(saw buzzing)
00:02
(mysterious music)
00:05
- [Climber] Yeah, go for it.
00:10
- Whoo!
00:12
- [Narrator] Mankind and the elements.
00:18
For some, it's an uncomfortable bond.
00:20
- [Woman] Good job.
00:24
- [Narrator] For others,
when weather strikes,
00:25
inspiration begins.
00:29
- There are so many people in life,
00:30
they forget to dream because
they're afraid to fail.
00:32
- [Narrator] These are the
people who challenge nature,
00:37
seek out its limits, reveal its secrets,
00:40
and embrace its awesome power.
00:44
In this episode, we'll meet two
pilots who circled the globe
00:49
by the power of the sun.
00:53
Climbers unafraid to
leap into nature's abyss.
00:58
And a man who turns high altitude snowfall
01:03
into giant works of art.
01:06
These pioneers of the
great outdoors ahead,
01:08
on That's Amazing.
01:10
(mysterious music)
01:17
- There are so many people in life,
01:24
they forget to dream
because they're afraid of
01:25
going out of their comfort zone.
01:29
- [Narrator] 13 years
ago, two enterprising pilots
01:31
shared a dream to achieve the impossible.
01:33
Their goal? To build the
first solar-powered plane
01:36
to fly around the world,
ushering in an aviation future
01:39
free of fossil fuels and pollution.
01:43
- Our goal is simply the
most way that is feasible.
01:46
- Tango, X-ray.
01:49
- [Narrator] Their plan was ambitious;
01:51
to cross the globe in 17 legs
over the course of a year,
01:53
logging 25,000 miles.
01:57
Taking turns in the cockpit,
co-pilots Bertrand Piccard
02:00
and André Borschberg,
knew that they would face
02:04
technical and operational challenges.
02:06
- [Engineer] We have to go back.
02:09
- [Narrator] While battling
weather and the elements.
02:10
- It has been really a difficult moment.
02:12
- [Narrator] In an unprecedented bid
02:15
for adventure and glory.
02:17
(dramatic music)
02:20
- When I was a child,
all the people I knew
02:26
were explorers,
adventurers, and astronauts.
02:29
- You know when I was a boy
I read a lot of books about
02:32
the pilots who opened the lines,
02:34
basically discovered the
worlds through airplanes.
02:37
- [Television Voice] He's
determined to succeed this time.
02:40
- [Bertrand] My grandfather
was the first man
02:43
in the stratosphere, inventing
the pressurized capsule.
02:45
Then my father made the deepest dive ever
02:49
touching the bottom of the Mariana Trench,
02:51
the deepest spot on Earth,
02:53
and showing that the deepest
trenches in the oceans
02:55
had to be protected.
02:57
- And I was fascinating
by the people who tried
02:59
something new, something different.
03:03
- I thought exploration
was the only way to live.
03:05
I flew nonstop around
the world in a balloon.
03:11
We burned almost four tons of propane gas.
03:13
It was pollution.
03:16
And I was thinking, “How
can I do it with no fuel?”
03:17
And this is how the dream
of Solar Impulse started.
03:21
Flying a solar-powered airplane
03:24
that produces its own
electricity with the sun,
03:26
store the electricity in batteries,
03:30
so you can fly through the night,
03:32
fly to the next sunrise forever.
03:34
- And when I made Bertrand 13 years ago,
03:36
I immediately had the impression
that my life was crossing
03:39
something extremely important.
03:43
- I found that André was the
was the missing part of me
03:45
and I was the mission part of him.
03:50
He's the engineer, entrepreneur, jet fighter pilot.
03:52
I'm a medical doctor, I'm an explorer,
03:55
so I asked him if he would agree to
03:58
partner with me to do it,
04:00
and he accepted immediately.
04:02
Together, we could be
the complete human being.
04:04
It's a very difficult airplane to fly,
04:11
maybe the most difficult
airplane in the world to fly
04:14
because of its huge wingspan,
04:16
very lightweight, and
sensitivity to turbulence.
04:18
So this you have to master completely.
04:21
- So at the beginning you
would just over-control it;
04:23
it's a disaster.
04:25
Using the simulator allowed us really to
04:27
get the feeling about the
personality of this airplane,
04:30
to know how to handle it.
04:33
- And I had the clearance from the tower.
04:35
- [Tower Control] You
are clear to proceed.
04:37
- And I could put full throttle, no noise
04:39
from the engines, and
the plane taking off.
04:43
And then just looking to stay in the air
04:47
as long as I can, no limit.
04:49
(light, uplifting music)
04:52
When we travel it takes three days
04:58
to fly where other people
would fly with a jet plane
05:01
in eight hours.
05:04
But you know that you
can stay there forever.
05:09
And what is magical is to look at the sun,
05:12
to look at the propellers on both side,
05:17
to see them turning without
noise and without pollution,
05:21
and to think, I'm in a
film of science fiction.
05:25
It cannot be true, but it is true.
05:29
So as soon as André can put full power
05:37
on the four electrical engines,
05:41
the around-the-world will start.
05:44
And I repeat, always, it's an attempt.
05:47
The around-the-world with Solar Impulse II
05:52
started in March 2015.
05:54
André and I, we took turns in the cockpit.
05:58
(light, pensive music)
06:00
Price Albert is next to me,
06:11
and he will give the official go,
06:13
and then the adventure
will start my friend.
06:15
- It's a great pleasure
to wish you all the best
06:17
for this fantastic
crossing of the Pacific,
06:20
so you are clear to proceed
with the takeoff procedures.
06:24
(people clapping)
06:28
- As soon as I took her from Japan,
06:31
one important equipment failed
06:33
and immediately the engineers told me
06:36
that I had to return to Japan to fix it.
06:38
But I looked at it completely differently,
06:40
that it was the first
time that the weather
06:41
was improving over the Pacific.
06:44
(mysterious pensive music)
06:46
- I would say we have to go back
06:52
as we have the choice.
06:53
- The engineers never understood that,
06:55
they never understood why
I was taking this risk.
06:57
Some of them wanted to resign immediately
06:59
and I decided to continue.
07:02
(mysterious, pensive music)
07:04
- There's only so much
we can do to support you
07:08
from here from the ground.
07:11
You will be on your own.
07:12
- It has been really a difficult moment,
07:22
do we go, we don't go,
but the weather is good,
07:25
the plane flies well, it's worth trying.
07:28
I did meditation; I couldn't sleep;
07:32
and slowly, at sunrise, I
could throw this emotion
07:35
overboard, and I could go back
07:38
to what I've been dreaming about
07:40
to enjoy these days I was
over the Pacific Ocean.
07:43
- I don't know how many
records we were setting
07:46
in this flight, and it's
the most difficult flight
07:48
of the whole journey around the world
07:50
that we succeeded.
07:51
(mysterious, pensive music)
07:53
(people clapping)
07:59
- [Bertrand] Inspiration is not
only when you are successful
08:01
and you raise the flag of victory.
08:04
It's through all these moments
08:08
where you have the
impression to lose control.
08:10
- The Solar Impulse II
mission started in Abu Dhabi
08:13
with many stopovers.
08:16
Across Asia first, over the Pacific,
08:17
across the United States,
08:21
over the Atlantic, across
the Mediterranean Sea,
08:23
all to get back here in the Middle East.
08:28
- I crossed the finish
line over Abu Dhabi,
08:30
and I had one hour and a half in the air
08:34
waiting before landing.
08:37
I could be in the full
08:38
emotion of the success,
08:41
but still in the full
emotion of the adventure.
08:43
And at that moment I thought
everything is possible.
08:47
Everything is possible.
08:53
Why don't we dream more?
08:56
Why don't we try more?
08:58
- [Woman] Beautiful! Whoo hoo!
09:00
- And few hours ago I had to
open the door of the cockpit,
09:05
I had to land.
09:08
And this flight around
the world became memories.
09:11
(audience applauding)
09:14
- What we did here was
really pioneering work,
09:20
and that's the slowly is understanding
09:24
the potential of these technologies.
09:26
In 10 years, we will
use electric airplanes.
09:28
Maybe not solar, this will take more time,
09:31
but certainly electric.
09:34
- If you have an impossible goal,
09:36
the people who are going to
support you are pioneers.
09:38
(light, peaceful music)
09:42
(mysterious music)
09:49
- [Simon] Making drawings on
land, on quite a large scale,
09:52
is something people have been
doing for thousands of years.
09:55
(mysterious music)
09:58
I'm Simon Beck, and I make
drawings in the snow.
