Who Owns Icebergs?

The global water crisis is upon us. One in three people do not have access to safe drinking water and nearly 1 million people die each year as a result. Luckily, there is a solution where we least expect it. Thousands of icebergs—frozen mountains of freshwater—are calved each year and sent into the oceans. Harvesting icebergs may be the key to saving the planet, but it is unclear who owns the resource. The answer is not just legal, but depends on our deeply held cultural, philosophical, and environmental beliefs. Matthew Birkhold (Germanic Languages and Literatures) shares research related to his new book, Chasing Icebergs.

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