The Insane Plan to Tow an Iceberg to the Middle East

A United Arab Emirates company wants to tow an iceberg from Antarctica to the desert for drinking water, but is their plan feasible?

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https://www.sciencealert.com/a-united-arab-emirates-company-wants-to-tow-icebergs-from-antarctica-to-combat-drought
"Desperate times call for desperate measures, and it doesn't get more desperate than the Emirates Iceberg Project - a new plan to lug giant ice cubes halfway across the world to combat drought in the United Arab Emirates."

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Written by: Lauren Ellis