On 7/19/05, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Did you know that a lot of Alaskan glacial ice is exported to Japan to be
> used in drinks.  That's supposedly because the ice is thousands of years
> old, untainted by pollution and contemporary chemicals.  We had some, and
> regardless of taste or lack of pollution, it's kind of neat to say that you
> drank a 10,000 yo glass of water ;-))
> 
> Shel

They're doing that in Newfoundland, too.  Melting then bottling the
ice from passing icebergs and selling it.  Also, they're making a
Vodka from iceberg water:

http://www.nfliquor.com/products/ourproducts.asp

cheers,
frank





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