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Last chance to see: the melting ice-bear

December 8, 2009 by  
Filed under Green Reporter

The Ice Bear has a copper polar bear skeleton underneath. As the ice melts, the skeleton is revealed.

The Ice Bear has a copper polar bear skeleton underneath. As the ice melts, the skeleton is revealed.

From greenpages.com.au:

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…

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