Giant melting da Vinci artwork recreated on Arctic sea ice

http://www.greenpeace.org/arctic
A giant version of Leonardo da Vinci's famous sketch 'Vitruvian Man' depicted melting from the sea ice into the Arctic Ocean has been constructed just 800 kilometres from the North Pole, as a call for urgent action on climate change.

Greenpeace-commissioned artist John Quigley, travelling on board the
Arctic Sunrise, made the massive 'Melting Vitruvian Man' -- the size
of four Olympic-sized swimming pools -- to draw attention to how climate
change is causing the rapid melting of sea ice to outstrip predictions.

All materials were removed after construction and the copper will be reused.

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[axeluk]

What happens to all the copper sheeting once the iceberg melts? I hope its not going to further pollute the ocean!

[GreenpeaceVideo]

@axeluk The copper wasn't left there. We took it back with us to recycle.

[axeluk]

@GreenpeaceVideo Good to know! Thanks.

[GreenpeaceVideo]

@axeluk We have now added this information in the video description. Thank you for asking this question - it should indeed have been more clear from the start.

[DerMoppelt]

Beautiful and sad.

[maribarr]

A really serious situation, BEAUTIFULLY pictured by such an intense and pluriexpressive artist, John Quigley. *BravissimO*

[agustingtkr]

@agustingtkr fossil

[agustingtkr]

addiction to meat, to fosil fuel, to war... we need to stop being like that

[IlikeDT]

And of course: keep it up!! You're doing a great job ;D!

I envy you guys for your determination!

[IlikeDT]

I understand that this this was a public stunt (an important one in my opinion too), but 'emotional and romantic' pictures of you driving a big ship and flying around in a chopper to find a nice (half) piece of ice so you can lay down meters of copper that's usually being used in solar panels (!), doesn't scream: 'we are thinking about to reduce the emissions of climate gasses' to me.

You've probably heard it before, but think about it; you would look even more professional with small changes=)!

[drcanalli]

... Half the man he used to be, dissolved in half a planet that once was ...

Great job!!!

[schoolake]

Waste of resources. Stay home, quit consuming.

Or keep it up, put the pedal to the metal drive this sucker over the edge because there ain't no stopping now.

Enjoy the ride.

[jacobc999]

Thank god you put so much time, money and effort into a fucking publicity stunt. Greenpeace is the most bureaucratic, misguided waste of fucking energy. Here's a tip for helping the planet Greenpeace: Greenpeace has 2.8 million members world wide, imagine the amount of natural resources you would save if you all just killed yourselves.

[jacobc999]

Thank god you put so much time, money and effort into a fucking publicity stunt. Greenpeace is the most bureaucratic, misguided waste of fucking energy. Here's a tip for helping the planet Greenpeace: Greenpeace has 2.8 million members world wide, imagine the amount of natural resources you would save if you all just killed yourselves.