ON INITIATIVE OF GREENPEACE MODEL OF NOAH’S ARK TO BE PLACED ON BIBLICAL MOUNT ARARAT
PanARMENIAN.Net
17.05.2007 14:04 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Greenpeace activists have started construction on a
replica of Noah’s Ark on Mount Ararat. According to the information
posted on the web-site of Greenpeace, the model of Noah’s Ark will
be constructed 2 500 meters above sea level (Mount Ararat is 5137
in height). It is designed to be a symbol of hope and dramatic plea
to world leaders to take far-reaching and urgent action to avoid
catastrophic global warming. The 10m x 4m x 4m wooden ship, being
constructed by Greenpeace volunteers, will send a strong message to
leaders of all nations that we must act now to tackle global warming
and the impending climate change crisis. A caravan of 40 horses have
hauled the prefabricated wooden sections up Mount Ararat, where work
has now begun on constructing supports as well as the keel and ribs
of the boat. Over the next 2 weeks, a team of 20 German and Turkish
carpenters will complete the construction of the boat, which will be
turned over to the public in an official ceremony on May 31, 2007.
A day before the ceremony, activists will climb the top of Mount Ararat
and call on the leaders of all nations to make climate protection
a reality.
According to the Bible Noah’s ark landed namely on the Mount Ararat
after the Flood.