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You can call a glacier to check up on it...kinda sad.
With the help of sponsors, Virgin Mobile and Dolphinear, Paterson was able to drop a hydrophone into the icy lagoon where the glacier is disappearing and pick up the sounds.British artist installs phone link to dying glacier | Lifestyle | Reuters - [via] Link.The waterproof microphone is linked to a phone and amplifier housed in a tent on land.
The work, entitled "Vatnajokull (the sound of)", will continue until June 13.
Only one caller at a time can get through, which was deliberate so people can have a "one-to-one beautiful and intimate moment" with the glacier, she said. Calls to the number, 07758 225698, are charged at international rates.
Uh, what?Nah.
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Is that a UK number or what?
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You can listen to it at this link. They recorded 60 seconds of it.
http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=8659197#8659197
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