Watch: Haunting performance of famous pianist while floating in the Arctic

Acclaimed pianist Ludovico Einaudi chose to raise awareness about the very real danger to the Arctic in the most melodious way possible: by playing a stunning composition while floating on a small platform in the Arctic Ocean off the coast of Norway. The performance was part of a campaign by Greenpeace, a global environmental activist organisation, to convince world leaders to protect the Arctic.

Einaudi had written an original composition, Elegy for the Arctic, for the occasion. The sight of the famous musician playing a grand piano even as pieces of a sprawling Wahlenbergbreen glacier crumbled nearby will leave you mesmerised.

Scientists have frequently cautioned that the Arctic has been melting much faster than expected and this could eventually lead to disastrous consequences for wildlife and the human population in the future.

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