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Ben Saunders: Why did I ski to the North Pole?
Ben Saunders skija do Sjevernog pola
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Arktički istraživač Ben Saunders prepričava svoje opasno putovanje na Sjeverni pol bez pratnje, upotpunjujući ga zanimljivim anegdotama, prekrasnim fotografijama i premijernim snimkama.
Ben Saunders - Polar explorer
In 2004, Ben Saunders became the youngest person ever to ski solo to the North Pole. In 2013, he set out on another record-breaking expedition, this time to retrace Captain Scott’s ill-fated journey to the South Pole on foot. Full bio
In 2004, Ben Saunders became the youngest person ever to ski solo to the North Pole. In 2013, he set out on another record-breaking expedition, this time to retrace Captain Scott’s ill-fated journey to the South Pole on foot. Full bio
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This is me. My name is Ben Saunders.
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Ovo sam ja, Ben Saunders.
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I specialize in dragging heavy things
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Bavim se vučom teških stvari
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around cold places.
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po hladnim mjestima.
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On May 11th last year,
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11. svibnja prošle godine
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I stood alone at the North geographic Pole.
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stajao sam sam na Sjevernom zemljopisnom polu.
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I was the only human being in an area
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Bio sam jedino ljudsko biće na području
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one-and-a-half times the size of America,
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jedan i pol puta većem od Amerike,
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five-and-a-half thousand square miles.
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tj. 8850 kvadratnih kilometara.
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More than 2,000 people have climbed Everest.
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Više od 2000 ljudi popelo se na Everest.
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12 people have stood on the moon.
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12 ljudi bilo je na Mjesecu.
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Including me, only four people
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Uključujući mene, samo četvero ljudi
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have skied solo to the North Pole.
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samo je skijalo do Sjevernog pola.
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And I think the reason for that --
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Mislim da je razlog tome --
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(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
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-- thank you -- I think the reason for that is that it's -- it's --
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-- hvala -- mislim da je to zato što je to,
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well, it's as Chris said, bonkers.
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kako je Chris rekao, ludost.
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It's a journey that is right at the limit
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To putovanje na granici je
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of human capability.
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ljudskih sposobnosti.
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I skied the equivalent of 31 marathons
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Odskijao sam duljinu
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back to back. 800 miles in 10 weeks.
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31 uzastopnog maratona. 1287 km u 10 tjedana.
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And I was dragging all the food I needed,
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Vukao sam svu potrebnu hranu,
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the supplies, the equipment, sleeping bag,
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zalihe, opremu, vreću za spavanje,
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one change of underwear -- everything I needed for nearly three months.
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jedne rezervne gaće --
sve što mi je trebalo za gotovo tri mjeseca.
sve što mi je trebalo za gotovo tri mjeseca.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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What we're going to try and do today, in the 16 and a bit minutes I've got left,
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U ovih 16-ak minuta koje su mi ostale
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is to try and answer three questions. The first one is, why?
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pokušat ćemo odgovoriti na tri pitanja. Prvo je: Zašto?
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The second one is,
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Drugo je:
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how do you go to the loo at minus 40?
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Kako ići na zahod na -40?
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"Ben, I've read somewhere that at minus 40,
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"Bene, negdje sam pročitao da na -40
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exposed skin becomes frostbitten in less than a minute, so how do you answer the call of nature?"
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gola koža dobiva ozebline za manje od minute,
pa kako odgovaraš na zov prirode?"
pa kako odgovaraš na zov prirode?"
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I don't want to answer these now. I'll come on to them at the end.
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Neću sad odgovarati. Vratit ću se na to na kraju.
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Third one: how do you top that? What's next?
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Treće: Kako to nadmašiti? Što dalje?
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It all started back in 2001.
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Sve je započelo 2001.
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My first expedition was with a guy called Pen Hadow -- enormously experienced chap.
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Na prvu ekspediciju išao sam s Penom Hadowom,
jednim veoma iskusnim tipom.
jednim veoma iskusnim tipom.
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This was like my polar apprenticeship.
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To je bilo nešto poput moje polarne prakse.
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We were trying to ski from this group of islands up here,
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Pokušali smo odskijati od ove skupine otoka
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Severnaya Zemlya, to the North Pole.
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nazvanih Severnaja Zemlja do Sjevernog pola.
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And the thing that fascinates me about the North Pole,
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Kod Sjevernog zemljopisnog pola
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geographic North Pole, is that it's slap bang in the middle of the sea.
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fascinira me to što se nalazi usred mora.
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This is about as good as maps get,
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Ne postoje bolje karte.
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and to reach it you've got to ski literally
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Da biste došli do njega morate doslovno skijati
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over the frozen crust,
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preko zaleđene kore,
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the floating skin of ice on the Artic Ocean.
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plutajućeg ledenog prekrivača Arktičkog oceana.
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I'd spoken to all the experts.
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Razgovarao sam s mnogo stručnjaka,
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I'd read lots of books. I studied maps and charts.
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pročitao mnogo knjiga, proučio mape i karte.
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But I realized on the morning of day one
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Ali ujutro prvog dana shvatio sam
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that I had no idea exactly
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da nemam pojma
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what I'd let myself in for.
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u što sam se upustio.
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I was 23 years old. No one my age
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Imao sam 23 godine. Nitko moje dobi
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had attempted anything like this,
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nikad nije pokušao ništa slično
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and pretty quickly, almost everything
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i vrlo brzo gotovo sve
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that could have gone wrong did go wrong.
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što je moglo poći po zlu, pošlo je po zlu.
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We were attacked by a polar bear on day two.
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Drugog dana ekspedicije napao nas je polarni medvjed.
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I had frostbite in my left big toe.
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Imao sam ozebline na lijevom nožnom palcu.
