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Dutch sculpture with camera to be placed on top of iceberg

ap verheggen searching for suitabe icebergs in uummannaq, greenland

Uummannaq, Greenland - Dutch artist Ap Verheggen is teaming up with WWF to draw attention to extreme cases of climate change. Verheggen is attempting to give form its effects by building two giant sculptures, which are shaped to resemble dogsled riders, Reuters reported. The sculptures will be placed on top of a glacier in Umanak, and when the ice breaks off, people can monitor the sculptures’ journey via live camera until they eventually sink.
According to the World Wildlife Fund, nowhere are the effects of climate change more evident than in the Arctic, where its progression is twice as fast and twice as deep as the rest of the world. This year, no ice formed around the village of Umanak in Greenland, preventing the Inuit residents from using their dogsleds, which they depend on to get around, Reuters reported.

This entry was posted on zaterdag, maart 20th, 2010 at 4:34 am and is filed under Lifestyle, Weer, Video, Kunst, World on the Dutch, Groen, Reizen, Going Dutch. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

3 Responses to “Dutch sculpture with camera to be placed on top of iceberg”

jacky Says:
maart 20th, 2010 at 4:37 am
Hurray, Greenland could one day be green again.
istochzo Says:
maart 20th, 2010 at 4:38 am
Waarom stelt het Rijksmuseum geen Rembrandt ter beschikking?
KlaasVaak Says:
maart 20th, 2010 at 4:59 am
Eens istochzo, pak die opwarming nu eens echt groot aan zou ik zeggen!

koppie koppie

Bij ons is de man de baas. Ik beslis alleen over de kleine dingen, waar we ons geld aan uitgeven bijvoorbeeld. Mijn man gaat over de grote dingen, zoals onze houding tegenover Noord Korea.

Mevrouw De Wit