Dubai had grand plans to tow a massive iceberg thousands of miles from Antarctica to its desert shores, promising 100,000-year old pristine water to its millions of residents. More than 8 years have passed and they did get ice from the arctic but only to cool fancy cocktails.
July 31, 2025By Sayan Chakravarty – LuxuryLaunches.com July 31, 2025 In the blistering heat of the United Arab Emirates, where fresh water is more precious than oil, a fantastical idea once captured global attention. Around 2017, Abdulla Alshehi, an Emirati businessman and author, proposed a staggering solution to the region’s water scarcity: towing an iceberg from Antarctica… >> Read More