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We started running very low on food. We were both pretty hungry, losing lots of weight.
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Počelo nam je nestajati hrane. Obojica smo
bili jako gladni, gubili smo mnogo na težini.
bili jako gladni, gubili smo mnogo na težini.
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Some very unusual weather conditions, very difficult ice conditions.
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Vremenski uvjeti bili su vrlo neobični,
jako teški uvjeti na ledu.
jako teški uvjeti na ledu.
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We had
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Svojom odlukom
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decidedly low-tech communications.
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imali smo jednostavne komunikacijske uređaje.
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We couldn't afford a satellite phone, so we had HF radio.
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Nismo si mogli priuštiti satelitske telefone
pa smo imali visokofrekventni radio.
pa smo imali visokofrekventni radio.
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You can see two ski poles sticking out of the roof of the tent.
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Vide se dvije skijaška štapa koja strše iz krova šatora.
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There's a wire dangling down either side.
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Žica je visila s obje strane.
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That was our HF radio antenna.
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To je bila naša antena za radio.
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We had less than two hours
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Tijekom dva mjeseca imali smo manje od dva sata
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two-way communication with the outside world in two months.
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dvosmjerne komunikacije s ostatkom svijeta.
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Ultimately, we ran out of time.
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Naposljetku nam je isteklo vrijeme.
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We'd skied 400 miles. We were just over 200 miles left
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Odskijali smo 643 km. Ostalo nam je preko 320 km
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to go to the Pole, and we'd run out of time.
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do pola, a vrijeme nam je isteklo.
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We were too late into the summer; the ice was starting to melt;
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Bilo je već poodmaklo ljeto i led se počeo topiti.
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we spoke to the Russian helicopter pilots on the radio,
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Preko radija smo razgovarali s pilotima ruskog helikoptera
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and they said, "Look boys, you've run out of time.
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koji su nam rekli da nam je vrijeme isteklo
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We've got to pick you up."
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te da moraju doći po nas.
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And I felt that I had failed, wholeheartedly.
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Osjećao sam se kao da sam podbacio.
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I was a failure.
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Bio sam promašaj.
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The one goal, the one dream I'd had
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Jedini cilj, jedino o čemu sam sanjao
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for as long as I could remember -- I hadn't even come close.
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otkada pamtim -- nisam došao ni blizu tome.
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And skiing along that first trip, I had two
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Skijajući na tom prvom putovanju,
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imaginary video clips that I'd replay over and over again in my mind
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imao sam dva filmića koja sam vrtio u glavi
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when the going got tough, just to keep my motivation going.
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kada je put postao težak, kako bih se motivirao.
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The first one was reaching the Pole itself.
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Prvi je bio stizanje na sam pol.
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I could see vividly, I suppose,
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Živopisno sam to vidio, valjda snimljeno
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being filmed out of the door of a helicopter, there was, kind of, rock music playing in the background,
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s vrata helikoptera, u pozadini je svirala rock glazba,
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and I had a ski pole with a Union Jack, you know, flying in the wind.
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a ja sam imao skijaški štap
s britanskom zastavom koja se vijorila na vjetru.
s britanskom zastavom koja se vijorila na vjetru.
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I could see myself sticking the flag in a pole, you know --
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Vidio sam se kako zabijam zastavu u pol --
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ah, glorious moment -- the music kind of reaching a crescendo.
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ah, sjajnog li trenutka -- a glazba dostiže vrhunac.
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The second video clip
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Drugi filmić koji sam vrtio
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that I imagined was getting back to Heathrow airport,
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bio je povratak na zračnu luku Heathrow
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and I could see again, vividly,
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i opet sam živopisno vidio
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the camera flashbulbs going off,
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bljeskove fotoaparata,
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the paparazzi, the autograph hunters,
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novinare, lovce na autograme,
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the book agents coming to sign me up for a deal.
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agente kako dolaze dogovoriti pisanje knjige.
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And of course, neither of these things happened.
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Naravno, ništa od toga nije se dogodilo.
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We didn't get to the Pole, and we didn't have any money
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Nismo stigli do pola, a nismo imali novca
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to pay anyone to do the PR, so no one had heard
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da platimo promociju pa nitko nije ni čuo
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of this expedition.
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za ovu ekspediciju.
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And I got back to Heathrow. My mum was there; my brother was there;
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I tako sam se vratio na Heathrow.
Moja majka je bila ondje, kao i moj brat;
Moja majka je bila ondje, kao i moj brat;
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my granddad was there -- had a little Union Jack --
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moj djed je bio ondje -- imao je malu zastavu --
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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-- and that was about it. I went back to live with my mum.
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-- i to je bilo to. Vratio sam se živjeti s mamom.
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I was physically exhausted,
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Bio sam fizički izmoren,
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mentally an absolute wreck, considered myself a failure.
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psihički u potpunosti slomljen, smatrao sam se promašajem.
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In a huge amount of debt personally to this expedition,
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Osobno sam bio u velikom dugu zbog te ekspedicije,
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and lying on my mum's sofa,
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ležao sam na maminom kauču,
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day in day out, watching daytime TV.
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po cijele dane, gledao televiziju.
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My brother sent me a text message, an SMS --
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Brat mi je poslao SMS --
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it was a quote from the "Simpsons." It said,
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bio je to citat iz Simpsona.
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"You tried your hardest and failed miserably.
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"Dao si sve od sebe i u potpunosti podbacio.
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The lesson is: don't even try."
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Pouka je da ne treba ni pokušati."
