Editing Pykrete (section)

==In the media==
In 2009, the [[Discovery Channel]] program ''[[MythBusters]]'' [[MythBusters (2009 season)#Episode 115 – Alaska Special 2|episode 115]] tested the properties of pykrete and the myths behind it. First, the program's primary hosts, [[Adam Savage]] and [[Jamie Hyneman]], compared the mechanical properties of common ice, pykrete, and a new material specially created for the show, dubbed "super pykrete", which used newspapers instead of woodpulp. Both versions of pykrete indeed proved to be much stronger than the chunk of ice, withstanding hundreds of pounds of weight. The super pykrete was much stronger than the original version.

The MythBusters then built a full-size boat out of the super pykrete, naming it ''Yesterday's News'', and subjected it to real-world conditions. The MythBusters vessel did not contain refrigeration units to keep the pykrete frozen as the original plans called for, and the boat had a much thinner construction than the massive ships proposed in World War II. Though the boat managed to float and stay intact at speeds of up to {{convert|23|mph}}, it quickly began to spring leaks as the boat slowly melted. After 20 minutes the boat was deteriorating, and the experiment was ended. The boat lasted another 10 minutes while being piloted back to shore. Though the boat worked, it was noted that it would be highly impractical for the original proposal, which claimed that an entire aircraft carrier could be built out of pykrete.<ref>Royal Naval Museum Library (2001). [http://www.royalnavalmuseum.org/info_sheets_Habbakkuk.html "The ''Habbakuk'' Project"]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516110551/http://www.royalnavalmuseum.org:80/info_sheets_Habbakkuk.html |date=2020-05-16 }}</ref> Their conclusion was "Plausible, but ludicrous", since it would involve building vessels out of tens of thousands of tons of the material that would sink without being kept cool.

In the same year, the story of Pyke and pykrete in the Second World War also played an important role in [[Giles Foden]]'s book ''Turbulence'', about a (fictitional) British meteorologist and his contributions to D-Day weather forecasting. The main character is also involved in the post-War pykrete effort.

In 2010, the [[BBC]] programme ''[[Bang Goes the Theory]]'' [[Bang Goes the Theory#Series 3|episode 26]] tested a {{convert|20|ft|m|adj=on}}, 5-tonne pykrete boat made with hemp rather than wood pulp. All four presenters, [[Jem Stansfield]], [[Dallas Campbell]], [[Liz Bonnin]], and [[Yan Wong]], had to be rescued from Portsmouth Harbour after the boat took on water through the engine mounts. It eventually capsized after melting much faster than anticipated in the warmer-than-expected September waters.

2013 German TV station WDR's programme ''{{ill|Kopfball|de|Kopfball (Show)}}'' experimented with pykrete but replaced the woodpulp by hemp-fibres. A 5&nbsp;cm (2.1&nbsp;inch)-thick plate withstood even more than 80&nbsp;kg without breaking, it only started to bend.

[[Neal Stephenson]]'s 2015 novel ''[[Seveneves]]'' describes the fictional use of pykrete to construct [[low Earth orbit]] habitats and spaceship hulls.<ref>Stephenson,  p. 153, 396, 415, 497, 499, 726.</ref>

''[[99% Invisible]]''{{'}}s third volume of mini-stories podcasts includes an article about [[Project Habbakuk]] and the creation, proposal, and eventual scrapping of pykrete as a useful building material during WWII.<ref>{{cite web |title=Project Habakkuk |first=Katie |last=Mingle |url=https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/mini-stories-volume-3/ |series=Mini-Stories |at=Volume 3 |website=99% Invisible |date=19 December 2017 |access-date=8 October 2023}}</ref>

The ''[[Isaac Arthur#Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur|Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur]]'' YouTube episode "Colonizing Ceres" describes the fictional use of pykrete to construct a dome habitat on an asteroid to be mined.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Arthur |first=Isaac |author-link=Isaac Arthur |date=2018-07-05 |others=Mention of pykrete starts at timestamp 16:59. |title=Colonizing Ceres |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=LqoYtBZAKO0 |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=YouTube |series=}}</ref>

In 2025, Season 11 Episode 3, All Hallows Eve, of Brokenwood Mysteries, the murder weapon turns out to be a pykrete knife.