They are distant but in the front line facing the consequences of global warming : the North and South poles are at the heart of a new exhibition at the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco. “Mission Polaire” invites visitors to question the consequences of our actions on their environment and their populations through a five-step journey.
The world of the Inuit
First stage of the visit to the exhibition: discovering the world of the Inuit, an indigenous people of the Arctic. Everyday objects are presented there: “knives, for cutting meat and skin to make clothes, objects that correspond to hunting and fishing, and a large kayak”, describes Chloë Thevenot, the heritage manager of the museum. everyday objects of the Inuit, indigenous people of the arctic
– Clemence Gourdon Negrini
Purpose of this space: present the evolution of these objects in the face of climate changesuch as the “transformation of the kayak into a motor canoe, of a motor on the kayaks and that of the sled into a snowmobile”, describes Chloë Thevenot, while specifying that the Inuit population has been able to “preserve its attachment to nature, which we could be inspired”.
An immersive space
Highlight of the exhibition, the “immersion” room: 650 m² of floor and wall screens through which visitors find themselves in the middle of the pack ice, before being immersed in the ocean among whales, seals and narwhals. “It’s magnificent! We are in real interaction”, reacts Philip. In voiceover, some explanations to remind us of the fragility of these environments. “We realize the destruction of the seabed, of species”reacts the visitor, amazed but worried.