I came across this particular far-fetched video idea and thought it was hilarious. I love doing videos about water and water-related topics, but even

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2022-07-06 18:00:06

I came across this particular far-fetched video idea and thought it was hilarious. I love doing videos about water and water-related topics, but even I found the concept of dragging icebergs to Australia kind of weird. So I am surprised by how many people took the concept so seriously.

Look at them icebergs. Out there in the open ocean. Just sitting there. Made of freshwater. Melting away. Melting away into nothing. Nobody doing anything with them. What a waste.

Look at Australia. Land of desert and thirsty kangaroos. Starving for water. Crying out for it! Is there no possible solution??

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, members of the Australian scientific community seriously studied the possibility of harvesting Antarctic icebergs out on the open sea and towing them back to Australia.

The technologies are more developed than you might think, but sadly the idea never became a reality. In this fun little video we are going to look at when Australia thought about adding a couple Antarctic icebergs to their water supply.