Eddy Cartaya: My glacier cave discoveries
Eddy Cartaya: Penemuan gua gletser saya
A ranger at Deschutes National Forest in Oregon, Eddy Cartaya not only solves cave crimes -- he also explores the ever-changing system of caves within Mount Hood's Sandy Glacier. Full bio
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been in a cave before?
masuk ke dalam gua?
kebanyakan Anda terpikir
terbuat dari batu kapur.
caves are made of lava rock,
gua terbentuk dari batu lahar,
with you today are made
dari es, khususnya es gletser
one hour's drive from Portland,
Portland,
penduduk.
penjelajah gua
dalam.
peta gua.
hiking,
see things and go places
pergi ke tempat-tempat
orang lain.
ever seen or touched snow,
salju,
clumped together, and it's mostly air.
menyatu, isinya kebanyakan udara.
membuat bola,
es biru yang keras.
di atas
stacks up on top of it,
sehingga menjadi sangat berat
pelan.
bergerak,
dan juga menamainya.
di atas gletser,
on the flow along the ice,
lapisan es tersebut,
their way down through the glacier,
gletser ke bawah,
to the underlying bedrock.
sampai ke batuan dasar.
yang terbentuk.
posisinya berpindah
di dalam gua.
meninggi.
explored a glacier cave before.
menjelajahi gua gletser sebelumnya.
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the entrance to one of these caves.
nemukan jalan masuk ke salah satu gua ini.
kami pergi ke gletser Sandy,
pada lapisan es.
and rappel down into the hole.
dan turun ke dalam lubang itu.
sangat besar
sekitar 800 m
sebuah gua?
peta jalan
going to overlapping levels.
saling tumpang tindih.
60-100 cm di dalam gua,
the distance between those stations.
diantara stasiun-stasiun itu.
pengukur sudut tanjakan
dan langit-langit.
heights and distances
tanpa harus pergi ke sana.
mempelajari gua,
you punch it into a computer
dapat menggambar dengan baik,
bird's-eye view of the passage
gua dari atas
di bawah salju.
sleeping under the snow.
meleleh dari gletser,
snow melted off the glacier,
they were all connected.
dan menyadari mereka saling terhubung.
Snow Dragon,
tak jauh dari sana.
on our feet called crampons
yang disebut crampon
dan hijau
mengetahui penyebabnya.
yang disebut moulin
to the surface of the glacier.
permukaan gletser.
and blasting through the cave,
memenuhi gua,
baru ini,
tahun berikutnya
menjelajahinya.
of this entrance room.
mulut gua ini.
di sana
bisa dibayangkan.
what else is inside these caves?
apa lagi yang ada di dalam gua-gua ini?
because they're so cold
karena sangat dingin
mengumpulkan
yang disebut extremophiles,
to live in completely hostile conditions,
untuk hidup di kondisi tidak bersahabat,
on the polar icecaps of Mars someday.
ditemukan di kutub planet Mars suatu hari.
the surface of the glacier and die,
di permukaan gletser dan mati,
perlahan menjadi bagian dari gletser,
their way up into the ice,
melelehkan lapisan es semakin tinggi,
langit-langit gua
where we end up finding them.
kita temukan.
temukan,
selama lebih dari 100 tahun,
in the back of Snow Dragon Cave.
Gua Snow Dragon.
of the glacier long, long ago,
lama sebelumnya,
down through over 100 feet of ice
sedalam lebih dari 30 meter
masih tidak percaya
essentially in our own backyard,
belakang kita sendiri,
kemungkinan untuk menemukan sesuatu
hanya mungkin dilakukan dengan perjalanan
you can only do with space travel now,
melihatnya,
Anda.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Eddy Cartaya - Cave ExplorerA ranger at Deschutes National Forest in Oregon, Eddy Cartaya not only solves cave crimes -- he also explores the ever-changing system of caves within Mount Hood's Sandy Glacier.
Why you should listen
Much of Eddy Cartaya's life takes place in caves. A ranger at Deschutes National Forest in Oregon, in charge of law enforcement and investigations, he solves crimes that happen in caves. This can range from investigating the theft of lava formations that date back 6,000 years to tracking down a group of people who covered over ancient cave art with spray paint.
Cartaya and his climbing partner, Brent McGregor, also explore the frozen, icy caves created in the Sandy Glacier as it slowly slides down Oregon's Mount Hood. In 2011, the pair identified and explored three caves which they named Snow Dragon, Pure Imagination and Frozen Minotaur. Together, the caves create 7,000 feet of passageway through the glacier. Experts think this may be the longest glacial cave system in the United States outside of Alaska.
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