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PJMcK

(21,921 posts)
12. Totally impractical
Tue Sep 26, 2017, 01:37 PM
Sep 2017

First, it's early Spring in Antarctica. It's dark and cold and stormy.

Second, the icebergs are really big. Trying to tow them through some of the world's most dangerous waters is technically very complex.

Lastly, it would be prohibitively expensive.

Or was your comment meant in jest?

wonder why they don't carefully bust that up into smaller pieces?scare off wildlife & set afew bangs Sunlei Sep 2017 #1
Kind of like nuking an asteroid TexasProgresive Sep 2017 #4
they can tow the pieces out where the polar bears can't find any bergs to rest and are drowning Sunlei Sep 2017 #6
This is Antarctica, only penguins no polar bears. TexasProgresive Sep 2017 #8
oh, good penguins should be happy with a floating island :) they shouldn't bust it up in that case! Sunlei Sep 2017 #10
Totally impractical PJMcK Sep 2017 #12
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