10:11
(light, peaceful music)
10:16
It started as a bit of fun.
10:28
I started doing it as an easy alternative
10:30
to hiking up a mountain
when I wanted some exercise
10:32
and didn't feel quite energetic enough
10:34
to hike up a mountain.
10:35
It's a very temper and
unpredictable thing.
10:41
You're very much at the
mercy of the weather,
10:47
and really weather forecast.
10:49
And the best results
are obtained by waiting
10:52
until conditions are right
10:54
and try and finish it in one day.
10:57
So what you're looking for is
10:59
a fine, solid day forecast for tomorrow,
11:01
and a not-too-bad-day forecast for today.
11:04
So you tend to make it today
11:08
in the hope of getting
a photograph tomorrow.
11:09
We might just about
get it done by sundown,
11:11
so fingers crossed
we'll get a good result.
11:13
(rhythmic, determined music)
11:18
A ballpark estimate of footsteps,
11:24
about 5,000 steps in an hour.
11:26
Between one and two per second.
11:29
So a big drawing, two hours measuring,
11:33
eight hours work, you're
looking at 40,000 steps.
11:36
(light, peaceful music)
11:40
You start with a drawing
on a piece of paper,
12:08
or else a drawing in your mind.
12:11
Just treating it a bit like an orienteering map,
12:17
you're just going a certain
distance in a certain direction
12:20
determining distances by counting paces.
12:23
It's a very physical exercise.
12:27
It's equivalent to a long day's walking
12:31
in the hills when you make
one of these big drawings,
12:33
it's beyond what most
people would be able to do
12:35
in one day.
12:37
It's quite a task.
12:38
(light, peaceful music)
12:41
I often get asked to compare it with
12:55
making drawings on beaches on the sand.
12:56
Fear thought to the snow is
13:01
is that there's not a time limit,
13:02
it's not that sort of game
of when the tide comes in.
13:04
The great drawback of course,
is you can't walk on it
13:08
without making a mark.
13:10
The ideal snow is about so deep
13:14
and really soft and powdery,
13:18
with a really firm surface underneath it.
13:20
That means you can walk
through it quite easily
13:23
and you can walk all day
without getting too tired.
13:25
You're never quite sure
how it's gonna look,
13:30
so there's always a bit
of sort of fingers crossed
13:32
and when actually you
finally see it from above
13:34
for the first time.
13:36
(light, peaceful music)
13:38
At the moment I'm just about
the only person in the world
13:45
doing anything like it.
13:47
(light, peaceful music)
13:49
- [Engineer] To be able
to be doing science
14:10
while you're out there on a surfboard,
14:12
it's just such a fleeting moment,
14:14
it's incredible to
actually be able to do it.
14:15
(slow rock music)
14:21
- [Inventor] Smartfin is a surfboard fin.
14:24
You clip it on the bottom of your board,
14:28
you go out for your surf session.
14:30
It has technology that measures ocean pH,
14:31
salinity, ocean temperature,
14:35
and very detailed wave characteristics,
14:37
so there'll be an enormous amount of data.
14:39
The reason these parameters are important
14:44
is because they are shifting directly
14:47
as a result of climate change.
14:49
We have detailed information
about the deep ocean,
14:52
but very limited accurate
information about the near shore.
14:55
Satellites can't be
really accurate with data
14:58
in that narrow zone.
15:01
And the other way is ocean buoys,
15:02
and they're just not
deployed at the coast.
15:04
Bingo, Smartfin can fill that gap.
15:07
- Collecting oceanic data
is a very time-consuming,
15:11
expensive process.
15:15
This is like, you just
need to know how to surf.
15:17
The data moves from your fin to your phone
15:20
and then from your phone
is goes up to our servers
15:23
where everything is processed.
15:25
- So we've got a test tank set up now.
15:28
As a scientist it's pretty
exciting to be able to get data
15:31
over these different
time and space scales.
15:34
The fact that you can go out and surf
15:37
and contribute to understanding
15:38
what's actually happening
out there is incredible.
15:41
- Surfers are very influential,
15:43
and care deeply about the environment
15:45
and want to be talking about it.
15:48
So Smartfin is just a tool to do that
15:50
in a more concrete way.
15:52
(water trickling)
16:00
- [Researcher] Every place
in the world sounds unique.
16:09
These soundscapes tell us
a story about that place.
16:13
They tell us the ways
in which global warming
16:18
is beginning to change
the natural soundscape.
16:21
(tense string music)
16:25
Just before the sun rises at first light
16:30
is the dawn chorus.
16:32
The birds beginning to sing,
16:37
and the insects and the amphibians,
16:39
and that's the time of
day to go out and listen.
16:41
I'm a soundscape ecologist, I
record animals for a living.
16:44
This is Sugarloaf State Park.
16:49
Every Spring I can probably
be found there once a week
16:51
recording in the same spot,
16:55
using the same kind of equipment,
16:57
so that I can repeat these
recordings over and over again
16:59
and compare them.
17:01
And I have quite a archive
of material which shows,
17:06
over time, this habitat has
been changing pretty radically
17:10
as a result of global warming
17:14
and the California drought.
17:15
(birds singing)
17:18
The first recording made in 2004
17:23
shows a very robust habitat
with a signature of a stream.
17:25
In 2014, things were changing radically,
17:35
it was already the second
year of a major drought
17:37
in California.
17:39
And in 2015, we had what
I call a Silent Spring.
17:44
The question arises, what is it that
17:52
these soundscapes are telling us,
17:55
these biophanies are telling us?
17:57
My guess is that global warming
is playing a role in this
17:59
because Spring is coming two weeks earlier
18:02
than it normally does,
18:04
certainly than when it did 10 years ago.
18:05
That's one of the things that is so unique
18:08
about my library is we can
go back to these places
18:10
and we can compare currently
18:14
what they sound like with
what they sounded like
18:18
20, 30, 40 years ago.
18:20
Over 50% of my collection
comes from habitats
18:22
that are so radically altered,
18:25
they are either altogether silent
18:27
or can no longer be heard
in their original form.
18:29
Here's an example from Costa Rica.
18:32
(birds and wildlife singing)
18:35
That's before logging, this is after.
18:40
(few birds chirping)
18:46
Same spot.
18:52
This is a coral reef, Vanua Levu in Fiji.
18:53
Part of it is dying and
part of it is still living,
18:57
here's what the living part sounds like:
18:59
(water lapping)
19:01
Here's what the dying part sounds like:
19:05
Hardly any fish sounds.
19:11
We really don't know what
this means in the long run.
19:15
In the short run, we're beginning
to lose these soundscapes
19:20
because the habitats are just
changing so radically
350
00:19:26,036 --> 00:19:29,675
and we're partly to blame for that.
19:23
When I first began to
record almost 50 years ago,
19:29
I would go out into the
field and just put on
19:32
a pair of earphones and sit and listen
19:34
because it made me feel good.
19:36
It made me aware of the
living world around me,
19:39
and so I wanted to do anything
that does that for me.
19:42
(swelling pensive music)
19:48
(mysterious music)
19:55
- [Swimmer] Everyone says that I'm mad.
19:59
And they ask me that question
what draws me to the ice.
20:01
And what amazes me is
how many people follow.
20:04
- [Narrator] High in the
mountains of southern Africa
20:08
there are 15 fearless swimmers competing
20:10
in one of the most extreme races on Earth.
20:12
With no wetsuits, no protection,
20:15
they must swim a single kilometer
20:18
in water cold enough to kill them.
20:20
They call it a race, but
most would call it insanity.
20:24
As founder Ram Barkai will tell you,
20:29
the members of the International
Ice Swimming Association
20:31
don't just battle to the finish,
20:34
they're fighting to stay alive.
20:37
(mysterious music)
20:39
(saw buzzing)
20:45
(mysterious music)
20:50
- [Ram] Swimming cold water
has become my passion.
20:57
Okay, we need another task
force for these ones, hey?
21:00
The ice, was the icing on the cake.
21:02
I find the ice extreme.
21:05
I'm attracted to extreme challenges.
21:08
No doubt swimming in ice
is a dangerous sport.
21:12
- [Spectators] Go Ram, Go Ram!
21:15
- [Ram] It's not adrenaline junky,
21:17
polar bear type of experience,
21:18
you actually have to swim
one kilometer extremely fast
21:20
in water under five degrees
21:24
in just Speedo, goggles, and a cap.
21:26
these are the rules.
21:29
I founded the International
Ice Swimming Association.
21:31
I'd love it to become
a proper international
21:35
recognized sport.
