Greenpeace wants you to get naked on a glacier

GENEVA, July 18 (Reuters) - Greenpeace is seeking hundreds of volunteers willing to strip naked on a shrinking Swiss glacier next month for a photo shoot meant to raise alarm about global warming.

The environmental group said it hoped to attract as many people as possible to pose for U.S. photographic artist Spencer Tunick, who has previously staged mass nude photo shots in Mexico, Germany and Spain.

The Swiss shoot, to take place the weekend of August 18-19, is meant "to symbolize the vulnerability of glaciers and the fragility of the human body," Greenpeace said in a statement released on Wednesday.

Spokesman Nicolas de Roten said the site for the glacial photos has not yet been finalized. Volunteers who register to participate on www.greenpeace.ch/tunickglacier will be told the details about a week in advance, he said.