New Anchorage Museum exhibit transports visitors to Alaska’s arctic landscape

 

A new exhibit at the Anchorage museum lets visitors experience a northern Alaska phenomenon called a pingo — a permafrost mound. The sculpture combines hydraulic powered metal arms, real Alaskan cedar and augmented reality to mimic a pingo’s lifecycle.

Museum Director Julie Decker says the exhibit “is really a story about our natural environment.” As one museum goer put it, “you really feel like you’ve been moved to another place.”

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