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Life-Size Ice Bear Sends out a Message on Climate Change

World leaders passing Copenhagen’s Nytorv for the Climate Change talks could get a chill in their spines as they come face to face with a polar bear. In the Arctic, melting sea ice is threatening the polar bear’s survival. In Copenhagen, the life-sized ‘bear in the square’ is an ice sculpture that will melt over the length of the Climate Conference, leaving a bronze skeleton, a pool of water, and a powerful message about the impacts of climate change on the world’s people and biodiversity.

Whilst the ice bear melts, world leaders will be meeting nearby at Copenhagen’s Bella Center to agree how the world will tackle the growing climate crisis. The Arctic is already experiencing severe and devastating climate change and the most important step that can be taken to protect species like the polar bear is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Animal sculptor, Mark Coreth, who was inspired to create the Ice Bear during a recent expedition to the Baffin Island sea-ice, explains: “The whole Arctic area is under huge threat. I want to create a sculpture that will clearly show the problems ahead. If we carve a polar bear in ice and let it melt in Nytorv and also Trafalgar Square in the UK, then everyone can come and touch it. Everyone will become sculptors, and in doing so they will melt it. That act will be hugely symbolic of the way humanity has the power to affect the balance of nature.”

Actor Stephen Fry known globally for the TV series ‘Last chance to see’ has become a supporter of the project: “Polar bears and their habitat should be meltingly beautiful, not melting away. A forlorn bear on a shrinking iceberg may seem like an exaggeration of a complex problem but actually it stands as a symbol of how habitats are shrinking the world over and none more urgently so than the beautiful and fragile arctic. Do join me in supporting the Ice Bear Project and helping raise the temperature of the debate" he said.

The Copenhagen Ice Bear, sponsored by WWF, Panasonic and Nokia, will be exhibited at ground level, so that anyone visiting Nytorv can reach out and touch this iconic symbol of the Arctic. Set within ice underneath the bear will be three plaques of scientifically approved information concerning the deterioration of the Arctic sea ice.

“Panasonic is proud to sponsor the Ice Bear Project. The Ice sculpture and its transition towards a bronze skeleton over the duration of the conference evokes a moving message that symbolises the fragility and beauty of the Arctic,” Mr. Abadie CEO Panasonic Europe.

Anyone can join Arctic Explorer Pen Hadow and Actor Stephen Fry in becoming a supporter of the Ice Bear Project. www.icebearproject.org