21:37
- It's a double hit physiologically,
21:40
it's an ice swim, which is challenging,
21:42
and you're at altitude.
21:44
Most of you have not
been at altitude before.
21:46
- [Ram] I mean we're in Africa,
21:49
in the mountain of
Lesotho, and we found ice,
21:50
and we have a International
South African ice championship.
21:54
- Nowhere in Southern
Africa you gonna find
21:58
water five degrees or
below except for here.
22:01
- [Ram] Last year, we had
about 13 national championship
22:08
like this.
22:11
We have now swimmers in 28
countries around the world.
22:13
- We're doing an ice swim in Africa,
22:18
which is a bit ridiculous
if you ask anyone.
22:20
We also think it's ridiculous.
22:23
- It's a massive mental
challenge to get in that water
22:26
and to perform physically for
an extended period of time.
22:28
You keep going, takes a lot of mind power
22:31
and that's what I love, I
love pushing the boundaries
22:34
in these conditions.
22:36
(intense, pensive music)
22:38
- [Ram] It's not a sport where
22:47
you have to be lean, mean,
and beautiful to win.
22:48
You have to have around 20% body fat.
22:53
You have to be fit, you have to train
22:56
so your body and your mind know
how to deal with the shock.
22:59
Panic is the number one killer.
23:07
(water lapping)
23:15
- Initially, you can't tell
if the water is very hot
23:22
or very cold, it almost burns.
23:24
The first three minutes is painful,
23:27
and then you sort of settle
in and everything goes numb.
23:29
- The body temperature starts to drop.
23:34
Getting into this water poses
the hazard off hypothermia
23:36
to the athlete.
23:40
- [Ram] It causes havoc in your body,
23:43
to your blood pressure, to
your heart rate, to your
23:45
oxygen, to your brain.
23:47
- [Woman In Black Coat]
There's only one thing
23:50
that goes through your mind, breathe.
23:52
The ice takes your breath away,
23:55
and if you don't control it you can get
23:56
into a world of trouble.
23:58
- [Ram] The average time in
the water is 15 to 20 minutes,
24:01
which is still safe.
24:04
It's a hugely mental sport.
24:06
For me, it's mind over matter.
24:09
- It's not you racing
against someone else,
24:12
it's about you against
the ice and the cold,
24:14
and basically competing
against your own mind.
24:17
- This cold starts to affect the function
24:21
of the nervous system,
24:23
and so confusion, and
delirium sometimes happens,
24:24
the athletes can start to hallucinate
24:27
or they could have amnesia.
24:30
- If you feel dizzy and disorientated,
24:31
you should get out.
24:35
It's such a hard decision to make,
24:37
you're so close to the finish.
24:38
(quiet, intense music)
24:41
(spectators applauding and cheering)
24:49
- [Ram] As you come out of the water,
24:53
the brain starts releasing
blood from the core.
24:54
That process is what we
call the after drop.
24:57
In 10 minutes and suddenly
your core body temperature
25:01
can drop from 34 to 30,
25:03
and that causes a havoc.
25:05
If you haven't been there,
25:08
it's a scary experience.
25:10
- [Medical Worker] There you go, good job.
25:13
- Can you cover my legs?
25:21
- [Ram] We have a proper ICU,
doctors and recovery unit
25:25
to make sure that no one goes over edge.
25:28
It's literally like going
up the roller coaster,
25:32
you know, that feeling, slowly, slowly, slowly,
25:35
and suddenly, you get there.
25:38
When you get there, you
see people eyes go like.
25:40
We call it the Devil's look.
25:45
They know everything that's going on,
25:47
they hear everything,
they just can't respond.
25:48
You are in like a massive,
sort of tunnel vision,
25:51
focused on hanging in there.
25:56
- [Worker] You want some more chocolate?
26:01
- Feel the life going back into me.
26:04
I don't know if that's
a good thing though.
26:06
'Cause it's all a cough.
26:08
- I'm starting to turn the corner,
26:10
so I'm feeling better.
26:12
But life, and I wanna live.
26:13
- After the dust has settled
you feel like a champion.
26:17
- [Ram] Before they start swimming,
26:22
everyone ask himself, why am I doing this?
26:24
What am I trying to prove to myself?
26:26
Guys, well done to all of you.
26:28
I know it wasn't easy,
26:31
and I know that not everyone finished.
26:32
I think it's part of the process.
26:34
(swimmers cheering)
26:36
Then after I finish I can't wait
26:39
for the next adventure.
26:42
And I'm high for days.
26:45
My big dream is to get into
the winter Olympic Games
26:49
as a sport, it would be my legacy.
26:53
The beauty of what we're
doing here today is
26:55
to show that if there is
a will, there's a way.
26:58
(uplifting music)
27:01
(light, playful music)
27:07
- [Professor] I was the
snowflake consultant
27:11
on the movie Frozen.
27:13
They wanted to get all
the snowflakes right
27:15
and so they asked me how they grow,
27:17
and I was very pleased
when the movie came out
27:20
they all looked like little snowflakes,
27:21
none of them were eight-sided,
they were all six-sided,
27:23
and so, good job.
27:25
My name is Ken Libbrecht, and
I'm a professor of Physics
27:28
here at CalTech, and I
also grow snowflakes.
27:30
Well I got into physics very early,
27:37
I've been doing that most of my life.
27:39
Maybe about 20 years ago
I just got interested
27:41
in how crystals grow, and
that sort of led me to ice,
27:43
and to snowflakes.
27:46
We still don't exactly understand
why they look like they do
27:48
so it's kind fun to think about.
27:51
To make a snowflake in the
lab you start with water
27:55
and water vapor, you
gotta get it really cold.
27:58
And basically start a crystal growing,
28:00
and I'll kind of blow
moist air down onto it,
28:02
and it just absorbs
water vapor from the air
28:05
and starts to grow, and I can
do this on a piece of glass
28:08
and so just watch it grow.
28:10
I'm the only one that makes
snowflakes like this in the lab.
28:12
When you start to look really carefully
28:15
at how a snowflake works,
28:17
you find you don't understand it
28:19
and there's a lot going on.
28:21
You dig deeper there's
more and more stuff,
28:22
and it's really very
interesting to me anyway.
28:24
I love to go out and hunt for snowflakes
28:29
because these beautiful
works of art are just falling
28:31
all over, and you pick a few of them up
28:34
and photograph them, and the rest of them
28:37
you just trample on.
28:39
At the end of the day,
I'm trying to understand
28:40
how atoms and molecules fit
together to form crystals,
28:42
and by studying snowflakes
slowly you figure things out
28:46
that are, that are useful.
28:49
One snowflake at a time.
28:51
(chuckling)
28:52
(intense music)
28:55
- [Man] In my career I've
never met a single person
29:00
with his passion, ever.
29:03
And there's not even a close second.
29:05
- I get bloody, I put my body
into the capture, the hunt.
29:07
- [Man] The guy will go anywhere,
29:11
climb any mountain to
catch a fish in a stream.
29:13
He's doin' basically
the work of a biologist,
29:16
just as sort of a volunteer.
29:19
- [Steve] Science is important
because it's gonna help us
29:21
protect more populations
of these fish that are
29:23
some are only in one creek,
some are in one river.
29:25
It may be just another trout,
29:27
but it's a special trout, and
they're all special to me.
29:29
Already been through
Mar's collection ditch,
29:38
look at this baby right here.
29:40
Look at that sucker.
29:42
My name is Steve MacMillan,
trout enthusiast.
29:43
It is truly my goal to catch a fish
29:46
at every stream in Nevada.
29:47
There's over 600, I've been
workin' on this for years.
29:49
I'm a little over halfway there.
29:52
(light, playful music)
29:53
Very few people understand
the Nevada that I see.
30:00
- [Chris] When most
people think of Nevada,
30:04
a general picture comes into
mind of hot, dry, desert.
30:06
We're the most mountainous
state in the U.S.
30:09
In these mountains, we've
got a number of streams
30:12
that are primarily fed
with snow mountain runoff.
30:14
- [Steve] Nevada is actually
home of some of the most
30:17
diverse native species of trout on Earth.
30:20
It's definitely a passion;
it's definitely a obsession.
30:26
It's both, and there's
probably four other words
30:29
they haven't invented yet to describe
30:32
what I think about this fishing
30:33
and what it does to me.
30:34
- [Interviewer] Steve MacMillan,
what's the first impression
30:36
you get when you meet him?
30:38
- Nice.
- That looks like a
30:40
brookie there.
- Yeah it does.
