Greenland startup begins shipping glacier ice to cocktail bars in the UAE

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/09/greenland-startup-shipping-glacier-ice-cocktail-bars-uae-arctic-ice

by elsewhen • 3 years ago

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coprogram• 3 years ago

I took a bite of ice directly off of a glacier in Greenland. It tasted like blood- either I cut my mouth on the sharp ice somehow, or it contains high mineral content. Should be fine in a drink. A bit gimmicky but the UAE will love it.

applied_heat• 3 years ago

I have seen people out early in the morning collecting glacier ice for that evenings cocktails in high end restaurants

Neat idea but have never bothered myself

jurassicfoxy• 3 years ago

I love it. The ultimate in trickle-down economics. Sell renewable products at insane markups to rich idiots.

hulitu2• 3 years ago

Renewable ? Maybe in the next glacial period. /s

dingi• 3 years ago

But aren't those glaciers contain bacteria and viruses?

hulitu2• 3 years ago

But aren't those glaciers contain bacteria and viruses?

Yes. But frozen for a thousand years, so harmless. /s

dp-hackernews• 3 years ago

Are you absolutely certain about that?

Glacial Ice Cores Reveal 15,000 Year Old Microbes: https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2021/09/01/glacial-ice-cor...

Bacteria species found in glacial ice could pose disease risk as glaciers melt from global warming: https://phys.org/news/2022-06-bacteria-species-glacial-ice-p...

‘Vast’ mass of microbes being released by melting glaciers This article is more than 1 year old Bacteria can fertilise ecosystems but need to be studied closely to identify potential pathogens, scientists say: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/17/microbes...

euroderf• 3 years ago

Great plot device for a science fiction movie.

iancmceachern• 3 years ago

This is what is wrong with the world all in one thing.

The hubris of humankind astonishes me. We are getting what we deserve.

So much effort and energy wasted, not for a drink. It's not a better drink. It's for ego. That ice is solidified ego. It's like the people that eat endangered animal meat.

rabbits_2002• 3 years ago

it keeps saying its green and safe for the environment but doesnt explain how lol

sillywalk• 3 years ago

It's not green.

The pitch was using empty ships that were going from Iceland to Denmark anyways.

Greenland startup begins shipping glacier ice to cocktail bars in the UAE

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