Arctic Ice, the Greenland company that managed to transport ice from glaciers to Dubai. All the details about the extraction process until reaching the United Arab Emirates.
Greenland: the company that transports glacier ice to Dubai.
Courtesy of The Guardian.
A company of Greenland collects ice from fjords and then transports them to Dubaiin United Arab Emirates, to sell it to the exclusive bars in the city. The truth is that the use of glacial ice in drinks is not common in the rest of the world, which is why businessmen have tried to export it without success for years.
Now the company Arctic Iceco-founded by Malik V Rasmussen In 2022, it shipped its first 20 metric tons of ice. According to the company’s official website, “Arctic ice is obtained directly from natural glaciers of the Arctic that have been frozen for more than 100,000 years.
Greenland: what is the process to transport glacier ice to Dubai
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Courtesy of The Guardian.
The truth is that the fjords surrounding Greenland They are usually full of icebergs that break off from glaciers. The company has a boat with a crane that looks for a specific type of ice, since it has to be one that does not settle in contact with the bottom or the surface of the glacier.
From Arctic Ice they move with that boat to Nuup Kangerluathe fjord that surrounds the capital of Greenland, Nuuk, and they look for this ice, which is more difficult to detect in the water since it is very transparent. After finding the piece, they gather it with the crane and place it in a plastic box until the boat is full.
Once the container is full, it is transported to Denmark and then it is loaded onto another ship that takes it to Dubai, where it ends up being marketed.
Criticism of the Greenland company
After the work they do in Arctic Ice became known, social media users launched critics due to environmental issues and reject the sale of glacier water. For its part, the company has responded to the comments and maintains that their ice is “respectful” with the environment.
Finally, the co-founder of the company shared what its main objective is and assured that it is “create new sources of income for Greenland“, since it depends on Denmark. In this way, he explains that the country makes a lot of profit from fish and tourism, so for a long time it has been looking for something else that it can take advantage of and it has found it with ice.
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