Arctic 360° | Guardian VR

this is the Arctic one of the most remote places on earth it spans 5.4 million square miles and is home to 4 million people who endure temperatures from minus 30 degrees Celsius to just above freezing the Arctic is changing 2016 saw record temperatures worldwide in some places it reached 220 degrees above the average and this wintery land is fast becoming a fluid warmer place actually you shouldn't be able to view the Arctic like this the boat from which your virtual self is looking out shouldn't be able to sail it wasn't long ago that the place where your virtual feet stand was solid thick ice in 2016 the Northwest Passage had an ice-free summer allowing cruise ships to show off its sheer white beauty to the select few see the icebergs floating in the cold water they're the only remaining obstacles to our boat passing through place years across the Arctic once so grand and now a shadow of their former selves for most people the Arctic is still an alien place difficult to understand and empathize with despite the increased accessibility this is a land remote from many lives it takes a quantum leap of the mind to connect our own environment damaging behavior to the destruction of this pristine world we can't save the Arctic from melting but we can slow the change to allow those humans animals and plants residing there time to adapt this region doesn't need more visitors perhaps this virtual tour of the north is instead the way we should revel in its sheer beauty and wonder [Music]

Channel: The Guardian

Views: 64,270

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Id: ncEj8rZaQs8

Length: 2min 35sec (155 seconds)

Published: Tue Jan 03 2017