Tugboats Keep Iceberg from Hitting Oil Drilling Platforms

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

According to an August 31 report from the New York Daily News, eight tug boats pulled an iceberg the size of a football field off the coast of Greenland away from oil drilling platforms.

(Source: New York Daily News)

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