UAE: After ice from Greenland, Dubai company to ship ‘purest’ water from glaciers

UAE: After ice from Greenland, Dubai company to ship ‘purest’ water from glaciers

Remember the company that shipped 22 tonnes of glacier ice from Greenland to Dubai? Arctic Ice has now received a licence from the government of Greenland to export freshwater derived from melted glaciers. The water is the "purest in the world", the company asserts and intends to import this glacial water from south Greenland to the UAE, as well as other Gulf countries and arid regions. "The source produces 21.3 billion litres of water annually," said Samir Ben Tabib, chairman, international relations at Arctic Ice. In an interview with Khaleej Times, he said, “Our water source is glacial water, known to be the purest in the world. We have been granted a prospecting licence for a new and exciting area where we can access high quantities of quality water suitable to be bottled. Our aim is to build a strong bond between the Gulf region and Greenland, and this is the first significant step towards achieving that goal. "As a result of these new agreements, we are beginning to see ourselves as an Arctic water bank that has a variety of products that include glacier ice, water bank and bottled water." According to Artic Ice, the glaciers in Greenland and