(Image: National Advisor Bureau Limited)(Image: National Advisor Bureau Limited)Alshehi claims his audacious plan, which is estimated to cost $150m (£120m), would provide the Emirates with a steady source of fresh drinking water for over a year. The iceberg - measuring 1.2 miles by 550 yards - could even alter Fujairah's climate by attracting cool damp air and resulting rainfall. (Image: National Advisor Bureau Limited)If successful, the plan would be cheaper and more ecologically-friendly than the use of desalination plants which are hugely damaging to marine life in the Gulf. (Image: National Advisor Bureau Limited)An average iceberg contains more than 20 billion gallons of water, according to the Abu Dhabi-based company. (Image: National Advisor Bureau Limited)It will lose around 30 per cent of its mass during its ten-month journey to Heard Island, near Antarctica, to the Fujairah coast.

Source: Daily Mirror July 08, 2019 18:03 UTC