Acclaimed musician Novo Amor will play the first live music concert ever performed in the Antarctic’s Weddell Sea from 1830 – 1930 GMT on January 27th. The performance will, in a world first, be beamed directly to a portal in Trafalgar Square in central London. The portal has been described as a ‘window to the Antarctic’. The Trafalgar Square performance will be free to the public and media.

Novo Amor will play for an hour from the inhospitable Weddell Sea on board Greenpeace’s ship, Arctic Sunrise, surrounded by icebergs and glaciers, east of the Antarctic Peninsula.

Louisa Casson, Greenpeace UK oceans campaigner and expedition lead, said:

“We hope that by creating a window to the Antarctic, we’ll be able to show people back home just how beautiful and fragile this place is. We must protect the Antarctic and the rest of our oceans before it’s too late. May this concert be a wake up call that we need to get ocean protection done now”.

Novo Amor said:

“It’s inspiring to be in such a remote location, uninhabited by humans. Being able to bear witness to the changing landscapes of the Antarctic caused by climate change is a rare opportunity, and an issue that should be at the forefront of our government’s minds.”

Greenpeace’s expedition to the Antarctic has discovered new Antarctic penguin colonies, as a team of independent scientists assess the impact of the climate crisis on penguins. Penguins are a sentinel species and the health of their colonies provides vital insights into the state of the region’s ecosystem. The performance will be recorded in case there are any connection issues.

The portal, which has been in place since January 25th, has been showing the public in London the beauty of the Antarctic, along with exclusive content from Thom Yorke and live streams from Greenpeace’s expedition to the Antarctic.

In March, the world’s governments will meet at the United Nations to agree a new Global Ocean Treaty after years of delay. Greenpeace’s expedition to the Antarctic’s remote Weddell Sea will make clear to governments that they need to protect our planet’s oceans before it’s too late.