NUUK: It has taken a year, but Arctic Ice Cap Water has figured out how it can turn the ice that flows by the Ilulissat, Greenland-based bottled water firm into a product for export. The challenge with exporting ice for use as bottled water, says Peder Pedersen, the firm’s managing director, is keeping it pure.
Arctic Ice Cap Water produces water from melted glacial ice. To get the ice, three employees simply approach icebergs that have run aground in Disko Bay and cut out ice.
The challenge for the company is that the ice must not be touched by human hands. Then, once it is placed into shipping containers to be sent to Denmark, where it is bottled, the water must be protected from bacteria.
That has required the company to develop production equipment as well as an aggregate that can prevent the water from becoming tainted. Arctic Ice Cap Water is currently in the process of applying for a patent for the aggregate.
Tests with the equipment were carried out earlier this year, and according to Pedersen, were a success. The water is currently on its way to Denmark for bottling.
