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In the Northern Hemisphere icebergs born in the glaciers covering Greenland, the Severnaya Zemlya and other islands of the Arctic Ocean. To go to the sea ice is broken with a volley bang languages dumped at sea canyon and huge chunks of ice of fresh water. These are the icebergs. In other words, the formation of icebergs in the ocean near Antarctica. John Isaac came up with a tempting idea – big iceberg pribuksirovat for banks suffering from anhydrous California, and the water formed in the melting iceberg, to use for irrigation of arid lands. According to many scientists, this project is virtually easy to implement, and promises substantial benefits. According to preliminary calculations, the shipping iceberg volume of 10 million m3 and the construction of the sea near the depot, which collect fresh water from melting under the hot California sun, the iceberg, not exceeding $ 1,000,000. The cost obtained in this case fresh water is less than $ 100 million!  We can assume that the colossal mass of ice, which even in the hot California climate will melt very slowly, could cause an enhanced condensation of atmospheric moisture and precipitation of additional rainfall. And it would increase supplies of water in the reservoir and some decrease in the dry climate surrounding the thawing iceberg stretch of coastline. This use of icebergs can be done not only in California but also in other arid areas of the globe, primarily in Australia.