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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Fast forward three years. I did eventually get off the sofa,
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Tri godine kasnije. Naposljetku sam ustao s kauča
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and start planning another expedition. This time,
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i počeo planirati još jednu ekspediciju. Ovog puta
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I wanted to go right across, on my own this time,
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htio sam sam prijeći put
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from Russia, at the top of the map,
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od Rusije, na vrhu karte,
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to the North Pole, where the sort of kink in the middle is,
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do Sjevernog pola, gdje je malo zeznuto,
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and then on to Canada.
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i onda do Kanade.
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No one has made a complete crossing of the Arctic Ocean on their own.
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Nitko nije sam prešao cijeli Arktički ocean.
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Two Norwegians did it as a team in 2000. No one's done it solo.
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Dva Norvežanina učinila su to
2000. godine kao tim. Nitko to nije sam učinio.
2000. godine kao tim. Nitko to nije sam učinio.
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Very famous, very accomplished Italian mountaineer,
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Veoma poznat i veoma uspješan talijanski planinar,
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Reinhold Messner, tried it in 1995,
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Reinhold Messner, pokušao je 1995.,
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and he was rescued after a week.
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ali morali su ga spasiti nakon tjedan dana.
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He described this expedition as 10 times
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Opisao je tu ekspediciju
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as dangerous as Everest.
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10 puta opasnijom od uspona na Everest.
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So for some reason, this was what I wanted to have a crack at,
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Iz nekog razloga htio sam se u tome okušati,
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but I knew that even to stand a chance of getting home in one piece,
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ali znao sam da riskiram povratak doma u jednom komadu,
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let alone make it across to Canada,
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ako uopće uspijem doći do Kanade.
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I had to take a radical approach.
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Morao sam naći radikalan pristup.
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This meant everything from perfecting the
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To je uključivalo sve od usavršavanja
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sawn-off, sub-two-gram toothbrush,
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prepiljene četkice za zube lakše od dva grama,
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to working with one of the world's leading nutritionists
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do rada s vodećim svjetskim nutricionistima
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in developing a completely new,
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na kompletnom razvoju potpuno nove,
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revolutionary nutritional strategy from scratch:
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revolucionarne nutricionističke strategije:
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6,000 calories a day.
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6000 kalorija na dan.
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And the expedition started in February last year.
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Ekspedicija je započela u veljači prošle godine.
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Big support team. We had a film crew,
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Veliki prateći tim. Imali smo filmsku ekipu,
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a couple of logistics people with us,
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nekoliko ljudi za logistiku,
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my girlfriend, a photographer.
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moju djevojku, fotografa.
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At first it was pretty sensible. We flew British Airways to Moscow.
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Početak je razumljiv. Odletjeli smo
British Airwaysom do Moskve.
British Airwaysom do Moskve.
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The next bit in Siberia to Krasnoyarsk,
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Sljedeći dio puta u Sibiru do Krasnojarska
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on a Russian internal airline called KrasAir,
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letjeli smo domaćom ruskom kompanijom KrasAir,
06:04
spelled K-R-A-S.
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piše se K-R-A-S (engl. crash - sudar).
06:06
The next bit, we'd chartered a pretty elderly Russian plane
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Zatim smo unajmili postariji ruski avion
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to fly us up to a town called Khatanga,
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da nas odveze do grada Khatange,
06:11
which was the sort of last bit of civilization.
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koji je bio kraj civilizacije.
06:14
Our cameraman, who it turned out was a pretty nervous flier at the best of times,
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Naš kamerman, koji je bio poprilično živčan pri letu,
06:18
actually asked the pilot, before we got on the plane, how long this flight would take,
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pitao je pilota, prije no što
smo se ukrcali, koliko će let trajati,
smo se ukrcali, koliko će let trajati,
06:20
and the pilot -- Russian pilot -- completely deadpan, replied,
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a ruski je pilot mrtav-hladan odgovorio:
06:23
"Six hours -- if we live."
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"Šest sati -- ako preživimo."
06:26
(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
06:29
We got to Khatanga.
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Stigli smo u Khatangu.
06:31
I think the joke is that Khatanga isn't the end of the world,
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Khatanga ipak nije kraj svijeta,
06:34
but you can see it from there.
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ali možete ga vidjeti odande.
06:36
(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
06:37
It was supposed to be an overnight stay. We were stuck there for 10 days.
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Trebali smo samo prenoćiti, a zapeli smo ondje 10 dana.
06:40
There was a kind of vodka-fueled pay dispute between
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Bila je tu neka votkom natopljena svađa oko plaće
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the helicopter pilots and the people that owned the helicopter,
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između pilota helikoptera i njegovih vlasnika
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so we were stuck. We couldn't move.
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pa smo zapeli. Nismo mogli otići.
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Finally, morning of day 11, we got the all-clear,
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Konačno, ujutro 11. dana, dobili smo znak za kretanje,
06:49
loaded up the helicopters -- two helicopters flying in tandem --
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nakrcali helikoptere -- dva helikoptera koji lete u tandemu --
06:53
dropped me off at the edge of the pack ice.
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ostavili su me na rubu polarne kape.
06:55
We had a frantic sort of 45 minutes of filming,
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Imali smo 45 minuta mahnitog snimanja,
06:58
photography; while the helicopter was still there,
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fotografiranja; dok je helikopter još bio ondje,
07:00
I did an interview on the satellite phone;
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obavio sam intervju preko satelitskog telefona;
07:02
and then everyone else climbed back into the helicopter,
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i tad su se svi osim mene popeli u helikopter,
07:06
wham, the door closed, and I was alone.
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vrata su se zatvorila i ostao sam sam.
07:11
And I don't know if words will ever quite do that moment justice.
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Ne znam je li moguće riječima dočarati taj trenutak.
07:13
All I could think about was running back up to the door,
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Samo sam htio otrčati natrag,
07:15
banging on the door, and saying, "Look guys,
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lupati po vratima i reći: "Čujte,
07:17
I haven't quite thought this through."