30:41
- [Chris] It's almost
difficult to understand him
30:42
on the phone because he's
so excited about fish
30:44
and he talks so fast.
30:47
The one word to sum up Steve is passion.
30:50
- I work in the big city, work long hours,
30:52
I take a lotta work home with me,
30:56
I have a lot of stress at work.
30:57
In fact on weekends I
find myself in these hills
30:59
walkin' long mountain
trails to go up there and
31:02
try and catch a fish.
31:04
I feel like I own the place,
31:06
and many times I do own the place.
31:07
- About four or five years ago
31:11
was the Nevada Native Slam program.
31:13
A challenge to anglers in Nevada to catch
31:15
every native species, that
includes Lahontan Cutthroat,
31:19
the Bonneville Cutthroat,
Yellowstone Cutthroat,
31:22
Red Bands, Bull Trout,
and Mountain Whitefish.
31:23
- [Steve] So I began trekkin' the state
31:27
to catch these six species.
31:29
- [Chris] It's not easy.
31:30
You need to travel great lengths to catch
31:32
some of these species of fish
31:34
and they're in extremely
remote, rugged locations,
31:35
well Steve did it in
two and a half months.
31:38
- For me to be the first to achieve it,
31:40
it was very humbling.
31:43
The last fish was
probably, for most people,
31:44
the easiest one to catch, but for me,
31:46
I drove almost 3,000 miles
over 5 trips to catch it,
31:47
and when I caught that thing it was like
31:50
winning the Super Bowl.
31:52
(fast, playful music)
31:53
My fishing technique is
called ultralight spinning.
32:10
I'm using small weight lines,
32:12
usually two to four pound test,
32:14
I'm using a very small pole, small reel.
32:15
I can tell you that I go fishing,
32:18
I don't always go catching.
32:20
I'm learning every time I go out.
32:21
23 years ago, some of these places,
32:23
I coulda never caught fish, I never did,
32:24
and I've learned how to be
more patient with the fish,
32:26
I've learned to be more subtle,
32:28
I've learned to read what time to fish,
32:29
morning, evening.
32:31
I do watch moon phases,
it does affect the fishing
32:32
and, for me, it's basically
finding that spot,
32:35
knowing they're there,
watching and observing
32:37
instead of just being in a rush.
32:39
I practice a technique I've named CPR;
32:40
capture, photograph, release.
32:42
Here we go.
32:44
I think that's a good shot for posterity.
32:45
- [Chris] He documents
everything that happens that day
32:47
and he gets stream
temperature, air temperature,
32:50
lengths and weights of
fish and pictures of that
32:53
and he'll prepare a
report and send it to us.
32:56
He'll be out at a stream
that we haven't been to
33:01
in 50, 60 years
33:03
and he'll grab fin clips for us,
33:06
and that fin sample is
used for genetic analysis
33:08
to determine if that
population is genetically pure
33:10
or hybridized.
33:14
He has found species of fish in places
33:15
that we had no idea about.
33:18
So he's doin' the work of a biologist
33:20
just as sort of a volunteer.
33:22
(dramatic, swelling music)
33:24
- [Steve] The final icing on the cake
33:31
is taking that fish, give
him a kiss on the forehead,
33:32
putting it back in the
water and watch it swim off,
33:34
and thanking the fish
for being kind enough
33:36
to give me a chance to document its life
33:38
without killing it.
33:40
(mysterious music)
33:43
- You know, drought,
specifically in a state
33:48
as dry as Nevada, can be very problematic.
33:51
We're seein’, you know, the wetted length
of a number of our streams
33:54
decreasing dramatically.
33:58
- It's recording what I
think is a disappearing
33:59
part of our heritage.
34:02
These trout are disappearing
due to global warming,
34:04
efforts of mankind,
34:06
I believe that in my lifetime,
34:08
half these places I've
caught fish will be gone.
34:11
As a kid I had a very
large interest in biology,
34:13
so it's kinda the school child biologist
34:16
coming through as an adult.
34:18
It doesn't pay for itself,
34:20
hundreds of miles of gas,
34:22
sometimes thousands of miles in a weekend
34:23
to catch a fish, but to
me, that's what drives me.
34:25
The rewards of having biologists
34:27
and people that are enthusiasts contact me
34:29
and say, "I saw your
story, I've read about ya."
34:31
that makes me feel like a superstar,
34:33
and all I am is, is just
a guy going fishing,
34:37
and I know my story is
pretty lame to most people,
34:39
but to me it is the,
it's the top of the hill.
34:41
It's the glory.
34:47
(light, playful music)
34:49
(slow, peaceful music)
34:57
- [Narrator] The largest
insect migration in the world
35:00
ends each year in Michoacán, Mexico.
35:02
Cold winters are deadly to
these beautiful butterflies,
35:09
so when the chill of winter
descends on the northern half
35:13
of their range across the
United States and Canada,
35:15
they take flight en masse,
35:18
in search of a warmer winter home.
35:20
(light, peaceful music)
35:22
An estimated 100 million
Monarch pass the cold months
35:30
of the winter hibernation period
35:33
in the towering trees of
this beautifully protected
35:35
nature reserve in western Mexico.
35:38
On their incredible journey,
35:41
the butterflies travel an
average of 2,500 miles,
35:43
relying on air currents and thermal drafts
35:46
to carry them long distances.
35:48
The Monarch is the only butterfly known
35:51
to migrate the same way that birds do.
35:53
At night, when the temperature drops,
35:56
they cluster together in tight groups
35:59
to conserve heat and energy.
36:01
This survival tactic
produces some of the most
36:03
stunning formations
across the insect world.
36:05
(rhythmic, intense music)
36:20
- [Narrator] While canyoneering
is a brand new sport,
36:26
it starts with an old
school leap of faith.
36:28
Its participants hold their breath
36:30
as they repel down
seemingly bottomless canyons
36:32
formed by centuries of wind and water,
36:35
through oncoming waterfalls,
around blind turns,
36:38
and dangling over cliffs,
36:41
the sports pioneers
take on natural wonders
36:42
the rest of us would never dare.
36:44
Kitt Turner is one of those pioneers.
36:46
He and his team are about
to enter Canada's Box Canyon
36:49
for the first time,
36:51
a place that will make their knees quake.
36:53
- [Kitt] I got started
running canyons in Hawaii.
37:04
I started rock climbing and
eventually made the progression
37:07
into canyoneering.
37:11
Jenna's my girlfriend,
she's a Hawaii girl,
37:14
born and raised.
37:17
We've been dating now
for almost two years.
37:18
We met climbing.
37:21
- Kitt always pushes me
37:22
to go outside my comfort level a lot.
37:23
(mysterious music)
37:27
- [Kitt] When you're
talking about canyoneering,
37:33
the process of descending a canyon,
37:35
you have to decide how much
rope you wanna bring along,
37:37
you wanna decide if the rock
quality is gonna be good enough
37:40
to set up anchors for the repels.
37:44
You also have to find a good crew
37:47
that is good under pressure.
37:50
- You're just dealing with
lots of complexities of nature,
37:52
rocks, waterfall, it's just
constant problem solving
37:54
using your brain, using your body.
37:59
- [Kitt] Canyons are very fickle,
38:00
and they're very weather-dependent.
38:02
Conditions in a canyon
can change from one day
38:05
to the next, from one season to the next.
38:08
(dramatic music)
38:10
For this particular canyon, Box Canyon,
38:14
you have to cross the Squamish River.
38:17
- [Jenna] Kayaking across
the river, it was an ordeal
38:19
because you just really have
to paddle your heart out
38:22
just to cut across that current,
38:25
and then you have to make
a sharp U-turn into this
38:27
little tiny beachfront.
38:31
- [Kitt] So once you cross the river,
38:32
there's a mosquito-infested hike
38:34
into the bottom of the Box Canyon stream.
38:36
And then you hike upstream for awhile
38:40
before you get to the
technical part of the canyon
38:42
which involves rope.
38:46
- [Jenna] The first thought
was, “Is this man made?”
38:47
This is not real.
38:49
It looks like a Disneyland ride.
38:51
- One, two, three.
38:54
(dramatic music)
38:59
- [Kitt] Box Canyon is
considered a Class C canyon.
39:03
(water rushing)
39:08
Most of the repels, if not all the repels,
39:11
you're going straight
through the water course,
39:14
which is straight through the waterfall,
39:17
and you're getting pounded by the water,
39:19
it's hitting you in your face.
39:22
You're slipping, you're
sliding all over the place.
