Fancy a walk on a floating island?
By
LFTO News Team
Outdoor headlines
22 October 2009 11:04
Well now's your chance! Artist Alex Hartley discovered a tiny island in the arctic that had become uncovered by a retreating glacier.
The island, which is about the size of a football pitch, is floating and Alex has won a £500,000 commission to bring a portion of it to Britain and parade it around the south west coastline.
It will frequently stop at ports and harbours in the region so people can hop on this new piece of land.
Alex is also keen to turn it into a micronation and call it Nowhereisland.
Nearly 400 people have already put their names forward for citizenship of Nowhereisland. Click here to do the same.
The idea is one of 12 winners of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad project - Artists Taking the Lead.
Nowhereisland won the contest in the south west region.
Winners elsewhere include 30ft crocheted lions in Nottingham, a floating waterwheel and mill house on the River Tyne and a thin column of cloud rising to the sky in Merseyside.
Click here to see more of the winning ideas in Artists Taking the Lead.