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nisam ovo baš dobro promislio."
07:19
(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
07:24
To make things worse, you can just see the white dot
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Da bi stvar bila još gora, vidite samo bijelu točku
07:26
up at the top right hand side of the screen; that's a full moon.
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u desnom gornjem kutu ekrana; to je pun mjesec.
07:29
Because we'd been held up in Russia, of course,
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Zadržali smo se u Rusiji,
07:31
the full moon brings the highest and lowest tides;
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a pun mjesec donosi najjače plime i oseke;
07:33
when you're standing on the frozen surface of the sea,
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kada stojite na smrznutoj površini mora,
07:36
high and low tides generally mean
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plima i oseka obično znače
07:38
that interesting things are going to happen -- the ice is going to start moving around a bit.
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da će se dogoditi zanimljive stvari --
led će se pomalo početi micati uokolo.
led će se pomalo početi micati uokolo.
07:42
I was, you can see there, pulling two sledges.
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Kao što vidite, vukao sam dvoje saonice.
07:44
Grand total in all, 95 days of food and fuel,
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Sveukupno 95 dana hrane i goriva,
07:46
180 kilos -- that's almost exactly 400 pounds.
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180 kilograma tereta.
07:50
When the ice was flat or flattish,
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Kada je led bio ravan ili donekle ravan,
07:52
I could just about pull both.
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jedva sam mogao vući oboje.
07:54
When the ice wasn't flat, I didn't have a hope in hell.
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Kad led nije bio ravan, nisam imao šanse.
07:56
I had to pull one, leave it, and go back and get the other one.
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Morao sam povući jedne, ostaviti ih i vratiti se po druge.
07:58
Literally scrambling through what's called pressure ice --
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Doslovno sam se penjao kroz ledene gromade --
08:01
the ice had been smashed up under the pressure of the currents of the ocean,
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led se zdrobio pod pritiskom struja u oceanu,
08:04
the wind and the tides.
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vjetra i morskih mijena.
08:07
NASA described the ice conditions last year as the worst since records began.
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NASA je rekla da su uvjeti na ledu
prošle godine bili najgori otkad se bilježe.
prošle godine bili najgori otkad se bilježe.
08:12
And it's always drifting. The pack ice is always drifting.
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I led uvijek nose struje. Ledene gromade uvijek plutaju.
08:15
I was skiing into headwinds for nine
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Skijao sam uz vjetar 9 od 10 tjedana
08:17
out of the 10 weeks I was alone last year,
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kojih sam prošle godine bio sam
08:19
and I was drifting backwards most of the time.
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i većinu vremena plutao sam unatrag.
08:22
My record was minus 2.5 miles.
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Moj rekord bio je minus 4 km.
08:25
I got up in the morning, took the tent down, skied north for seven-and-a-half hours,
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Ustao sam ujutro, sklopio šator,
sedam i pol sati skijao sjeverno,
sedam i pol sati skijao sjeverno,
08:28
put the tent up, and I was two and a half miles further back
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podigao šator i bio sam 4 km dalje unatrag
08:31
than when I'd started.
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nego kad sam krenuo.
08:33
I literally couldn't keep up with the drift of the ice.
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Nisam mogao držati korak s plutanjem leda.
08:37
(Video): So it's day 22.
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(Video): 22. dan je.
08:42
I'm lying in the tent, getting ready to go.
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Ležim u šatoru, pripremam se za pokret.
08:45
The weather is just appalling --
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Vrijeme je odvratno --
08:47
oh, drifted back about five miles
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noćas sam otplutao
08:50
in the last -- last night.
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oko 8 km unatrag.
08:52
Later in the expedition, the problem was no longer the ice.
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Kasnije u ekspediciji problem više nije bio led,
08:55
It was a lack of ice -- open water.
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već nedostatak leda -- otvorena voda.
08:57
I knew this was happening. I knew the Artic was warming.
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Znao sam da se to događa.
Znao sam da se Arktik zagrijava.
Znao sam da se Arktik zagrijava.
09:00
I knew there was more open water. And I had a secret weapon up my sleeve.
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Znao sam da ima sve više otvorene vode.
Ali imao sam tajno oružje.
Ali imao sam tajno oružje.
09:03
This was my little bit of bio-mimicry.
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Bilo je to malo biomimikrije.
09:05
Polar bears on the Artic Ocean move in dead straight lines.
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Polarni medvjedi s Arktičkog oceana
kreću se u posve ravnim linijama.
kreću se u posve ravnim linijama.
09:09
If they come to water, they'll climb in, swim across it.
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Kada dođu do vode, uđu u nju i preplivaju je.
09:11
So we had a dry suit developed -- I worked with a team in Norway --
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S jednim timom iz Norveške radio sam
na razvoju ronilačkog odijela,
na razvoju ronilačkog odijela,
09:14
based on a sort of survival suit --
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sličnog odijelu za preživljavanje --
09:16
I suppose, that helicopter pilots would wear --
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kakvo bi, pretpostavljam, piloti helikoptera nosili --
09:18
that I could climb into. It would go on over my boots, over my mittens,
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koje sam mogao obući. Ide preko mojih čizama, rukavica,
09:20
it would pull up around my face,
and seal pretty tightly around my face.
and seal pretty tightly around my face.
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prevuče se preko lica i čvrsto se zakopča.
09:23
And this meant I could ski
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To je značilo da mogu skijati
09:25
over very thin ice,
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preko vrlo tankog leda,
09:27
and if I fell through, it wasn't the end of the world.
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a ako bih propao, ne bi to bio kraj svijeta.
09:29
It also meant, if the worst came to the worst,
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To je također značilo, kada bih morao,
09:31
I could actually jump in and swim across
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da mogu uskočiti u vodu i preplivati je
09:33
and drag the sledge over after me.
