It is expected to lose around 30 per cent of its mass during its ten-month journey from
Heard Island, near Antarctica, to the Fujairah coast.
Abdulla Alshehi wants to bring the 1.2-mile chunk of ice 5,500 miles across the Indian Ocean from
Heard Island.
However, in 1999 Australia established its own whale sanctuary within all its EEZs, including around its territories of
Heard Island and Macquarie Island in the Southern Ocean.
They float northwards near the protected Australian island of
Heard Island. It will be on a smaller scale and once we succeed we will do it on a bigger platform," he said and noted South Africa as another option.
But before large ocean going vessels attempt the 12,000-kilometre journey to tow leviathan icebergs from the
Heard Island in the South Pole to the coast of Fujairah, the firm is planning a shorter pilot run in early 2019 that would float an iceberg to Australia or alternatively the southern coast of South Africa, said Abdullah Mohammad Sulaiman Al Shehi, managing director of National Adviser Bureau Limited.
Kerguelen, and nearby
Heard Island, were to become the main elephant sealing grounds later in the 19th century.
"
Heard Island is home to Australia's highest mountain, and one of our only two active volcanoes," said Daniel, who describes himself as a novice sailor.
The court determined that the Australian government did not offer convincing evidence that the defendants were attempting to catch toothfish in Australian territorial waters near
Heard Island.
In the summer of 2003 the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) conducted an ambitious ecosystems study of the key predators that breed on sub-Antarctic
Heard Island, their prey and the regional ocean environment.
Bouvet Island, for example, lies 4,430 km from
Heard Island, but they share 30 percent of their moss species, 29 percent of their liverworts, and 32 percent of their lichens.