This mural is a result of an interdisciplinary exchange of environmental scientist Elizabeth Skelton (Christchurch) and the German multimedia artist Bond Truluv.

"A reduction in sea ice formation has been observed across Antarctica each year since 2016, compared with historic averages. These changes have been observed locally in McMurdo Sound; four of the past seven years have seen southerly storm events resulting in delayed landfast sea ice formation over the winter months. Attached below the consolidated fast ice, the sub-ice platelet layer (SIPL) is a crystallized and porous layer of ice situated between the ocean and floating sea ice, found in the vicinity of ice shelves. SIPLs play a critical role in the rapidly changing ecosystem within McMurdo Sound and the Southern Ocean."

Skelton, Elizabeth

Bond Truluv interpreted these research results in his own visual way. The melting look aims to symbolize a changing environment, in which ice plays a major role and is depicted in a watery manner. Circular elements represent the food chain and the lonely penguin made of glass represents critical changes for the food chain (small red triangles) of a larger group of local predators.

This mural is augmented reality (AR) animated.

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https://player.artivive.com/artworks/698eea1e70e1692db84e655b