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Even glaciers have cell phones nowadays


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Ever wanted to place a call and hear the sound of a glacier melting? For the next 2 months you will be able to do just that thanks to Scottish artist Katie Paterson.

Go to her site to listen to a pre-recorded track or dial +44 (0)7757001122 to hear it live.

"The project, which involved sinking a waterproof microphone in Vatnajökull’s glacial lagoon, Jökulsárlón, attached to a mobile phone set to auto-answer and an amplifier on land, was first presented for a week in June 2007. Due to its immense success – around 3,200 calls from 47 different countries and states (from Poland to Palestine) were received – Paterson is running the project again, this time extending it to two months."
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10 responses // Even glaciers have cell phones nowadays

  • wow for a second I thought there were cellphones/landfill/ice style buried in the north (my mind runs randomly), but after reading the article, what a highly depressing sad symphony that must be to hear.
    meligrosa
  • I called - it was busy. Very cool
    betsymcon
  • Here is a website where you can listen to it:
    http://www.katiepaterson.org./sounds/jokulsarlon.wav
    ...it's actually sad though, in a way.
    Thanks for posting this.
    akweber
  • I listened. It is a very sad sound to hear and also, alarming. When are people going to wake up and take action?
    JoQ
    • JoQ
    • 5 months ago
  • i visited thule greenland a few years back it was amazing just the size of the glacier there was aww inspiring i drank from a glacial stream did some ice climbing and saw some polar bears in there natural habitat if you ever get the chance to go the arctic take it you will not be dissapointed
    sephig
  • Katie Paterson rocks.
    ish757
  • I listened. It is a very sad sound to hear and also, alarming. When are people going to wake up and take action?

    You should take action right now. Small thing . . . turn off your computer and sit in the dark. Big thing . . . see if you can somehow stop the Earth's orbit around the Sun. If it weren't for that, we'd never have to hear glaciers melt.
    jawnybnsc
  • Two thumbs up for this project. Wonderful artistic way to bring attention to a critical problem..
    slowdive
  • The idea of glacier speak is brilliant...the actual recording is a tiny bit repetitive (the glacier's a yakhead), but giving voice to huge melt is genius.
    24French
  • are we calling to apologize?
    RebelutionorDie

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