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Radio 4,01 Jan 2009,30 mins

Climate and Culture in Disko Bay

Material World

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Quentin Cooper joins scientists, artists and musicians on a research cruise to Disko Bay in Greenland to investigate the cultural response to climate change in the Arctic. By sailing into the heart of the climate debate, the expedition was intended to draw people's attention to this climatic tipping point. Quentin witnesses some of the scientific research at the front line of climate change, including a visit to the front of the Jakobshavn Glacier, one of Greenland's largest glaciers, which is moving at a faster rate than ever before and losing 20 million tons of ice every day.

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