Iceberg in Fragile Beauty also featured in The New York Times

The gigantic iceberg, named A23a, that has been floating away from Antarctica the last four decades has beached itself on the continental shelf near the island of South Georgia, a journey of 1600 miles. Most of that distance has been covered in the last five years though, as A23a was grounded in the Weddell Sea until 2020. The iceberg A23a is bigger than the state of Rhode Island and made up of about 1300 square miles of ice.

The New York Times article was published on the first day of artist Susan Seubert's exhibition, a nice coincidence, but also a nod to the fact that the world is watching the polar regions more closely than ever before, knowing they are forecasts of our future, the boundaries highlighting the rapid climate change enveloping us all.

Seubert's photograph "A23a Iceberg, Antarctica" is one of the beautiful large scale works in Fragile Beauty. Here is Seubert's photograph: https://pdxcontemporaryart.com/fragile-beauty#artwork-10007

Here is The New York Times article: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/climate/iceberg-antarctica-a23a.html

Unlocked article link: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/climate/iceberg-antarctica-a23a.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1k4.dPrg.OvZjTaMvV0RK&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

If you appreciate science, consider joining us for Fragile Beauty's closing talk with artist Susan Seubert and Dr. M Jackson, a geographer, glaciologist, and science communicator exploring the intersections of photography, glaciology, and climate change.

Fragile Beauty closing talk is 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm, Saturday, March 29, 2025 at PDX Contemporary Art, 1881 NW Vaughn Street, Portland, Oregon 97209. Please rsvp to info@pdxcontemporaryart.com.