THE BIG MELT
hat better way to make a statement about the loss of polar ice caps than by dropping 30 massive blocks of melting Arctic ice in major metropolitan cities? Danish artists Olafur Eliasson and Minik Rosing transported the glacial blocks – some weighing up to six tonnes – from Greenland to allow city-dwellers to view climate change in real life. Appearing at spaces such as the Tate Modern gallery in London (above), the installation aimed to inspire