Green Options » river thames http://greenoptions.com/tag/river-thames Posts tagged 'river thames' Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:23:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Polar Bears Adrift on London’s Thames Bring Attention to Global Warming http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/01/26/polar-bears-adrift-on-londons-thames-bring-attention-to-global-warming/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/01/26/polar-bears-adrift-on-londons-thames-bring-attention-to-global-warming/#comments Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:23:13 +0000 Timothy B. Hurst http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/01/26/polar-bears-adrift-on-londons-thames-bring-attention-to-global-warming/ polar bear on thames

A 16 foot high sculpture of an iceberg featuring a stranded polar bear and its cub was launched on the River Thames in London today to mark the launch of a new natural history TV channel.

A team of 15 artists spent two months constructing the 20′ x 20′, three thousand pound, 100% recyclable structure which was launched in Greenwich, South East London at 6:30 this morning. The sculpture traveled 7.5 miles up the Thames before stopping beside Tower Bridge and the Houses of Parliament for a photo op.

>>Watch video of the polar bears on the Thames

The sculpture was specially commissioned to mark the launch of the new Natural History Television channel Eden, which starts today and features programming including Planet Earth and Attenborough Explores Our Fragile World.

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