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One hundred activists, officials, and other concerned citizens in Iceland hold a funeral for Okjökull glacier, which has completely melted after having once covered six square miles (15.5 km).
Icelandic activists and citizens held a symbolic funeral for the melted Okjökull glacier, drawing attention to climate change.
On August 18, 2019, around one hundred Icelanders gathered on the former site of Okjökull glacier, now reduced to ice-free rock.
Scientists had declared it dead in 2014 after it lost its glacial movement and failed to replace meltwater.
During the ceremony, participants placed a commemorative plaque inscribed with the message 'A letter to the future from a dead glacier.'
Speakers delivered eulogies for the glacier, warning of the accelerating impacts of global warming.
The event, documented in the film 'Not Ok,' became an iconic moment in raising public awareness of the climate crisis.
It underscored the urgency of environmental action worldwide.
2019
Iceland
Okjökull glacier