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te povući saonice za sobom.
09:36
Some pretty radical technology,
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Radikalna tehnologija,
09:38
a radical approach --but it worked perfectly.
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drastičan pristup -- ali savršeno je funkcioniralo.
09:40
Another exciting thing we did last year
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Prošle godine smo učinili još jednu uzbudljivu stvar,
09:42
was with communications technology.
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s komunikacijskom tehnologijom.
09:45
In 1912, Shackleton's Endurance expedition --
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1912. godine, jedan od članova Shackletonove ekspedicije
09:48
there was -- one of his crew, a guy called Thomas Orde-Lees.
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na brodu Endurance bio je Thomas Orde-Lees.
09:51
He said, "The explorers of 2012,
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Rekao je: "Istraživači će 2012.,
09:53
if there is anything left to explore,
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ako budu imali što istraživati,
09:55
will no doubt carry pocket wireless telephones
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sigurno nositi bežične džepne telefone
09:58
fitted with wireless telescopes."
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opremljene bežičnim teleskopima."
10:01
Well, Orde-Lees guessed wrong by about eight years. This is my pocket wireless telephone,
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Pa, Orde-Lees pogriješio je za otprilike
8 godina. Ovo je moj bežični džepni telefon,
8 godina. Ovo je moj bežični džepni telefon,
10:04
Iridium satellite phone.
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Iridiumov satelitski telefon.
10:06
The wireless telescope was a digital camera I had tucked in my pocket.
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Bežični je teleskop digitalni fotoaparat
koji sam spremio u džep.
koji sam spremio u džep.
10:09
And every single day of the 72 days I was alone on the ice,
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Svaki od 72 dana koje sam proveo sam na ledu,
10:11
I was blogging live from my tent,
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pisao sam blog iz svog šatora,
10:14
sending back a little diary piece,
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slao maleni dio dnevnika,
10:16
sending back information on the distance I'd covered --
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podatke o udaljenosti koju sam prešao,
10:18
the ice conditions, the temperature --
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uvjetima na ledu, temperaturi --
10:20
and a daily photo.
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i sliku svakog dana.
10:22
Remember, 2001,
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Sjećate se, 2001. godine
10:24
we had less than two hours radio contact with the outside world.
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imali smo manje od dva sata
radijske veze s ostatkom svijeta.
radijske veze s ostatkom svijeta.
10:28
Last year, blogging live from an expedition
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Prošle godine uživo sam pisao blog s ekspedicije
10:30
that's been described as 10 times as dangerous as Everest.
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koja je ocijenjena deset puta opasnijom od Everesta.
10:33
It wasn't all high-tech. This is navigating
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Nije sve bila najnovija tehnologija. Ovo je navigacija
10:35
in what's called a whiteout.
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tijekom "whiteouta".
10:37
When you get lots of mist, low cloud, the wind starts blowing the snow up.
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Kad je magla jaka, a oblaci niski,
vjetar počne dizati snijeg.
vjetar počne dizati snijeg.
10:40
You can't see an awful lot. You can just see, there's a yellow
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Ne može se baš mnogo vidjeti. Možete samo vidjeti
10:42
ribbon tied to one of my ski poles.
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žutu vrpcu vezanu za moj skijaški štap.
10:44
I'd navigate using the direction of the wind.
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Navigirao sam pomoću smjera vjetra.
10:46
So, kind of a weird combination of high-tech and low-tech.
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Dakle, jedna čudna kombinacija visoke i niske tehnologije.
10:49
I got to the Pole on the 11th of May.
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Na pol sam stigao 11. svibnja.
10:51
It took me 68 days to get there from Russia,
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Trebalo mi je 68 dana od Rusije do ondje,
10:53
and there is nothing there.
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a ondje nema ničega.
10:56
(Laughter).
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(Smijeh)
10:58
There isn't even a pole at the Pole. There's nothing there,
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Na polu nema ni pola. Nema ničega,
11:00
purely because it's sea ice. It's drifting.
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zato što je to morski led koji pluta.
11:03
Stick a flag there, leave it there, pretty soon it will drift off, usually towards Canada or Greenland.
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Zabodite zastavu ondje i uskoro će otplutati dalje,
obično prema Kanadi ili Grenlandu.
obično prema Kanadi ili Grenlandu.
11:06
I knew this, but I was expecting something.
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Znao sam to, ali ipak sam očekivao nešto.
11:11
Strange mixture of feelings: it was extremely warm by this stage,
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Čudna je to mješavina osjećaja:
bilo je iznimno toplo u tom razdoblju,
bilo je iznimno toplo u tom razdoblju,
11:15
a lot of open water around, and
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mnogo otvorene vode.
11:17
of course, elated that I'd got there under my own steam,
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Naravno, bio sam ushićen što sam
onamo dospio vlastitim snagama,
onamo dospio vlastitim snagama,
11:20
but starting to really realize
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ali počeo sam shvaćati
11:23
that my chances of making it all the way across to Canada,
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da su izgledi da stignem skroz do Kanade,
11:25
which was still 400 miles away,
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udaljene 643 km,
11:27
were slim at best.
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veoma slabi.
11:29
The only proof I've got that I was there
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Jedini dokaz da sam bio ondje
11:31
is a blurry photo of my GPS, the little satellite navigation gadget.
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bila je mutna slika mog GPS-a,
malog satelitskog navigacijskog uređaja.
malog satelitskog navigacijskog uređaja.
11:34
You can just see --
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Jedva se može vidjeti
11:36
there's a nine and a string of zeros here.
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devetka i niz nula nakon nje.
11:39
Ninety degrees north -- that is slap bang in the North Pole.
