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Nymark (Norwegian: "new ground") was the name that artist Alex Hartley gave to a small island he discovered in the arctic archipelago of Svalbard, a Norwegian territory, in 2004. It is officially named Nyskjæret by the (Name Committee for Norwegian Polar Regions ) (skjer = skerry). It is a small island in the Barents Sea, 500 miles off the coast of Norway. It emerged from the now melted portion of a retreating glacier and is around the size of a football field. As part of the (London 2012 Cultural Olympiad ), Hartley toured a scaled version of Nyskjæret round the South West coast of England as (''nowhereisland'' ). According to its website, it provided a platform to engage with issues raised by the project, exploring a sense of place through an epic, nomadic sculpture and how we can respond to the issue of global warming. The island was discovered during a (Cape Farewell ) expedition of scientists and artists, collaborating on a cultural response to global warming and the retreating Arctic ice pack. A large wall exhibit made from framed rock samples, letters, maps, photographs, and other documentation materials forms part of (Cape Farewell - Art and Climate Change ), and appeared in the National Conservation Centre in Liverpool as part of the 2006 biennial(). ==References== * (Artists taking the lead - Alex Hartley ) * (''nowhereisland'' ) project website * (Alex Hartley ) * (Britânico quer criar uma república no Ártico ) (Agence France-Presse, in Portuguese) * (Englishman claims sovereignty over Norwegian island ) (Reuters, May 12 2006) * (Briton claims new Svalbard island ) (PhysOrg.com, May 10 2006) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nymark」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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