channel