By Jack Elsom For Mailonline
Published: 00:59 BST, 16 May 2019 | Updated: 01:02 BST, 16 May 2019
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This is the extraordinary moment a group of musicians perform a song near the north pole with instruments carved entirely from ice.
Breaking the record for 'the world's most northern concert', the quartet play on an ice-sculpted cello, a horn, chimes and percussion for a song called Ocean Memories.
Other than smashing the remarkable feat of staging an ice gig in the bitter -12C Norwegian chill, the group, who teamed up with Greenpeace, also aimed to send a powerful ecological warning.
Terje Isungset, the lead musician, said: 'You have to treat ice with respect, otherwise it breaks. We should do the same with nature.'
A group of musicians perform a song near the north pole with instruments carved entirely from ice
Breaking the record for 'the world's most northern concert', the quartet play on an ice-sculpted cello, a horn, chimes and percussion for a song called Ocean Memories
Greenpeace's Halvard Raavand added: 'By putting the spotlight on the Arctic ocean and ice loss, we want to emphasise the immediate need for ocean sanctuaries not only for the north pole but for the entire planet.'
The instruments were made from ice collected in the Arctic waters to highlight the record-breaking melting rate which is devastating the region.
