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National Geographic Antarctic Wildlife Adventure
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This is the most empty place |
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the place almost |
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It's the last continent discovered |
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the last place to be charted and |
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the last place to be inhabited. |
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Even the wildlife here knows |
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and perhaps it is a mark of |
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that there is no creature here |
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This is the last continent on earth |
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a refuge of sorts for wilderness |
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and for explorers. |
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Jerome and Sally Poncet |
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who live on a sheep farm |
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A half-dozen times in the |
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they've sailed 900 miles south |
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to the islands scattered along |
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Other expeditions come here with |
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and the power of governments |
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Sally and Jerome sail by themselves |
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accompanied only by their children, |
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Dion-10, live... 8 |
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They trek on remote, rocky islands |
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trying to learn more about this |
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continent of rock and ice |
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while there's still time to protect |
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the unique balance of |
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As usual the Poncets are beginning |
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high summer and vacation time |
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when some days might get as warm as |
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This will not last long |
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Winter and ice are never |
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Now development is coming too. |
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As the Ponects will discover anew |
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this last frontier is changing |
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The poncets have gradually come to |
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concentrate on the odd |
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that are native to this place. |
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They're concerned now that penguins |
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because many countries and claiming |
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that may lie here. |
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The Poncets will use their boat-part |
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part home-to search out |
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the Antarctic Peninsula. |
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The peninsula reaches up some |
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toward south America. |
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The poncets goal is to survey the |
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that is, to count them |
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all the way to Marguerite Bay |
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even further if the ice |
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In earlier voyages, they've found |
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no one else has ever seen. |
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Deception Island-near |
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the northern end of the peninsula, |
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early stop for the Poncets, |
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and the site of a big colony |
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of one of the three penguin species |
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dominant on the peninsula: chinstraps. |
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Scientists use penguins as a |
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to gauge the health of the entire |
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To do that, though, they must know |
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If the penguin population changes |
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the scientists will know something |
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That is why the poncets sail and |
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to count the birds. |
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You can do a rough estimate by just |
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100 and then multiplying in |
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That's a very rough estimate. |
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If you want to do it properly, though, |
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you've got to map out the area |
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and then work up average density |
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...a couple of days work |
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But you can get a good estimate |
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In a couple of hours, you can get |
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But we just compare it with colonies |
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like one in particular with 30 to |
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It's a lot smaller than this. |
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This is huge. Must be one of the |
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down on the peninsula |
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I think-this one |
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Chinstrap penguins seldom change mates |
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and they prefer to return to the |
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to hatch the young. |
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The nests are rings of small stones |
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of incubating neighbors. |
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The females usually take the |
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fasting for up to 8 days. |
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Then, the males take over and the |
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Some of the small, shrimp-like krill |
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for the penguin chicks. |
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Sally does not spend much time with |
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Deception Island, though. |
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This time her work lies further south. |
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Jerome is French; Sally is Australian. |
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They sail aboard the 50-foot |
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It can look like a frail ship in |
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but the ship can take the poncets |
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which helps them make a living: |
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They charter the boat for scientists |
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Indeed, Jerome knows his way along |
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He first came here almost 20 years ago |
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accompanied by his friend, |
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who has rejoined him for this voyage. |
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It's unusual to sail in the |
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but it was truly extraordinary then. |
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Theirs was the first yacht to sail |
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The adventure made them heroes |
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Fees from a book allowed |
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and better versions of first vessel. |
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But new boats don't eliminate the |
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this two-month journey |
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or the sameness of stored food, |
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or the confining conditions |
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These they simply get used to. |
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But anyone who's lived on a yacht or |
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you get used to shifts: |
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Or whatever you happen to do. |
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And it's just something |
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You can't have exactly what you want |
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when you feel like it. |
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Or you can't wash every day |
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or you can't go down to the |
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just to get away from it. |
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You just accept that. |
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It just, it might look difficult |
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but until you... it would be far more |
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to get into a car every morning |
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The Damien II averages 26 miles |
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with stops along the way. |
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Working from cove to cove |
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they arrive at Cuverville Island |
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a breeding site for many |
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Their pelts are sleek as fur |
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these are true birds. |
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Short, thick feathers help |
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and at the same time |
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the speedy swimmers in the water. |
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This will be the first egg |
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and this is the second. |
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The second egg is suppose to be |
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But they look about the same size |
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That one there, though-she's just |
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that-you can really tell |
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The Gentoos are apt to form life-long |
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attachments among breeding pairs |
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although they are not so particular |
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they use from season to season. |
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On the peninsula, |
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it takes about five weeks |
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The parents watch over them for |
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and then leave the chicks in |
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are off gathering good. |
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One or two months later the young |
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What beautiful nests these ones are |
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anyway, with the stones like that |
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and they all seem to be |
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You remember the chinstraps at |
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all mucky, all smelly |
