The London Ice Bear

In the run-up to Christmas this year, Trafalgar Square's Northern Terrace will play host to a life-sized ice sculpture of a hunting polar bear. Over 10 days the Bear in the Square will melt, leaving a skeleton, a pool of water and a powerful environmental message.

Sculptor, Mark Coreth will finish carving the bear from a huge block of white ice during the morning of Friday 11th December. After that, anyone who visits Trafalgar Square will be able to reach out and touch the melting bear and the skeleton as it emerges.

Thousands of hands will help the natural elements shape this iconic symbol of the Arctic.

This will be a great opportunity for everyone to make a connection with polar bear and their Arctic home. It's also an experience that will convey the power we humans have to influence the delicate balance of nature.

A panel of the UK's top art consultants and the City of Westminster have already described the Ice Bear as "innovative and involving". Success in London will signal the start of the Ice Bear's world tour. Our vision is to create Bears in Squares for the centres of Copenhagen, Oslo, Paris, Berlin, Rome, Moscow, New York, Toronto, Tokyo, Beijing and Sydney.

Main sponsors:

WWF UK	Marks and Spencer

How you can make a difference:

• Come to Trafalgar Square this December to experience the Bear in the Square!
• Do something today to reduce your Carbon Footprint
• Join WWF UK today and adopt a Polar Bear!
• Link up with other organisations that are doing their bit to get Nature back in balance

• Support us by becoming a Friend of the Ice Bear or even a Founding Friend - you could win the original glass study for the Ice Bear as well as other prizes! Donate £10 or more to be entered. All donations go to cover the direct costs of mounting the exhibit on Trafalgar Square.