The tow-an-iceberg plan being floated to ease Cape Town drought

[Article] En Afrique du Sud, une solution originale a été trouvée pour sauver Cape Town de la sécheresse : remorquer un iceberg depuis l'Antarctique et attendre sa fonte pour recueillir de l'eau potable.


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The tow-an-iceberg plan being floated to ease Cape Town drought.Cape Town (AFP) - It is a plan as crazy as the situation is desperate -- towing an iceberg from Antarctica to Cape Town to supply fresh water to a city in the grip of drought.Earlier this year, Cape Town came within weeks of shutting off...
This article was published Wednesday, 4 July, 2018 by AFP
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Salvage expert Nick Sloane is the brains behind a scheme to tow a massive iceberg from Antarctica to Cape Town to alleviate the South African city's drought © AFP RODGER BOSCH


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