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These are all nice and neat... |
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I think these are probably the |
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By now Sally and Jerome |
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have witnessed this cycle of |
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and still Antarctica fascinates them. |
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The first time we come... |
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just well, put the foot ashore. |
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That was an achievement |
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And we are very pleased with that. |
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We've been a bit scared |
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to reach Antarctica... and after |
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and you go a bit further. |
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And that's what we've done |
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just going farther and farther |
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And when you start to know a place |
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it starts to belong to you or |
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And that's what's happened to us. |
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Often while Sally is counting penguins |
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the children explore for themselves. |
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At the shore here, they've spotted a |
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Penguins that survive to adulthood |
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They're safe on land |
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But in sea |
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especially the leopard seal. |
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Diti is the youngest of the boys. |
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Live, the middle boy, finds that |
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geology has captured his attention. |
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Dion is the oldest |
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with an interest |
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Some of this Antarctic exploration |
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can look dangerous to an outsider. |
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But plainly, Sally and Jerome see |
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the children with them. |
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At home in the Falklands |
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visits for a couple of weeks every |
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with lessons from Sally in between. |
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On board the Damien II, |
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the boys learn about earth science |
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by splashing where boiling volcanic |
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The boys bang away at rock |
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or fools gold even |
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and making plans to get rich and buy |
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You can just see the difference |
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that it's made to them. |
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And coming down here for three months |
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you can see how many people that |
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to and what they're capable |
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there are other ways of getting the |
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but this is a very good way of |
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At Foyn Harbor on the peninsula |
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from one of the first significant |
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It's an old whaler's anchorage |
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where boats once filled casks with |
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The whalers are long gone |
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a whaling ship lies abandoned |
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In the hold of the wreck |
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the boys find dozens of the |
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that once took tens of thousands |
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until some species were threatened |
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At last, international protest put a |
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and there are signs that |
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the animals may be recovering in |
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Three humpbacks approach the ship. |
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Their size and curiosity must have |
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But whale hunting was only |
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among the first human endeavors |
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Near Palmer Station |
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Dion joins a party of skin divers |
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who are going to see what remains |
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of one of the biggest environmental |
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Actually, we're... the wreck today to |
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or oil leaks they've plugged up with |
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The divers are protected as much as |
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but the water is frigidly cold: |
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Early last year, an Argentine supply |
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tourist boat ran aground. |
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Passengers used home video cameras |
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Within hours they were rescued |
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but four days later |
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The ship's cargo of diesel oil |
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A Chilean navy ship arrived quickly |
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but it was a month before Argentine |
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to seal the wreck. |
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It had about 250,000 gallons on board. |
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And they're estimating that |
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125,000 came out when it rolled. |
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It might have been worse if the ship |
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black crude oil instead of diesel fuel |
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but still scientists worry that |
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because the once pristine area |
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The wreck has gone through a |
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but the damage has been very severe. |
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It's kind of like a beer can |
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And there use to be two |
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There's no sign of them at all now, |
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other than two tires, |
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and the highly deck is mostly crushed. |
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And there's no visible signs of |
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Any cleanup operation would be |
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Indeed, all along the peninsula |
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it's clear that very often |
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no one bothers to clean the mess |
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The penguins hardly seem to notice |
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but nevertheless |
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that we may spoil the last really |
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before we begin to understand it. |
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The Damien II has been at sea for |
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with dozens of stops so far |
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Now Jerome has set course for |
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about half way down the peninsula. |
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The island has a large colony of the |
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the Poncets are counting: |
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Adelies. |
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There are remarkable elephant seal |
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and for the seals, too |
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the Antarctic summer is the |
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Well, it's a bit slippery in all |
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where the penguins have been. |
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I don't want you to fall in that. |
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They've been fed by their mothers |
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and their mother's go off and |
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during the feeding time... |
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And they lie around on the |
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And they're really sweet... |
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They're very beautiful to look at |
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As they get a bit older |
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It doesn't look as if they're |
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They seem to be confined to that |
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So I think I'll go back... |
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In the water by the beach |
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young male seals play at combat. |
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They are too young now to really |
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Later, when they develop the droopy |
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elephant seals' name, |
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they will fight seriously for |
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All along the coast, the Poncets |
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many of them no longer in use. |
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This cabin was once a |
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but it's been deserted for a long time |
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Inside, there are copies of letters |
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...shall be returning home about |
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civilization somewhat bewildering. |
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So would like to be considered for |
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at a small hostile in the highlands. |
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It's the kind of thing, now over |
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and it really is the kind of thing |
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it's part of the history of this place |
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And it should, really should be |
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to keep it like this. |
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And all this food! |
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You'll never get food |
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No one eats this kind of stuff anymore |
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But this is how a British base |
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And it's really worthwhile keeping |
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The men who lived and worked in |
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were taking part in an extraordinary |
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led by a dozen countries during the |
