World's purest ice in Dubai: Frozen 100,000 years ago, shipped from 9,000 miles away. Know in detail the mysterious ice.

People sitting in Dubai can get the purest ice. They can sip the cocktail containing ice that was formed 100,000 years ago. Not kidding. This ice is extracted from detached glaciers in the fjords of Greenland and shipped to posh bars in Dubai, 9000 miles away. Greenland start up firm Arctic Ice has launched this venture. Based in the capital city of Nuuk, it harvests the ice, that is purest and does not melt easily, as it has claimed.

Talking to 'The Sun', a spokesperson for the company said, "The ice is sourced directly from the natural glaciers in the Arctic which have been in a frozen state for over 100,000 years."

Cleanest H2O on Earth

The company claims that "these parts of the ice sheets have not been in contact with any soils or contaminated by pollutants produced by human activities." This makes Arctic Ice the cleanest H20 on Earth.


The company uses a specialized boat with a crane, it scours the fjords around the Nuuk in search of an uncontaminated form of ice that has never been in contact with the top or bottom of the glacier. Once a suitable section is identified, the ice is extracted and placed in a plastic crate. It is shipped to the capital to fill up a larger, refrigerated shipping container that then sails to Denmark. The ice is loaded onto another ship before travelling to Dubai.

"No air bubbles in ice"

Talking about the nature of the ice, the company’s co-founder Malik V Rasmussen has said there are no air bubbles in the ice, causing it to melt more slowly than normal ice. The glacial water is also purer than the frozen mineral water typically used in bars in Dubai.

Rasmussen expressed hopes to introduce a new major revenue stream for Greenland, which still remains economically dependent on Denmark. He told The Sun, "In Greenland, we make all our money from fish and from tourism. For a long time, I have wanted to find something else that we can profit from."

FAQs:

How is the ice bought from Greenland to the UAE capital of Dubai?
The company uses a specialized boat with a crane, it scours the fjords around the Nuuk in search of an uncontaminated form of ice that has never been in contact with the top or bottom of the glacier. Once a suitable section is identified, the ice is extracted and placed in a plastic crate. It is shipped to the capital to fill up a larger, refrigerated shipping container that then sails to Denmark. The ice is loaded onto another ship before traveling to Dubai.

Why does the ice not melt easily?
Talking about the nature of the ice, the company’s co-founder Malik V Rasmussen has said there are no air bubbles in the ice, causing it to melt more slowly than normal ice. The glacial water is also purer than the frozen mineral water typically used in bars in Dubai.