Rolex Learning Center
from February 19 to March 27, 2014
A photo exhibit presenting pictures of the northern hemisphere’s most impressive icebergs, taken in the polar twilight by snow-scientist Robert Bolognesi.
The photographs
The shots were taken in the Ilulissat region, on the west coast of Greenland, 300 km north of the Arctic Circle. The area is particularly interesting as a vantage point over the northern hemisphere’s most active glacier, which produces more icebergs than any other. Up to a bewildering 30 billion tons of ice are released into the ocean every year. The site is classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The author
Robert Bolognesi has been studying snow and avalanches since 1981. He earned his doctorate in EPFL’s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (LIA). In 1992, he was hired as a researcher by the Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research in Davos. In 1999, he founded METEORISK, where he continues to pursue his scientific work. He takes photographs both out of necessity, for his research, and out of passion.
The exhibition
The exhibition will be held in two locations in the Rolex Learning Center:
- Outdoors, in the main patio, where photographs and information on the topic will be hung from meteorological balloon probes.
- Indoors, between the entrance of the library and the Vallotton restaurant, on the exhibition stands.
Science Café “Science! on tourne”
Robert Bolognesi is joined by climatologist Martin Beniston for a science café to discuss the evolution of sea-ice in the context of climate change.
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Melting ice, a sublime drama
Wednesday, March 12, in the Café Klee at 12:15 (free entry and lunch)
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