The Unsinkable Supernatant (Tales of the Haunted Titanic, #5)

"The ice was strange. He felt warmth along his arms as he approached it.

At first, he wondered if it was not ice, but a new food chemical he did not know. Science had taken off at such a remarkable clip in the new century, he learned something new every day. The men handling the ice, however, wore gloves, as would be expected.

He held his hand half a foot from a block on the top of the stack. Heat poured off the ice like it was a stove top. The block began to move toward his outstretched hand...