Can you carry a polar bear to Copenhagen for free wonders Biglorryblog...?

Teamed with WWF, The Ice Bear Project is a UK-based non-profit arts organisation, whose

goal is to create sculptures that engage wide audiences with the Arctic environment. TRhey tell me: "We now have our first date; at the United Nations Climate Conference in Copenhagen, this December. Originator of The Ice Bear Project, renowned wildlife artist Mark Coreth has created a life-sized bronze sculpture of an adult polar bear, in hunting pose. This is to be positioned in a purpose built freezing/transportation tank, filled with water and set in a cold-store facility at -25degrees. When frozen the tank and its contents need to travel to Copenhagen, to arrive on December the 5th, so that the Ice bear can become the centrepiece of WWF's Arctic exhibition on Nytorv Square."

They go on to say: "The ice sculpture is then offered to the public to touch and over the duration of the Climate Conference, aided by the heat from human contact, the ice will melt, leaving a bronze skeleton, a pool of water and a deeply symbolic message about the power humanity has to shape our delicate environment. WWF and the Ice Bear Project are combining to ensure significant opportunities for press and media coverage of the Ice Bears journey. The company which agrees to take on the transportation of the Ice Bear, will receive benefits as a sponsor. "

Amd for anyone intrested with a free truck to spare here's some useful general Information

-There are forklift points in the sides of the Ice Bear's base.

 -The forklift points will accept slings for hoisting, with the addition of a frame bar, to keep

   the straps away from the ice.

-The overall dimensions are:

Height 2150mm (200mm base + 200mm bund/tray + 1700mm skeleton/ice)

Width 1400mm (1200mm base + 2 x 100mm side frames)

Length 4200mm (4000mm base + 2 x 100mm end frames)

-The weight is in the region of 10 metric tonnes

To find out more on the project, please visit www.icebearproject.org or contact:

William Todd-Jones

E: toddamos@mac.com

M: +44 (0)7860 511 024

T: +44 (0)1647 432260

or

Toby Sherborne

E: toby@icebearproject.org

M: +44 (0)7976 278508

T: +44 (0)1225 851407

Art in Service of the Arctic Environment