39:23
- [Jenna] My favorite thing
about dropping into a canyon
39:26
is the rush of getting over the edge.
39:28
- This is my passion, man,
I don't get more pumped
39:31
than when I'm in a canyon.
39:33
- [Kitt] It kinda adds
that element of excitement
39:34
where you can't see where
you're gonna end up.
39:37
- [Jenna] When you're on
the edge of an adventure,
39:41
when you feel like I could
die doing this right now
39:44
but I can't back down, and then you do it,
39:47
it's like the most amazing feeling.
39:51
- Whoo, yeah!
39:53
I don't get the people that are like,
39:55
why would you do that?
39:56
I'm just like, “Why not?”
39:58
(chuckling)
39:59
If you don't get it, you don't get it.
40:01
- [Kitt] For someone who's looking
40:03
at doing what we did, which
is dropping everything
40:05
and pursuing your dreams,
40:07
I would say that it's
definitely a leap of faith,
40:09
and maybe you crash and burn.
40:13
But the highs are
incredible and you're never
40:15
gonna get those amazing
moments and see if you
40:17
can really achieve your
dreams if you don't try.
40:22
(dramatic, inspirational music)
40:25
(loud bing)
40:55
歌词与翻译
[中文]
（看到嗡嗡声）
（神秘的音乐）
- [登山者] 是的，加油。
- 哇！
- [旁白]人类与元素。
对于某些人来说，这是一种不舒服的联系。
- [女]干得好。
- [旁白]对于其他人来说，
当天气来袭时，
灵感就开始了。
- 生活中有很多人，
他们忘记了梦想，因为
他们害怕失败。
- [旁白]这些是
挑战自然的人们，
寻找它的极限，揭示它的秘密，
并拥抱它的可怕力量。
在本集中，我们将遇到两个
借助太阳的力量绕地球
飞行的飞行员。
登山者无所畏惧
跃入大自然的深渊。
还有一个将高空降雪
变成巨型艺术品的人。
这些先驱者
精彩的户外活动即将来临，
太棒了。
（神秘音乐）
- 生活中有很多人，
他们忘记了梦想
因为他们害怕
走出他们的舒适区。
- [旁白] 13 年
以前，两位有进取心的飞行员
有一个共同的梦想：实现不可能的事情。
他们的目标？为了建立
第一架太阳能飞机
环游世界，
开创一个没有化石燃料和污染的航空未来
。
- 我们的目标只是
大多数可行的方法。
- 探戈，X射线。
- [旁白]他们的计划雄心勃勃；
17 条腿穿越地球
在一年内，
行驶了 25,000 英里。
轮流在驾驶舱内，
副驾驶 Bertrand Piccard
和 André Borschberg，
知道他们将面临
技术和运营挑战。
- [工程师]我们得回去了。
- [旁白]战斗时
天气和元素。
- 这确实是一个困难的时刻。
- [旁白]以前所未有的方式
去冒险和荣耀。
（戏剧音乐）
- 当我还是个孩子的时候，
我认识的所有人
都是探险家，
冒险家和宇航员。
- 你知道我小时候
我读了很多关于
开通线路的飞行员的书籍，
基本上发现了
通过飞机的世界。
- [电视声音] 他是
决心这次一定要成功。
- [伯特兰] 我的祖父
是第一个进入平流层的人
，发明了
加压胶囊。
然后我父亲进行了有史以来最深的潜水
触及马里亚纳海沟的底部，
地球上最深的地方，
并表明最深的地方
海洋中的海沟
必须得到保护。
- 我很着迷
由尝试
一些新的、不同的东西的人们创造。
- 我认为探索
是唯一的生存方式。
我不停地飞来飞去
气球里的世界。
我们燃烧了近四吨丙烷气。
这是污染。
我在想，“如何
不用燃料我能做到吗？”
这就是梦想
阳光动力号开始了。
驾驶自行生产的太阳能飞机
用太阳发电，
将电力储存在电池中，
这样你就可以飞过黑夜，
永远飞到下一个日出。
- 当我 13 年前制作 Bertrand 时，
我立即有了这样的印象
我的生活正在经历
一些极其重要的事情。
- 我发现安德烈是
是我的缺失部分
，而我是他的使命部分。
他是工程师、企业家、喷气式战斗机飞行员。
我是一名医生，我是一名探险家，
所以我问他是否同意
与我合作，
他立即接受了。
齐心协力，我们可以
完整的人。
这是一架非常难飞的飞机，
也许是最难的
世界上飞行
的飞机，因为其翼展巨大，
非常轻，并且
对湍流的敏感性。
所以这个你必须完全掌握。
- 所以一开始你
只会过度控制它；
这是一场灾难。
使用模拟器让我们真正
感受到
这架飞机的个性，
知道如何处理它。
- 我获得了离开塔的许可。
- [塔台控制] 你
明确可以继续进行。
- 我可以全开油门，发动机不会发出噪音
，并且
飞机起飞。
然后只要我能，就想留在空中
，没有限制。
（轻快、振奋人心的音乐）
当我们旅行时，需要三天的时间
才能飞到其他人的地方
将在八小时内乘坐喷气式飞机
飞行。
但你知道你
可以永远留在那里。
神奇的是看太阳，
看看两侧的螺旋桨，
看到它们在没有转动的情况下转动
没有噪音，没有污染，
想想看，我正处于一个
科幻电影。
这不可能是真的，但确实是真的。
因此，一旦安德烈能够为四个电动引擎提供最大动力
，
环球之旅就会开始。
我再说一遍，这始终是一种尝试。
阳光动力 II 的环球旅行
于 2015 年 3 月开始。
安德烈和我，我们轮流在驾驶舱里。
（轻快、沉思的音乐）
Price Albert 就在我旁边，
他会正式开始，
然后就是冒险
将开始我的朋友。
- 很高兴
祝您在这场精彩的演出中一切顺利
穿越太平洋，
，这样您就可以继续前进
与起飞程序。
（人们鼓掌）
- 当我从日本带她回来时，
一个重要设备发生故障
，工程师立即告诉我
我必须返回日本修复它。
但我对它的看法完全不同，
这是第一个
太平洋上空
的天气正在好转。
（神秘沉思的音乐）
- 我想说我们必须回去
，因为我们有选择。
- 工程师们从来不明白这一点，
他们从来不明白为什么
我冒了这个风险。
其中一些人想立即辞职
，我决定继续。
（神秘、沉思的音乐）
- 就这么多
我们可以从这里为您提供支持
。
你将独自一人。
- 这真是一个艰难的时刻，
我们走还是不走，
不过天气好，
飞机飞得很好，值得一试。
我做了冥想；我无法入睡；
慢慢地，日出时，我
可以把这种情绪
抛到一边，然后我就可以
回到我一直梦想的
去享受我现在的日子
太平洋上空。
- 我不知道有多少
我们在这次航班中设置的记录
，它是
我们成功完成了整个环球旅行
。
中最困难的飞行
（神秘、沉思的音乐）
（人们鼓掌）
- [Bertrand] 灵感不是
只有当你成功
并举起胜利的旗帜时。
正是通过所有这些时刻
，你才拥有了
失去控制的印象。
- 阳光动力号 II
任务从阿布扎比
开始，期间有多次中途停留。
首先跨越亚洲，跨越太平洋，
跨越美国，
跨越大西洋，跨越太平洋
地中海，
一切都是为了回到中东。
- 我冲过了终点
在阿布扎比上空排队，
，我在空中等待了一个半小时
，然后才降落。
我可能会完全沉浸在成功的
情感中，
但仍然处于完全的状态
冒险的情感。
那一刻我想
一切皆有可能。
一切皆有可能。
为什么我们不多做一些梦呢？
我们为什么不尝试更多呢？
- [女]美丽！呼呼！
- 几个小时前我不得不
打开驾驶舱的门，
我必须着陆。
还有这趟航班
世界变成了回忆。
（观众鼓掌）
- 我们在这里所做的是
真正的开创性工作，
，这就是慢慢了解
这些技术的潜力。
10 年后，我们将
使用电动飞机。
也许不是太阳能，这需要更多时间，
但肯定是电力。
- 如果你有一个不可能实现的目标，
那些将要实现的人
支持你们，你们是先锋。
（轻快、平静的音乐）
（神秘的音乐）
- [西蒙]在上面画画
土地，在相当大的范围内，
是人们曾经去过的东西
做了几千年。
（神秘的音乐）
我是西蒙·贝克，我制作
雪地里的图画。
（轻快、平静的音乐）
一开始只是为了一点乐趣。
我开始这样做是为了作为徒步登山的一种简单选择
当我想要锻炼一下
但感觉没有足够的精力
去爬山时。
脾气很大
不可预测的事情。
您非常擅长
天气的怜悯，
和真正的天气预报。
以及最好的结果
通过等待
直到条件合适
并尝试在一天内完成来获得。
因此，您要寻找的是
明天的良好、可靠的天气预报，
以及今天还不错的天气预报。
所以你今天倾向于
，希望得到
明天拍一张照片。
我们可能只是
在日落之前完成它，
所以祈祷吧
我们会得到一个好的结果。
（有节奏、确定的音乐）
脚步的大致估计，
每小时大约 5,000 步。
每秒一到两次。
所以一张大图，需要两个小时的测量，
八个小时的工作，你
看看 40,000 步。
（轻快、平静的音乐）
您从绘画开始
在一张纸上，
或者是你脑海中的图画。
只是将其视为定向运动地图，
你只是朝着某个方向前进
某个方向上的距离
通过计算步数来确定距离。
这是一项非常消耗体力的运动。
当您进行以下操作时，这相当于在山上走了一整天
这些大图之一，
它超出了大多数人的想象
人们将能够在一天内完成
。
这是一项艰巨的任务。
（轻快、平静的音乐）
我经常被要求将其与
在沙滩上画画进行比较。
对雪的恐惧是
是没有时间限制
这不是那种游戏
潮水到来时的情况。
当然，最大的缺点是
你不能在上面行走
而不做标记。
理想的雪大约是深
并且非常柔软和粉状，
下面有非常坚固的表面。
这意味着您可以步行
很容易穿过它
，你可以步行一整天
不会太累。
你永远不确定
看起来怎么样，
所以总会有一点
有点交叉手指
，而实际上你
终于第一次从上面
看到它了。
（轻快、平静的音乐）
此刻我正要
世界上唯一一个
做类似事情的人。
（轻快、平静的音乐）
- [工程师]能够
当你在冲浪板上做科学时，
这只是一个转瞬即逝的时刻，
这是令人难以置信的
实际上能够做到。
（慢摇滚音乐）
- [发明家] Smartfin 是冲浪板鳍。
你将它夹在冲浪板的底部，
你出去冲浪。
它拥有测量海洋 pH 值、
盐度、海洋温度
和非常详细的波浪特征
的技术，因此将会有大量数据。
这些参数之所以重要
是因为它们会因气候变化而直接发生变化#{41}。
...
