“Nuuk, Nuuk...”
Posted on 03/01/2024 2:51:18 PM PST by billorites
Greenland start-up is being accused of doing titanic damage to the environment by shipping ice from glaciers over 100,000 years old to be used in cocktails served at high-priced bars in Dubai.
Arctic Ice, which started this year, touts its product as the “oldest and purest” ice in the world as it is harvested from icebergs in Greenland — a distance of more than 4,730 miles from the Middle Eastern megalopolis.
Though the makers say they hope to highlight global warming’s effects on ice sheets with the their business model — and even stop sea levels from rising — the scheme is getting a frosty reception.
“Guys. This is nuts,” one person wrote in the comments section on Arctic Ice’s Instagram page in response to a promotional video. “The planet is freaking burning.”
The company’s website hammers home the point that the ice destined to chill drinks in glitzy watering holes halfway around the world is taken from icebergs already naturally detached from the glacier and floating in Greenland’s Nuuk fjord.
“We do not take any ice from the glacier. Millions or billions of tons of ice breaks off the glaciers every year,” the site stresses. “Our very limited production thereby has a very insignificant impact.”
More so, Arctic Ice argues that by using icebergs that would otherwise melt into the ocean, it is preventing the ice from contributing to rising sea levels.
A selected chunk of iceberg is carefully inspected before being hoisted with a crane onto the company’s ship, where it is splintered into smaller pieces with sanitized chainsaws and hammers, and packed into insulted food-grade crates for transport.
Samples are then taken from each iceberg and sent to a third-party lab to be tested for the presence of any potentially harmful ancient microorganisms or bacteria.
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So how did they get ownership of the free-floating ice berg chips to do this? Can just anybody go up there & do this?
How many animals peed on that ice in 100,000 years?
And free range!
All they have to do is express ship the ice to me for overnight delivery. I will guarantee overnight turnaround with express shipping to their chosen destination. This might add $5,000/ounce to the cost, but for the intended customers, the higher price is a feature, not a bug, as it adds scarcity value and snob appeal.
I know the certifications need to be large, highly visible and expensive enough to add gravitas. I’m thinking of using real gold foil, but maybe something organic and biodegradable would be better. It only has to last as long as the ice.
It’s all to save the planet, so cost is no object.
It’s just ice!
So much stupidity in such a short article.
“Nuuk, Nuuk...”
So this is how the zombie apocalypse starts.
Peach
GMTA!!!
Why is the title not
Startup in hot water for shipping 100,000-year-old Arctic ice to chill cocktails in Dubai
??
One thing's for sure, the company drew out the climate Karens.
I don’t watch those kind of movies so that thought never occurred to me. Hahaha, let’s hope for a Hollywood style situation to develop.
Opportunity galore. Looking for investors?
Giardia cocktail.
Ok, so they have a picture some people harvesting ice, where’s the proof that what they are selling to foolish A-rabs is actually that same ice?
“and even stop sea levels from rising”
Somebody doesn’t understand urine.
The Muslims are eating our polar ice caps!
No. It is not.
Now go sit in the corner and color.
The other day, a report said that microplasics were found deep in ancient layers, before evil white man made any.
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