Beckett Mufson
The Creators Project
5 December 2015
The Creators Project
5 December 2015
90 tons of glacial ice melt in front of the Paris climate talks
Eight 11-ton blocks of glacial ice are en route to Paris to make a monumental statement about climate change adjacent to the UN conference on the subject, COP21. An assemblage of boats, cranes, and trucks are transporting the frozen obelisks from from a fjord outside Nuuk, Greenland, to the age-old capital of European culture, courtesy of Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson and geologist Minik Rosing. Since melting ice caps and rising water levels seem to be difficult for international policy makers and voters alike, the duo is literally bringing chunks of Arctic ice into plain view to display exactly what it looks like.