At a special performance in the British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) Rothera Research Station tomorrow 7 July, Nunatak will make their debut.
Nunatak is an indie band made up of five scientists from the BAS.
The band will pre-record and broadcast their gig on television, radio, the internet and at the Live Earth gigs themselves.
The team of scientists will debut at the global event that features over 100 of the world’s top musical acts, including a performance from Madonna.
On 7 July the Live Earth concerts from all seven continents will serve to raise awareness of climate change world-wide.
Darkness and freezing temperatures isolate the Antarctic continent during the Southern Hemisphere winter so the only people who can actually go to the Antarctic concert will be Nunatak’s 17 freezing colleagues.
But two billion people worldwide will get to enjoy the five-piece combo, whose name means an exposed summit of a ridge mountain or peak within an ice field or glacier.
Nunatak’s lead singer Matt Balmer said: “I can’t believe we’ve been invited to do this – it’s a fantastic opportunity to encourage people of the world to deal with climate change.
“We expected to spend our Antarctic winter here at Rothera quietly getting on with our work and maybe performing at the occasional Saturday night party. We could never have imagined taking part in a global concert!”
Climate change and global research
Director of BAS, Professor Chris Rapley, CBE said: “The need to reduce our carbon emissions to avoid serious climate change is one of the greatest challenges humans have had to confront – is a complex issue that will only be solved by us all working together – scientists, politicians and society. Right now, Antarctic scientists and our colleagues in the Arctic are taking part in International Polar Year - the biggest ever globally co-ordinated research effort – to help find the way forward.
“Hopefully, Live Earth will make a real difference in public awareness and attract talented young people to become scientists – it’s a cool job with a real purpose. I am looking forward to Nunatak’s appearance in the Live Earth concert inspiring young people the world over.”
Al Gore, the former US vice president, is leading Live Earth and plans to deliver on his promise to hold at least one gig on every continent.
The concerts are to be held in Sydney, Tokyo, Shanghai, London, Hamburg Johannesburg, New York, and Rio De Janeiro, if a security threat does not lead to its cancellation.
The gig is organised to appear via an internet broadcast http://liveearth.msn.com/ as well as on television and on the radio.
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Date Published: July 06, 2007
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