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90 stupnjeva sjeverno -- to je točno na Sjevernom polu.
11:43
I took a photo of that. Sat down on my sledge. Did a sort of video diary piece.
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Slikao sam uređaj, sjeo na saonice
i napravio snimku za dnevnik.
i napravio snimku za dnevnik.
11:46
Took a few photos. I got my satellite phone out.
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Slikao sam par slika. Izvadio sam satelitski telefon.
11:48
I warmed the battery up in my armpit.
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Zagrijao sam bateriju pod pazuhom.
11:50
I dialed three numbers. I dialed my mum.
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Nazvao sam tri broja. Nazvao sam svoju mamu,
11:53
I dialed my girlfriend. I dialed the CEO of my sponsor.
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djevojku i direktora svog sponzora.
11:55
And I got three voicemails.
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I dobio sam tri govorne pošte.
11:58
(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
12:04
(Video): Ninety.
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(Video): Devedeset.
12:11
It's a special feeling.
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Poseban je to osjećaj.
12:13
The entire planet
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Cijeli planet
12:15
is rotating
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okreće se
12:17
beneath my feet.
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pod mojim nogama.
12:21
The -- the whole world underneath me.
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Ispod mene je cijeli svijet.
12:23
I finally got through to my mum. She was at the queue of the supermarket.
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Konačno sam dobio mamu. Čekala je u redu u trgovini.
12:26
She started crying. She asked me to call her back.
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Zaplakala je. Zamolila me da je kasnije nazovem.
12:29
(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
12:31
I skied on for a week past the Pole.
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Tjedan dana skijao sam dalje od pola.
12:33
I wanted to get as close to Canada as I could
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Želio sam doći što bliže Kanadi
12:35
before conditions just got too dangerous to continue.
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prije nego postane preopasno za nastavak.
12:38
This was the last day I had on the ice.
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To je bio moj posljednji dan na ledu.
12:40
When I spoke to the -- my project management team,
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Moj tim za vođenje projekta
12:42
they said, "Look, Ben, conditions are getting too dangerous.
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rekao mi je: "Bene, uvjeti postaju preopasni.
12:47
There are huge areas of open water just south of your position.
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Južno od tebe ogromna su područja otvorene vode.
12:49
We'd like to pick you up.
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Želimo doći po tebe.
12:51
Ben, could you please look for an airstrip?"
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Možeš li naći mjesto za slijetanje?"
12:53
This was the view outside my tent
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Ovo je bio pogled iz šatora
12:56
when I had this fateful phone call.
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kad sam obavljao ovaj sudbonosni poziv.
13:00
I'd never tried to build an airstrip before. Tony, the expedition manager, he said,
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Nikad nisam pokušao sagraditi pistu za slijetanje.
Tony, voditelj ekspedicije, rekao je:
Tony, voditelj ekspedicije, rekao je:
13:02
"Look Ben, you've got to find 500 meters of
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"Bene, moraš pronaći 500 metara
13:04
flat, thick safe ice."
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ravnog, debelog sigurnog leda."
13:06
The only bit of ice I could find --
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Jedini komadić leda koji sam pronašao,
13:08
it took me 36 hours of skiing around trying to find an airstrip --
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skijajući uokolo 36 sati kako bih pronašao pistu,
13:12
was exactly 473 meters. I could measure it with my skis.
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bio je dug točno 473 m. Izmjerio sam ga svojim skijama.
13:15
I didn't tell Tony that. I didn't tell the pilots that.
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Tonyju to nisam rekao, kao ni pilotima.
13:17
I thought, it'll have to do.
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Mislio sam da će morati biti dovoljno dobro.
13:20
(Video): Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
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(Video): Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
13:23
It just about worked. A pretty dramatic landing --
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Taman. Dosta dramatično slijetanje --
13:26
the plane actually passed over four times,
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zrakoplov je 4 puta preletio teren
13:28
and I was a bit worried it wasn't going to land at all.
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i malo sam se zabrinuo da neće ni sletjeti.
13:30
The pilot, I knew, was called Troy. I was expecting someone called Troy
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Znao sam da se pilot zove Troy.
Očekivao sam da će netko tko se zove Troy
Očekivao sam da će netko tko se zove Troy
13:33
that did this for a living to be a pretty tough kind of guy.
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i bavi se ovime biti dosta žilav tip.
13:36
I was bawling my eyes out by the time the plane landed -- a pretty emotional moment.
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Plakao sam kao kišna godina kad je zrakoplov sletio -- veoma emocionalan trenutak.
13:40
So I thought, I've got to compose myself for Troy.
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Pomislio sam da se moram smiriti za Troya.
13:43
I'm supposed to be the roughty toughty explorer type.
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Trebao bih biti macho istraživač.
13:47
The plane taxied up to where I was standing.
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Zrakoplov se dorulao do mjesta gdje sam stajao.
13:49
The door opened. This guy jumped out. He's about that tall. He said, "Hi, my name is Troy."
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Vrata su se otvorila i iskočio je taj tip.
Ovoliko je visok. Rekao je: "Bok, ja sam Troy.".
Ovoliko je visok. Rekao je: "Bok, ja sam Troy.".
13:52
(Laughter).
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(Smijeh)
13:54
The co-pilot was a lady called Monica.
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Kopilot je bila žena, Monica.
13:56
She sat there in a sort of hand-knitted jumper.
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Sjedila je obučena u ručno pleten džemper.
13:58
They were the least macho people I've ever met, but they made my day.
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Nikad nisam upoznao manje macho ljude od njih,
ali uljepšali su mi dan.
ali uljepšali su mi dan.
14:02
Troy was smoking a cigarette on the ice;
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Troy je na ledu pušio cigaretu;
14:04
we took a few photos. He
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snimili smo par slika.
