Iceberg flown to conference
NZPA-Reuter Ames, lowa Prince Faisal of Saudi Arabia, who flew an iceberg from Alaska to the MidWestern town of Ames, lowa, yesterday toasted its arrival in apricot nectar — on the rocks. “I’ve never seen an iceberg until I saw this piece of one,” said Prince Faisal, who paid $7500 to ship the iceberg. A helicopter plucked the 2210 kg iceberg from the Portage Glacier near Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday and started it on its 4800 km : journey by aircraft and truck to lowa State University for the first international conference on ice.
berg use. Prince Faisal, who is sponsoring the conference with the American National Science Foundation, s ~ P e hoped scientists could determine whether icebergs can be transported to baud! Arabia to relieve water problems. °f the objectives of this meeting is to see what obstacles remain to be overcome,” Prince Faisal said. It would cost SIOOM to get the icebergs flowing to Saudi Arabia. Where would he get the money? “I don’t have it — but there are sources” the Prince of the oil-rich desert nation said.
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