Pieces of ice from the Greenland ice sheet float in Nuup Kangerlua. The Nuup Kangelua was chosen for logistical reasons. This is a site, close to Greenland’s capital Nuuk, where the ice could be retrieved and shipped to Copenhagen with minimal effort and spending of resources. (Photo: Group Greenland)
“Olafur Eliasson and Minik Rosing have created a work of art with 100 tons of inland ice. This number corresponds to the amount of inland ice melting every hundredth of a second,” Petersen remarked in a press statement. “We can save the ice by burning less coal, conserving electricity, and driving better cars.”
“‘Ice Watch’ is an earnest reminder to us all about what is happening right now with the inland ice,” Jensen added.