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The scientists paved the way for |
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and eventually, there was an |
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It's worked ever since to hold |
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Today, tourist ships send groups |
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like this one from New York's |
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to the sites where once |
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Antarctica's past and present |
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and perhaps show the way to the |
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Some environmentalists want to see |
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the entire continent |
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no development or exploitation allowed |
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the Antarctic to remain as it is |
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and for amateur naturalists to see |
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Some of the old Geophysical Year |
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The British base Faraday, |
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for instance, plays a role in |
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huge loss of ozone in the atmosphere |
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over the southern polar region. |
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Further south |
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serves as a headquarters for inland |
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only be reached by plane. |
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The flights take off from a runway |
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with a path well marked |
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so the aircraft doesn't slide into |
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that split the surface. |
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From the air, |
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an observer easily sees the extent |
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and paradoxes of Antarctica |
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ice. |
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This is the driest continent. |
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Hardly any snow or rain ever falls. |
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But what does fall is frozen |
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So Antarctica is both the continent |
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and the one with the most water |
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almost all of it locked up in ice |
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Some estimates are that 70 percent |
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The ice here on the plateau also |
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that's key to studying new |
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such as the greenhouse effect. |
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These operations are just underway. |
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When full drilling begins |
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plunge the drill bit through centuries |
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to see what changes have |
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on board the Damien II again |
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although it is still |
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Indeed, Jerome calls this |
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There are only a few stops left |
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one of them a special place |
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More than ten years ago |
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on their first voyage to the |
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they decided to stay over in the |
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They had only the Damien II |
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frozen in a harbor |
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It was a really big surprise for us |
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to see just how many penguins |
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or how many birds |
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but really surrounded by them. |
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They found extraordinary life |
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including 70,000 Adelie penguins |
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Avian is located at the top of |
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and it's the breeding ground for |
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that lives and hunts throughout |
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If something happened here |
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it could seriously affect |
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Besides the Adelies's... |
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every single bit of that island |
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And you're surrounded by birds. |
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And you really do live |
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part of that cycle of the summer |
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But the poncets are disturbed to |
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sharing the island. |
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A Chilean scientist from a |
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as a possible site for future studies. |
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Sally and Jerome are |
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the many scientists and bases |
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wilderness they have come to study. |
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Jerome navigates the Damien II |
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at Terra Firma Island. |
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They are very far south now |
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nearly at the base of the peninsula |
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Some years, the sea is frozen |
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the air is very cold. |
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Nonetheless, small patches of grass |
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unexceptional in any way |
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except that these are the southernmost |
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flowering plants known to exist |
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in a world that is almost all grays |
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It was the Poncets who made this |
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and reported it to the |
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although they now realize this, too |
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People have realize what this is |
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and realize how they can damage it |
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and how they can keep away and still enjoy it. |
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There's a bit of a compromise |
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and you can't just ban people from |
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just because they might damage it. |
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They've got to be taught |
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so that they can come in and enjoy it. |
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Many explorers must pause to wonder |
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at what will be done |
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Not many will follow this far, however |
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The Damien II is entering what is |
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a great plain that's frozen |
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You can feel that-that you've very |
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And there's no one else in the pack. |
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And you're nothing much more than |
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You can really feel it as a |
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You can feel it, you can see it |
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as though it's breathing. |
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And you see animals... the whales |
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just behind the boat because there's |
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The steel hull of the ship allows it |
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The ice will get worse soon |
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and then it will not be possible |
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Jerome must judge what is safe. |
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They have hone as far as they can; |
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the Damien II must turn back toward |
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From the air, |
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the ice floes look almost impenetrable |
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Once you've been through a really |
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and just got out or you've had to go |
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just managed to get through |
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it's beautiful weather-each time, |
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each time, and very satisfying. |
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And you really feel as if you've |
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It's the feeling of it being very |
| 00:42:00 |
to wade through in spite of that. |
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But all along the peninsula |
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with all frontiers |
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In the time since they left the |
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perhaps the biggest cargo ship ever |
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has arrived and begum unloading |
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and housing for construction workers. |
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The small landing strip on the snow |
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replaced by a gravel runway, |
| 00:43:05 |
so bigger planes can come |
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It will mean blasting away part |
| 00:43:11 |
but the scientists say it must be done |
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The Antarctic Treaty |
| 00:43:18 |
the polar region for three decades |
| 00:43:23 |
Some countries are |
| 00:43:25 |
for oil here or for minerals. |
| 00:43:28 |
Already there is an agreement for |
| 00:43:32 |
treaty nations are considering. |
| 00:43:35 |
Some think offshore drilling |
| 00:43:38 |
and that that is going to mean the |
| 00:43:47 |
Oh, we are next to the |
| 00:43:51 |
oil will be exploited next to this... |
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and maybe this one will die covered |
| 00:44:06 |
Or maybe he will be starving |
| 00:44:07 |
because there will be no more food. |
| 00:44:09 |
After that will be our children. |
| 00:44:13 |
Meanwhile, |
| 00:44:16 |
on King George Island |
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the Damien II's final destination. |
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If you look at what's |
| 00:44:24 |
what's happening here. |
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This is the first steps in |
| 00:44:30 |
That's for sure. |
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The rest of the world is still |
| 00:44:37 |
but it seems to get closer everyday. |
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Frontiers are wild places. |
| 00:45:11 |
Once we thought they were all |
| 00:45:15 |
This one doesn't seem |
| 00:45:19 |
Before it's conquered |
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it may be worth asking what the |
| 00:45:25 |
and perhaps we should ask too, |
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what will happen to the explorers |
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indeed to all of us, |
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when the frontiers are gone. |