我们有详细信息
关于深海，
，但准确度非常有限
有关近岸的信息。
卫星不能
数据非常准确
在那个狭窄的区域。
另一种方式是海洋浮标，
但它们不是
部署在海岸。
Bingo，Smartfin 可以填补这一空白。
- 收集海洋数据
这是一个非常耗时、
昂贵的过程。
这就像，你只是
需要知道如何冲浪。
数据从您的鳍传输到您的手机
，然后从您的手机传输
它会传送到我们的服务器
，所有内容都将在其中进行处理。
- 现在我们已经设置了一个测试罐。
作为一名科学家，这很漂亮
令人兴奋的是能够获取这些不同的数据
时间和空间尺度。
事实上，您可以出去冲浪
并有助于了解
实际发生的情况
那里是令人难以置信的。
- 冲浪者非常有影响力，
并且非常关心环境
并且想要谈论它。
所以 Smartfin 只是一个以更具体的方式实现这一目标的工具
。
（滴水）
- [研究员]每个地方
在世界上听起来独一无二。
这些音景告诉我们
关于那个地方的故事。
他们告诉我们方法
全球变暖
开始发生变化
自然的音景。
（紧张的弦乐）
在太阳升起之前
是黎明合唱。
鸟儿开始歌唱，
昆虫和两栖动物开始歌唱，
那是
有一天出去听。
我是一名音景生态学家，我
以记录动物为生。
这是舒格洛夫州立公园。
每年春天我都可以
每周一次
在同一地点录制，
使用相同类型的设备，
这样我就可以重复这些
一遍又一遍地录音
并进行比较。
我有相当多的档案
的材料表明，
随着时间的推移，这个栖息地已经
由于全球变暖
发生了相当大的变化。
和加州干旱，
（鸟儿歌唱）
2004年录制的第一张录音
显示出非常强大的栖息地
带有流的签名。
2014 年，情况发生了根本性的变化，
已经是第二次了
加利福尼亚州
发生严重干旱的一年。
2015 年，我们做了什么
我称之为寂静的春天。
问题出现了，
这些音景告诉我们什么，
这些生物幻象告诉我们什么？
我的猜测是全球变暖
在这
中发挥了一定作用，因为春天比平常提前了两周
，
肯定比 10 年前要早。
我的图书馆的独特之处之一是
我们可以
回到这些地方
，我们现在可以比较
它们的声音与
20、30、40 年前他们听起来是什么样子。
我收藏的超过 50%
来自栖息地
，这些栖息地发生了根本性的改变，
它们要么完全沉默
，要么不再被听到
以原来的形式。
这是来自哥斯达黎加的示例。
（鸟类和野生动物歌唱）
这是伐木之前，这是伐木之后。
（几只鸟鸣叫）
同一地点。
这是斐济的 Vanua Levu 珊瑚礁。
一部分正在消亡，
它的一部分仍然活着，
这是活着的部分的声音：
（水拍打）
这是垂死的部分的声音：
几乎没有鱼的声音。
我们真的不知道什么
这意味着从长远来看。
从短期来看，我们正在开始
失去这些音景
，因为栖息地只是
改变得如此彻底
350
00:19:26,036 --> 00:19:29,675
我们对此负有部分责任。
当我第一次开始时
大约 50 年前的记录，
我会走进
场上，戴上
一副耳机，坐下来听
，因为这让我感觉很好。
这让我意识到
我周围的生活世界，
，所以我想做任何事
这对我来说就是这样。
（膨胀沉思的音乐）
（神秘的音乐）
- [游泳者] 每个人都说我生气了。
他们问我这个问题
是什么吸引我来到冰上。
令我惊讶的是
有多少人关注。
- [旁白]高高在上
在南部非洲的山区
，有 15 位无所畏惧的游泳运动员正在参加
地球上最极限的比赛之一。
没有潜水衣，没有任何保护，
他们必须在足够冷的水中游一公里
才能杀死他们。
他们称之为竞赛，但是
大多数人会称之为精神错乱。
正如创始人 Ram Barkai 会告诉您的那样，
国际组织的成员
冰泳协会
不只是奋战到底，
他们还要为生存而奋斗。
（神秘的音乐）
（看到嗡嗡声）
（神秘的音乐）
- [Ram] 游冷水
已成为我的热情。
好的，我们需要另一项任务
为这些人提供力量，嘿？
冰，是锦上添花。
我觉得冰很极端。
我对极限挑战很感兴趣。
毫无疑问在冰中游泳
是一项危险的运动。
- [观众] 拉姆加油，拉姆加油！
- [Ram] 这不是肾上腺素瘾君子，
北极熊式的体验，
你实际上必须游泳
仅穿着 Speedo、护目镜和帽子，在五度以下的水中以极快的速度
一公里
。
这些是规则。
我创立了国际
冰泳协会。
我希望它成为
一项适当的国际
认可的运动。
- 这是生理上的双重打击，
这是冰泳，很有挑战性，
而且你处于海拔高度。
你们中的大多数人都没有
之前曾在高海拔地区。
- [Ram] 我的意思是我们在非洲，
在山区
莱索托，我们发现了冰，
，我们有一个国际
南非冰上锦标赛。
- 南部的任何地方
非洲你会发现
水温五度或
下面除了这里。
- [Ram] 去年，我们有
大约13个全国冠军
就是这样。
我们现在有 28 名游泳运动员
世界各国。
- 我们正在非洲进行冰泳，
这有点荒谬
如果你问任何人。
我们也认为这很荒谬。
- 这是一个巨大的心理
挑战进入水中
并进行身体锻炼
很长一段时间。
你继续前进，需要大量的精神力量
，这就是我所爱的，我
喜欢在这些条件下突破界限
。
（激烈、沉思的音乐）
- [Ram] 这不是一项运动，
你必须保持苗条、刻薄，
并美丽地获胜。
您的体脂含量必须在 20% 左右。
你必须保持健康，你必须训练
这样你的身体和思想都知道
如何应对震动。
恐慌是头号杀手。
（水拍打）
- 最初，您无法分辨
如果水很热
或很冷，它几乎会燃烧。
前三分钟很痛苦，
然后你就平静下来了
一切都变得麻木。
- 体温开始下降。
进入水中姿势
体温过低对运动员的危害
。
- [Ram] 它会对你的身体造成严重破坏，
会影响你的血压，
你的心率，你的
氧气，你的大脑。
- [黑外套的女人]
你的脑海中只有一件事
，那就是呼吸。
冰让你无法呼吸，
，如果你不控制它，你可能会让
陷入麻烦的世界。
- [Ram] 的平均时间
水15到20分钟，
还是安全的。
这是一项非常考验脑力的运动。
对我来说，精神胜过物质。
- 不是你在比赛
反对别人，
这是关于你的反对
冰和寒冷，
基本上是竞争
违背你自己的想法。
- 这种感冒开始影响神经系统的功能
，
等等混乱，以及
有时会发生谵妄，
运动员可能会开始产生幻觉
或者他们可能会失忆。
- 如果您感到头晕和迷失方向，
您应该出去。
这是一个很难做出的决定，
你已经很接近终点了。
（安静、激烈的音乐）
（观众鼓掌欢呼）
- [Ram] 当你从水中出来时，
大脑开始释放
来自核心的血液。
这个过程就是我们
呼叫后滴。
10 分钟后突然
您的核心体温
可能会从 34 降至 30，
，这会造成严重破坏。
如果您没有去过那里，
那将是一次可怕的经历。
- [医务人员] 好了，干得好。
- 你能遮住我的腿吗？
- [Ram]我们有合适的重症监护室，
医生和康复中心
，以确保没有人超出极限。
这实际上就像去
坐过山车，
你知道，那种感觉，慢慢地，慢慢地，慢慢地，
突然间，你就到达了那里。
当您到达那里时，您
看人眼神走去就好。
我们称之为魔鬼的样子。
他们知道发生的一切，
他们听到一切，
他们就是无法回应。
你就像一个巨大的，
有点狭隘的视野，
专注于坚持下去。
- [工人]你想要更多巧克力吗？
- 感受生命回到我体内。
我不知道是不是这样
不过是件好事。
因为都是咳嗽。
- 我开始扭转局面，
所以我感觉好多了。
但是生活，我想活下去。
- 尘埃落定后
你感觉自己像个冠军。
- [Ram] 在他们开始游泳之前，
每个人都会问自己，我为什么要这样做？
我想向自己证明什么？
伙计们，你们都干得好。
我知道这并不容易，
而且我知道并不是每个人都完成了。
我认为这是这个过程的一部分。
（游泳者欢呼）
然后，当我完成后，我就等不及
下一次冒险了。
我已经兴奋了好几天了。
我最大的梦想是进入
冬季奥运会
作为一项运动，这将成为我的遗产。
我们的美丽
今天在这里做的是
来表明如果有
有意愿，就有办法。
（振奋人心的音乐）
（轻松、有趣的音乐）
- [教授] 我是
电影《冰雪奇缘》中的雪花顾问
。
他们想要得到所有
雪花就在
，所以他们问我它们是如何生长的，
，我很高兴
电影上映时
它们看起来都像小雪花，
它们都不是八边形的，
