Of the dozens of bands playing Live Earth this Saturday, one has a seriously close connection to the event’s global-warming warning. When organizers looking to stage events on every continent learned they couldn’t land commercial flights on Antarctica due to its fierce winter weather, the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) suggested that rather than bring in outsiders, Live Earth hire the research team’s house band, Nunatak.

Nunatak is Greenlandic for “an exposed summit of a ridge mountain or peak (not covered with snow) within an ice field or glacier” — it’s also the name of the five-piece band that entertains BAS’s 22-person scientist team. All the bandmembers work at the BAS’s Rothera Research Station “investigating climate change and evolutional biology on the Antarctic Peninsula,” which has experienced an almost 3-degree Celsius climate change over the last 50 years. Tomorrow, the band will make their global debut as they perform their “two most popular tunes” outside on the peninsula in a show that will be broadcast via live feed.

Nunatak — Matt Balmer (electronics engineer, singer-songwriter and guitarist), Tris Thorne (communications engineer, fiddler), Ali Massey (marine biologist, saxophonist), Rob Wester (meterologist, drummer) and Roger Stilwell (field general assistant, bassist) — formed when the scientists were training at the BAC’s headquarters before heading down to Antarctica, and the members spend time jamming when they’re not outdoors researching.

When asked to describe their sound, Balmer gets a bit stumped but suggests, “What do you call an indie band with a saxophone and a fiddle in it?” They’re admittedly out of touch with the current music scene due to their geographic isolation, but the members of Nunatak share playlists that include the likes of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and The Dresden Dolls.

Since they study the effects of global warming, Rothera is ahead of the game when it comes to saving the planet. “As an organization, we already to try to be as green as possible,” Stilwell says. When it comes to imparting their wisdom on the rest of the world, Nunatak has three simple suggestions: “Turn your lights off, recycle and think about what you do and what impact you have on the world in your day to day life.”

So, what exactly do Nunatak sound like? Watch this video of the band rehearsing for their big Live Earth gig.