14:06
climbed up the ladder. He said, "Just -- just get in the back."
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Popeo se na ljestve i rekao: "Samo uskoči iza."
14:09
He threw his cigarette out as he got on the front,
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Bacio je cigaretu van dok je ulazio u prednji dio,
14:11
and I climbed in the back.
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a ja sam se popeo iza.
14:13
(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
14:14
Taxied up and down the runway a few times,
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Rulao je niz pistu nekoliko puta,
14:16
just to flatten it out a bit, and he said, "Right, I'm going to --
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kako bi je malo poravnao, i rekao: "U redu,
14:18
I'm going to give it a go." And he --
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pokušat ću." I tada je --
14:21
I've now learned that this is standard practice, but it had me worried at the time.
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saznao sam da je to uobičajeno, ali tada sam bio zabrinut.
14:23
He put his hand on the throttle.
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Stavio je ruku na regulator.
14:25
You can see the control for the engines is actually on the roof of the cockpit.
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Možete vidjeti da je regulator za motore
zapravo na krovu kokpita.
zapravo na krovu kokpita.
14:28
It's that little bar there. He put his hand on the throttle.
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To je ona mala poluga. Stavio je ruku na regulator.
14:30
Monica very gently put her hand sort of on top of his.
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Monica je nježno stavila svoju ruku na njegovu.
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I thought, "God, here we go. We're, we're -- this is all or nothing."
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Pomislio sam: "Bože, krećemo. Sve ili ništa."
14:35
Rammed it forwards. Bounced down the runway. Just took off.
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Gurnuo ju je naprijed. Poskakivao je
niz sletište. Samo je poletio.
niz sletište. Samo je poletio.
14:37
One of the skis just clipped a pressure ridge at the end of the runway,
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Jedna od skija zahvatila je ledeni greben na kraju piste.
14:40
banking. I could see into the cockpit, Troy battling the controls,
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Vidio sam kako se u kokpitu Troy bori s komandama,
14:43
and he just took one hand off, reached back,
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a onda je maknuo jednu ruku, posegnuo unatrag.
14:46
flipped a switch on the roof of the cockpit,
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upalio prekidač na krovu kokpita.
14:48
and it was the "fasten seat belt" sign you can see on the wall.
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Upalio je znak za vezanje pojaseva
koji možete vidjeti na zidu.
koji možete vidjeti na zidu.
14:52
(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
14:56
And only from the air did I see the big picture.
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I tek sam iz zraka vidio cjelokupnu situaciju.
14:58
Of course, when you're on the ice, you only ever see one obstacle at a time,
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Naravno, kad ste na ledu,
vidite samo jednu po jednu prepreku,
vidite samo jednu po jednu prepreku,
15:00
whether it's a pressure ridge or there's a bit of water.
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bio to ledeni greben ili malo vode.
15:03
This is probably why I didn't get into trouble about the length of my airstrip.
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Zato nisam shvaćao problem oko duljine moje piste.
15:06
I mean, it really was starting to break up.
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Mislim, stvarno se počela raspadati.
15:08
Why? I'm not an explorer in the traditional sense.
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Zašto? Ja nisam istraživač u tradicionalnom smislu riječi.
15:11
I'm not skiing along drawing maps;
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Ne skijam prema kartama;
15:13
everyone knows where the North Pole is.
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svi znaju gdje se Sjeverni pol nalazi.
15:15
At the South Pole there's a big scientific base. There's an airstrip.
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Na Južnom je polu velika znanstvena baza. Ondje je pista.
15:17
There's a cafe and there's a tourist shop.
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Kao i kafić i suvenirnica.
15:20
For me, this is about exploring human limits,
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Za mene ovo predstavlja istraživanje ljudskih ograničenja,
15:23
about exploring the limits of physiology, of psychology
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ograničenja fiziologije, psihologije
15:26
and of technology. They're the things that excite me.
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i tehnologije. Te me stvari uzbuđuju.
15:29
And it's also about potential, on a personal level.
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Osobno, radi se i o potencijalu.
15:31
This, for me, is a chance to explore the limits --
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Za mene je to prilika za istraživanje ograničenja --
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really push the limits of my own potential, see how far they stretch.
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za pomicanje granica vlastitog potencijala,
vidjeti dokle mogu ići.
vidjeti dokle mogu ići.
15:37
And on a wider scale, it amazes me how people go through life
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Zbilja me čudi kako ljudi žive
15:41
just scratching the surface of their potential,
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samo grebući po površini svog potencijala,
15:44
just doing three or four or five percent
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iskorištavajući samo 3, 4 ili 5 % onoga
15:47
of what they're truly capable of. So,
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za što su sposobni.
15:49
on a wider scale, I hope that this journey
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Nadam se da ću ovim putovanjem
15:51
was a chance to inspire other people
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nadahnuti druge ljude
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to think about what they want to do
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da razmisle o onome što žele učiniti sa svojim potencijalom
15:55
with their potential, and what they want to do with the tiny amount of time
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i s ono malo vremena koje svatko od nas ima
15:58
we each have on this planet.
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na ovom planetu.
16:02
That's as close as I can come to summing that up.
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To je najbolje što vam mogu prepričati.
16:04
The next question is, how do you answer the call of nature at minus 40?
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Sljedeće je pitanje kako odgovoriti na zov prirode na -40.
16:07
The answer, of course, to which is a trade secret --
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Naravno, odgovor na to je tajna zanata.
16:12
and the last question,
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Posljednje pitanje:
16:14
what's next? As quickly as possible,
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Što dalje? Ukratko,
16:16
if I have a minute left at the end, I'll go into more detail.
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ako budem imao minutu viška, reći ću vam detaljnije.
16:20
What's next:
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Što dalje:
16:22
Antarctica.
