Risks of Drinking Glacier Water

A girl took just

one sip of glacier water in Antarctica and ended up rushed to the

hospital. She didn't make it.

It sounds like a horror movie, but here's the truth.

That water is way more dangerous than it looks.

Most people see glacier water and think,

it's crystal clear. It looks like a mirror.

This has to be the cleanest water on earth.

That's where the mistake happens. Clear doesn't mean safe.

It only means there's no color, not that there's no danger.

That ice has been frozen for thousands of years.

Some of it dating back to ancient times.

And inside it can be ancient microbes and parasites,

things that have been sleeping in the ice for centuries.

Once they enter the human body, our immune system has zero

experience dealing with them.

A lot of tourists don't know this.

They see how pure the water looks, take a quick sip without thinking,

and don't realize they're literally gambling with their life.

That's why in places like Alaska,

experienced hikers all follow one hard rule.

No matter how clean the water looks,