In an attempt to send out a strong message on climate change, Mark Coreth, a master sculptor of animals in motion, is carving a 1.8 meter bear sculpture in Kongens Nytory Square in Copenhagen, Denmark. The life-size Ice Bear will be carved by Mark and his team from a block of ice that encases its bronze skeleton. Dubbed as Ice Bear, the project will seek to enlighten masses on how global warming and climate change is affecting inhabitants of the Arctic. The height of the polar bear sculpture will match the average thinness of the floating sea ice (as revealed by the Catlin Arctic Survey) in the Arctic Ocean exactly.
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Delegates from the world over will meet at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) from Dec. 7 to 18 to discuss various environmental issues. Regardless of what they conclude, Coreth urges people to see how his creation will melt into a pool of water ultimately. It resembles the "lack of ice in the Arctic North — the deep, dark ocean absorbs heat and continues to melt it."
Via: CBC News
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