Synopsis

Iceberg water in your bottles… It’s a juicy business that’s developed on the island of Newfoundland, in eastern Canada. Iceberg hunters set out to conquer these large white masses, then transform them into ‘luxury’ water.

While the phenomenon of iceberg migration is not new, their mass presence on the coasts is. These former fishermen have found a new economic boost thanks to them: they have become professional collectors of “100% pure” iceberg water. A white gold business for these men who, just a few years ago, were struggling to make a living from their activity.

However, behind this new Eldorado lies a global climatic and ecological catastrophe: the acceleration of global warming. If global warming continues at its current rate, the melting of Greenland alone could expose 100 million people around the world to annual flooding by the end of the century, and another 400 million as a result of rising seas worldwide.

By following these Arctic iceberg hunters, we have a front-row seat to a global natural disaster, and we also discover that one man’s misfortune is another man’s gain. Discover all the key stages in this hunt, right through to the resale and processing of this water.

• Director:

  Charlotte Balatre

• Production:

  AT-Prod, Mediawan

• Brodacasting:

  Science et Vie TV

• Animated maps, infography:

  Squarefish