  What is the turbulent drag force experienced by an object moving in a
rotating fluid? This open and fundamental question can be addressed by
measuring the torque needed to drive an impeller at constant angular velocity
$\omega$ in a water tank mounted on a platform rotating at a rate $\Omega$. We
report a dramatic reduction in drag as $\Omega$ increases, down to values as
low as $12$\% of the non-rotating drag. At small Rossby number $Ro =
\omega/\Omega$, the decrease in drag coefficient $K$ follows the approximate
scaling law $K \sim Ro$, which is predicted in the framework of nonlinear
inertial wave interactions and weak-turbulence theory. However, stereoscopic
particle image velocimetry measurements indicate that this drag reduction
rather originates from a weakening of the turbulence intensity in line with the
two-dimensionalization of the large-scale flow.
