Watch AURORA and Jacob Collier perform ‘A Rock Somewhere’ and ‘The Seed’ on an iceberg to call for ocean and climate protection

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AURORA and Jacob Collier have teamed up to perform a mashup of their songs ‘A Rock Somewhere’ and ‘The Seed’ on an iceberg in order to raise awareness of the climate crisis.The two pop stars played in front of glaciers in Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago between mainland Norway and the North Pole, for a special performance in collaboration with Greenpeace.An unconventional setting for a concert, the backdrop of icebergs and snowcapped mountains was in a bid to “highlight the urgent need to protect the oceans and stop deep sea mining,” per a press release.

Greenpeace are highlighting the current threats facing our oceans and their ecosystems, including acidification, climate change, industrial fishing and pollution – an urgent cause given the Norwegian government’s current plans to allow commercial mining operations to begin in the Arctic.A post shared by Greenpeace UK (@greenpeaceuk)“I was bowled over at the sheer magnitude of the Arctic – and also its deep fragility,” Collier said. “The oceans are our primary ally in preventing truly disastrous consequences of climate change from taking hold.

The impact of deep sea mining is too disastrous to mention – we urgently must protect the world’s oceans – and act NOW before it’s too late.”Meanwhile, AURORA, who is from Norway, added: “We need to understand, the more we interfere with, or the more we violate, nature we will have a lesser chance to survive the consequences of our actions.“We compete with each other as nations but we forget the one thing we all have in common.

If we keep interfering with the few untouched areas of this Earth, there will be no future. We have to stop deep-sea mining.