它们都是六面的，
，所以干得好。
我的名字是 Ken Libbrecht，并且
我是加州理工学院的物理学教授
，我
也长出了雪花。
嗯，我很早就开始接触物理学，
我一生的大部分时间都在做这件事。
大概是 20 年前
我只是对晶体的生长方式
感兴趣，并且
这让我想到了冰、
和雪花。
我们还是不太明白
为什么他们看起来像
，所以思考起来很有趣。
制作雪花
实验室你从水
和水蒸气开始，你
一定要让它变得非常冷。
基本上开始晶体生长，
然后我会吹一下
潮湿的空气落在它上面，
，它就会吸收
空气中的水蒸气
并开始增长，我可以
在一块玻璃
上执行此操作，然后观察它的生长。
我是唯一一个能做到这一点的人
实验室里有这样的雪花。
当您开始仔细观察
雪花的工作原理时，
您会发现自己不理解它
，而且发生了很多事情。
你再深入挖掘一下
越来越多的东西，
，这真的非常非常
无论如何，我很感兴趣。
我喜欢出去寻找雪花
因为这些美丽的
艺术品
掉得到处都是，你捡起其中的一些
并拍摄它们，而其余的
你只是踩在脚下。
归根结底，
我试图理解
原子和分子如何配合
一起形成晶体，
并通过研究雪花
慢慢地，你会发现
有用的东西。
一次一片雪花。
（咯咯笑）
（激烈的音乐）
- [Man] 在我的职业生涯中，我
从来没有遇到过一个人
有他的热情。
甚至没有紧随其后的第二名。
- 我流血了，我把我的身体
进入捕捉、狩猎。
- [Man] 这家伙会去任何地方，
爬任何一座山
在小溪里抓到一条鱼。
他基本上在做
生物学家的工作，
就像志愿者一样。
- [史蒂夫]科学很重要
因为它会帮助我们
保护更多人口
这些鱼中的
有些只生活在一条小溪中，
有些在一条河里。
它可能只是另一条鳟鱼，
但它是一种特殊的鳟鱼，并且
他们对我来说都很特别。
已经经历过
Mar 的收藏沟，
看看这里的这个宝贝。
看看那个傻瓜。
我的名字是史蒂夫·麦克米伦，
鳟鱼爱好者。
在内华达州的每条溪流中捕获一条鱼
确实是我的目标。
有超过 600 个，我去过
多年来一直致力于此。
我已经完成一半多一点了。
（轻快、有趣的音乐）
很少有人理解
我看到的内华达州
- [克里斯] 当大多数
人们想到内华达州时，
就会出现一个总体情况
炎热、干燥、沙漠的心灵。
我们是山地最多的地区
美国的州
在这些山区，我们
得到了一些主要被馈送的流
与雪山径流。
- [史蒂夫]内华达实际上是
这里是地球上一些
最多样化的本土鳟鱼物种的家园。
这绝对是一种激情；
这绝对是一种痴迷。
两者兼而有之
可能还有四个词
他们还没有发明来描述
我对这次钓鱼的看法
以及它对我的影响。
- [采访者]史蒂夫·麦克米伦，
第一印象是什么
当你遇见他时你会得到什么？
- 很好。
- 那里看起来像
brookie。
- 是的，确实如此。
- [克里斯] 差不多了
很难在电话里听懂他的意思
，因为他
对鱼
很兴奋，而且他说得很快。
概括史蒂夫的一个词就是激情。
- 我在大城市工作，工作时间很长，
我把很多工作带回家，
我工作压力很大。
事实上，周末我
发现自己在这些山丘中
行走在长山中
去那里
尝试钓鱼。
我觉得我拥有这个地方，
而且很多时候我确实拥有这个地方。
- 大约四五年前，
是内华达州本土大满贯计划。
内华达州垂钓者面临的挑战是捕获
所有本地物种，
包括 Lahontan Cutthroat、
Bonneville Cutthroat、
黄石割喉鱼、
红带、牛鳟鱼、
和山白鱼。
- [史蒂夫] 所以我开始在
州徒步旅行来捕捉这六个物种。
- [克里斯] 这并不容易。
您需要长途跋涉才能捕获
其中一些鱼类
，而且它们的处境极其艰难
偏远、崎岖的地方，
史蒂夫做到了
两个半月。
- 对于我来说，成为第一个实现这一目标的人，
这是非常令人谦卑的。
最后一条鱼是
对于大多数人来说，
可能是最容易赶上的，但对我来说，
我行驶了近 3,000 英里
超过 5 趟才能抓住它，
，当我抓住那东西时，就像
赢得了超级碗一样。
（快速、有趣的音乐）
我的钓鱼技巧是
称为超轻纺纱。
我使用的是小重量线，
通常是两到四磅测试，
我使用的是非常小的杆，小卷轴。
我可以告诉你我去钓鱼，
我并不总是去钓鱼。
每次外出我都在学习。
23 年前，其中一些地方，
我从来没有钓过鱼，我从来没有钓过，
但我已经学会了如何做
对鱼更有耐心
我学会了更加微妙，
我学会了阅读什么时间钓鱼，
早上、晚上。
我确实看月相，
它确实影响了钓鱼
，对我来说，这基本上是
找到那个地方，
知道他们在那里，
观察并观察
，而不是只是匆忙。
我练习一种我称之为心肺复苏的技术；
捕捉、拍照、发布。
开始吧。
我认为这对后代来说是一个很好的机会。
- [克里斯] 他记录
那天发生的一切
他都会直播
温度、气温、
的长度和重量
鱼和
的照片，他会准备一个
报告并发送给我们。
他会参加直播
我们已经 50、60 年没去过
了
，他会为我们拿鳍夹，
，鳍样本是
用于遗传分析
以确定是否
种群是遗传纯
或杂交的。
他在
我们不知道的地方发现了鱼类种类。
所以他正在做生物学家的工作
就像志愿者一样。
（戏剧性、膨胀的音乐）
- [史蒂夫]最后的锦上添花
是拿那条鱼，给
在他的额头上吻了一下，
把它放回原处
水，看着它游走，
并感谢鱼
感谢您足够友善
给我一个机会记录它的生活
而不杀死它。
（神秘的音乐）
- 你知道，干旱，
特别是在内华达州
这样干燥的州，可能会产生很大的问题。
我们看到的是湿长度
我们的许多流
急剧减少。
- 它正在记录我的内容
思考是我们遗产中正在消失的
部分。
这些鳟鱼正在消失
由于全球变暖，
人类的努力，
我相信在我的一生中，
一半的地方我去过
抓到的鱼就会消失。
作为一个孩子，我有一个非常
对生物学很感兴趣，
所以有点像小学生生物学家
成长为成年人。
它本身并不能收回成本，
数百英里的汽油，
有时周末行驶数千英里
去钓鱼，但
我，这就是我的动力。
让生物学家
和爱好者联系我的回报
并说：“我看到了你的
故事，我读过关于你的故事。”
这让我感觉自己像个超级巨星，
而我只是，只是
一个人去钓鱼，
，我知道我的故事是
对大多数人来说相当蹩脚，
但对我来说，
这是山顶。
这是荣耀。
（轻快、有趣的音乐）
（缓慢、平静的音乐）
- [旁白]最大的
世界上的昆虫迁徙
每年在墨西哥米却肯州结束。
寒冷的冬天对人体来说是致命的
这些美丽的蝴蝶，
所以当冬天寒冷的时候
下降到其分布范围的北半部
美国和加拿大，
他们集体飞行，
寻找温暖的冬季家园。
（轻快、平静的音乐）
估计有 1 亿
君主在高耸的树木中度过了冬季冬眠期
这个位于墨西哥西部的美丽的
的寒冷月份
自然保护区受到保护。
在他们不可思议的旅程中，
蝴蝶飞过
平均 2,500 英里，
依靠气流和热气流
将它们带到长距离。
帝王蝶是已知
唯一一种以与鸟类相同的方式迁徙的蝴蝶。
到了晚上，当气温下降时，
它们紧密地聚集在一起
以保存热量和能量。
这种生存策略
产生一些最
令人惊叹的构造
穿越昆虫世界。
（有节奏、激烈的音乐）
- [旁白]峡谷探险时
是一项全新的运动，
它从一项旧运动开始
学校信仰的飞跃。
参与者屏住呼吸
，因为他们排斥
看似无底的峡谷
由几个世纪的风和水形成，
穿过迎面而来的瀑布，
绕过盲目转弯，
并在悬崖上晃来晃去，
体育先驱
探索自然奇观
是我们其他人永远不敢的。
Kitt Turner 是这些先驱之一。
他和他的团队大约
第一次进入加拿大的盒子峡谷
，
一个会让他们膝盖发抖的地方。
- [Kitt]我开始了
在夏威夷运行峡谷。
我开始攀岩并且
最终
进入峡谷探险。
珍娜是我的女朋友，
她是一名夏威夷女孩，
出生并长大。
我们现在已经开始约会了
将近两年了。
我们遇见了攀岩。
- Kitt 总是督促我
经常超出我的舒适水平。
（神秘的音乐）
- [Kitt] 当你
谈论峡谷探险，
下降峡谷的过程，
您必须决定多少
你想带上的绳子，
你想决定是否岩石
质量将足够好
为排斥设置锚点。
您还必须找到一支能够承受压力的优秀团队
。
- 你只是在处理
大自然有很多复杂性，
岩石、瀑布，这只是
不断地解决问题
用你的大脑，用你的身体。
- [Kitt] 峡谷非常变化无常，
