One Man's Plan to Live on an Iceberg Until It Melts

Motherboard ^ | 1/23/14 | Gian Volpicelli

[Libloather]

In the spring of 2015, Alex Bellini will fly to Greenland, jump on an iceberg, and live there until it melts.

As the chunk of ice floats southward to its thawing doom, he'll witness his new home get smaller and smaller until it is no more and he finds himself adrift in the ocean. He hopes to raise awareness of climate change and global warming, and to draw parallels between his mission and the broader human condition. The main challenge, however, will be finding ways to kill time; he'll be there for up to 12 months, the limit he's set on the task. It sounds tough, but Bellini's got a pretty solid track record when it comes to weird endurance stunts.

[wildbill]

Anyone remember the movie “Orca?” with the big scene of Richard Harris being trapped on an iceberg, seemingly safe, until the killer whale figures out how to use its weight on one side to tip him into its mouth?

[Bob]

Why do bears have to be so cute?

I don't know. Perhaps you should ask Timothy Treadwell. Oh, wait...

[jonrick46]

I wonder if Alex Bellini is going to cook his dinner on that iceberg? Seems to me he has the refrigeration problem solved, unlike the millions of us who need power for our refrigeration. Now back to the main question. If he is going to cook his dinner, what power source will he use? And, how is he going to get that power source to the iceberg? Methinks he is will need conventional forms of energy to do his iceberg thing. And, that is what he opposes the rest of mankind from doing.