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Antarktika.
16:24
It's the coldest, highest,
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To je najhladniji, najviši,
16:26
windiest and driest continent on Earth.
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najvjetrovitiji i najsuši kontinent na Zemlji.
16:30
Late 1911, early 1912,
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Krajem 1911. godine, početkom 1912.
16:32
there was a race to be the first
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održala se utrka do Južnog pola,
16:36
to the South Pole: the heart of the Antarctic continent.
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srca Antarktike.
16:38
If you include the coastal ice shelves, you can see that the Ross Ice Shelf --
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Ako pribrojite obalne ledene šelfove,
ovdje vidite šelf Ross Ice,
ovdje vidite šelf Ross Ice,
16:41
it's the big one down here -- the Ross Ice Shelf is the size of France.
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ovaj veliki dolje, veličine Francuske.
16:44
Antarctica, if you include the ice shelves,
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Antarktika, ako pribrojite ledene šelfove,
16:46
is twice the size of Australia -- it's a big place.
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dvaput je veća od Australije -- velika je.
16:48
And there's a race to get to the Pole between Amundsen,
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U utrci do Južnog pola sudjelovao je Amundsen,
16:50
the Norwegian -- Amundsen had dog sleds and huskies --
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Norvežanin koji je imao pseće saonice i haskije,
16:53
and Scott, the British guy, Captain Scott.
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i kapetan Scott, Britanac.
16:55
Scott had sort of ponies and some tractors
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Scott je imao ponije i traktore
16:58
and a few dogs, all of which went wrong,
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i nekoliko pasa, a sve je to otkazalo
17:00
and Scott and his team of four people ended up on foot.
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pa su Scott i njegov četveročlani tim morali ići pješice.
17:04
They got to the Pole late January 1912
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Stigli su na pol krajem siječnja 1912. godine
17:06
to find a Norwegian flag already there.
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i vidjeli da je norveška zastava već ondje.
17:09
There was a tent, a letter to the Norwegian king.
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Bio je ondje i šator i pismo norveškom kralju.
17:11
And they turned around, headed back to the coast,
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Okrenuli su se i krenuli prema obali,
17:14
and all five of them died on the return journey.
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ali svih petero umrlo je na povratku.
17:17
Since then, no one has ever skied --
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Ovo je bilo prije 93 godine i
17:19
this was 93 years ago -- since then, no one has ever skied
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otada nitko nije odskijao
17:22
from the coast of Antarctica to the Pole and back.
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od obale Antarktike do pola i natrag.
17:25
Every South Pole expedition you may have heard about
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Svaka ekspedicija na Južni pol za koju ste čuli
17:27
is either flown out from the Pole or has used vehicles
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vrati se zrakoplovom s pola ili koristi vozila
17:29
or dogs or kites to do some kind of crossing --
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ili pse ili zmajeve za prijelaz --
17:32
no one has ever made a return journey. So that's the plan.
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nitko se nikad nije vratio sam. To je plan.
17:34
Two of us are doing it.
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Dvojica ćemo ga odraditi.
17:36
That's pretty much it.
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To je manje-više to.
17:39
One final thought before I get to the toilet bit, is --
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Jedna završna misao prije nego spomenem zahod --
17:42
is, I have a -- and I meant to scan this and I've forgotten --
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mislio sam ovo skenirati, ali zaboravio sam.
17:45
but I have a -- I have a school report. I was 13 years old,
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Imam školsko izvješće koje stoji uokvireno iznad mog stola.
17:48
and it's framed above my desk at home. It says,
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Imao sam 13 godina.
17:50
"Ben lacks sufficient impetus
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Piše: "Ben nema dovoljan poriv
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to achieve anything worthwhile."
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za postizanje bilo čega bitnog."
17:56
(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
17:57
(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
18:00
I think if I've learned anything, it's this: that no one else
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Ako sam išta naučio, to je onda ovo: nitko drugi
18:02
is the authority on your potential.
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nema moć nad vašim potencijalom.
18:04
You're the only person that decides how far you go and what you're capable of.
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Vi jedini odlučujete koliko ćete daleko ići
i za što ste sposobni.
i za što ste sposobni.
18:07
Ladies and gentlemen, that's my story.
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Dame i gospodo, to je moja priča.
18:11
Thank you very much.
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Puno vam hvala.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ben Saunders - Polar explorerIn 2004, Ben Saunders became the youngest person ever to ski solo to the North Pole. In 2013, he set out on another record-breaking expedition, this time to retrace Captain Scott’s ill-fated journey to the South Pole on foot.
Why you should listen
Although most of the planet's surface was mapped long ago, there's still a place for explorers in the modern world. And Ben Saunders' stories of arctic exploration -- as impressive for their technical ingenuity as their derring-do -- are decidedly modern. In 2004, at age 26, he skied solo to the North Pole, updating his blog each day of the trip. Humble and self-effacing, Saunders is an explorer of limits, whether it's how far a human can be pushed physically and psychologically, or how technology works hundreds of miles from civilization. His message is one of inspiration, empowerment and boundless potential.
He urges audiences to consider carefully how to spend the “tiny amount of time we each have on this planet.” Saunders is also a powerful advocate for the natural world. He's seen first-hand the effects of climate change, and his expeditions are raising awareness for sustainable solutions.
Being the youngest person to ski solo to the North Pole did not satiate Saunders' urge to explore and push the boundaries. In 2008, he attempted to break the speed record for a solo walk to the North Pole; however, his journey was ended abruptly both then and again in 2010 due to equipment failure. From October 2013 to February 2014, he led a two-man team to retrace Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s ill-fated 1,800-mile expedition to the South Pole on foot. He calls this journey the hardest 105 days of his life.
Ben Saunders | Speaker | TED.com