而且它们非常依赖天气。
峡谷内的情况
可以从一天
改变到第二天，从一个季节改变到下一个季节。
（戏剧性音乐）
对于这个特殊的峡谷 Box Canyon，
您必须穿过斯阔米什河。
- [珍娜]划皮划艇穿越
河流，这是一场磨难
，因为你真的有
划动你的心
只是为了跨越那股潮流，
然后你必须做
急转弯进入这个
的小海滨。
- [Kitt] 因此，一旦您过河，
就会有一条蚊子出没的徒步路线
进入 Box Canyon 溪流的底部。
然后你逆流而上一段时间
在您到达之前
峡谷
的技术部分涉及绳索。
- [珍娜] 第一个想法
是，“这个人是被造的吗？”
这不是真的。
看起来就像迪士尼乐园的游乐设施。
- 一、二、三。
（戏剧性音乐）
- [Kitt] Box Canyon 是
被认为是C级峡谷。
（水流冲刷）
大多数排斥，如果不是全部排斥，
你会直走
穿过水道，
，直接穿过瀑布，
，你会受到水的冲击，
它会打在你的脸上。
你在滑倒，你在
到处滑动。
- [珍娜]我最喜欢的东西
掉进峡谷
是冲过边缘的冲动。
- 这是我的热情，伙计，
没有比在峡谷中更让我兴奋的了。
- [Kitt] 有点增加
那种你看不到的兴奋元素
你会结束的。
- [珍娜] 当你在时
冒险的边缘，
当你觉得我可以时
现在就这么做
，但我不能退缩，然后你就这么做了，
，这就像最奇妙的感觉。
- 哇，是啊！
我不明白有人会说，
你为什么要这么做？
我只是想，“为什么不呢？”
（轻笑）
如果你不明白，你就没有明白。
- [Kitt] 对于那些正在
做我们所做的事情的人来说，
放弃一切
并追求你的梦想，
我会说这是
绝对是一次信仰的飞跃，
，也许你会崩溃。
但最高点是
令人难以置信，但你永远不会
得到那些令人惊叹的
看看您
是否真的能实现您的目标
如果你不尝试，就会有梦想。
（戏剧性、鼓舞人心的音乐）
（大声的 bing）
[英语]
Show
重点词汇
开始练习
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elements /ˈelɪmənts/ B1 |
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inspiration /ˌɪnspəˈreɪʃən/ B2 |
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afraid /əˈfreɪd/ A2 |
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challenge /ˈtʃælɪndʒ/ B1 |
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limits /ˈlɪmɪts/ B1 |
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secrets /ˈsiːkrəts/ B1 |
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power /ˈpaʊər/ A2 |
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pilots /ˈpaɪləts/ B1 |
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globe /ɡloʊb/ B1 |
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abyss /əˈbɪs/ C1 |
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pioneers /ˌpaɪəˈnɪərz/ B2 |
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ambitious /æmˈbɪʃəs/ B2 |
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logging /ˈlɒɡɪŋ/ B1 |
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technical /ˈtekɪkəl/ B2 |
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operational /ˌɒpəˈreɪʃənəl/ B2 |
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battling /ˈbætlɪŋ/ B1 |
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unprecedented /ʌnˈpresɪdentɪd/ C1 |
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重点语法结构
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Their goal? To build the first solar-powered plane to fly around the world,
➔ 目的不定式
➔ “to build…”这个短语解释了他们为什么有目标。它作为名词修饰“goal”。结构是“名词 + to + 动词原形”。
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Taking turns in the cockpit, co-pilots Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, knew that they would face technical and operational challenges.
➔ 分词短语作形容词
➔ “Taking turns…”修饰“co-pilots”，描述了他们在做什么。这是一个缩减的定语从句（例如“who were taking turns”）。
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While battling weather and the elements, inspiration begins.
➔ 时间/让步状从句
➔ “While battling…”引入一个从句，为主要从句设置背景。“While”表示灵感在斗争*期间*发生。
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These are the people who challenge nature, seek out its limits, reveal its secrets, and embrace its awesome power.
➔ 关系代词从句（who）
➔ “who challenge nature…”是修饰“people”的关系从句。它提供了关于所讨论的人的类型更多信息。
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There are so many people in life, they forget to dream because they're afraid to fail.
➔ 结果状从句
➔ 第二句话“they forget to dream…”是第一句话“There are so many people…”的结果。“because”引出了结果的原因。
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