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Camille Seaman: Haunting photos of polar ice
Camille Seaman: Nepozabne slike polarnega ledu
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Fotografinja Camille Seaman fotografira ledene gore in s tem svetu kaže zapleteno lepoto teh mogočnih, starodavnih kosov ledu. Potopite se v njeno projekcijo slik, "Zadnja ledena gora."
Camille Seaman - Photographer
TED Senior Fellow Camille Seaman photographs big ice and big clouds. Full bio
TED Senior Fellow Camille Seaman photographs big ice and big clouds. Full bio
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As an artist,
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Kot umetnici mi je
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connection is very important to me.
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povezava zelo pomembna.
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Through my work I'm trying to articulate
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Skozi svoje delo skušam povedati,
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that humans are not separate from nature
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da ljudje niso ločeni od narave
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and that everything is interconnected.
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in da je vse medsebojno povezano.
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I first went to Antarctica almost 10 years ago,
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Na Antarktiko sem prvič šla pred skoraj desetimi leti,
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where I saw my first icebergs.
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kjer sem videla svoje prve ledene gore.
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I was in awe.
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Prevzelo me je strahospoštovanje.
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My heart beat fast, my head was dizzy,
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Srce mi je hitro bilo, v glavi se mi je vrtelo,
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trying to comprehend what it was that stood in front of me.
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ko sem poskušala razumeti, kaj je stalo pred mano.
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The icebergs around me
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Ledene gore okoli mene
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were almost 200 feet out of the water,
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so iz vode segale okoli 60 metrov.
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and I could only help but wonder
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In lahko sem si le predstavljala,
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that this was one snowflake
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da je to bila ena snežinka
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on top of another snowflake,
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na drugi snežinki,
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year after year.
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leto za letom.
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Icebergs are born
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Ledene gore nastanejo,
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when they calve off of glaciers
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ko se odlomijo od ledenikov
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or break off of ice shelves.
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ali od ledenih polic.
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Each iceberg has its own individual personality.
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Vsaka ledena gora ima svojo lastno osebnost.
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They have a distinct way
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Imajo različne načine
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of interacting with their environment
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medsebojnega vplivanja z okoljem
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and their experiences.
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in različne izkušnje.
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Some refuse to give up
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Nekatere se nočejo vdati
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and hold on to the bitter end,
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in vztrajajo do bridkega konca,
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while others can't take it anymore
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medtem ko druge ne zmorejo več
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and crumble in a fit of dramatic passion.
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in se sesujejo v dramatičnem pasijonu.
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It's easy to think, when you look at an iceberg,
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Ko pogledate ledeno goro, z lahkoto pomislite,
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that they're isolated,
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da so izolirane,
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that they're separate and alone,
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da so ločene in osamljene,
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much like we as humans sometimes view ourselves.
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tako kot ljudje včasih vidimo sebe.
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But the reality is far from it.
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Vendar je resnica daleč od tega.
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As an iceberg melts,
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Ko se ledena gora topi,
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I am breathing in
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vdihavam njeno
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its ancient atmosphere.
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starodavno atmosfero.
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As the iceberg melts,
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Ko se ledena gora topi,
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it is releasing mineral-rich fresh water
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sprošča svežo vodo bogato z minerali,
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that nourishes many forms of life.
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ki hrani veliko oblik življenja.
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I approach photographing these icebergs
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Te ledene gore fotografiram na način,
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as if I'm making portraits of my ancestors,
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kot da bi delala portrete svojih prednikov,
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knowing that in these individual moments
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vedoč, da v teh posameznih trenutkih
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they exist in that way
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obstajajo tako
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and will never exist that way again.
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in nikoli več ne bodo take.
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It is not a death when they melt;
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Ko se stopijo, ne gre za smrt;
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it is not an end,
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ni konec,
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but a continuation
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ampak nadaljevanje
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of their path through the cycle of life.
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njihove poti skozi življenjski cikel.
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Some of the ice in the icebergs that I photograph is very young --
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Nekaj ledu v ledenih gorah, ki jih fotografiram, je zelo mladega --
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a couple thousand years old.
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starega nekaj tisoč let.
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And some of the ice
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In nekaj ledu
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is over 100,000 years old.
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je starega več kot 100.000 let.
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The last pictures I'd like to show you
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Zadnje slike, ki bi vam jih rada pokazala,
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are of an iceberg that I photographed
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so slike ledene gore, ki sem jo fotografirala
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in Qeqetarsuaq, Greenland.
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v Kekertsuatsiaku na Grenlandiji.
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It's a very rare occasion
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Gre za zelo redko priložnost,
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that you get to actually witness
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ko si lahko dejansko priča
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an iceberg rolling.
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prevračanju ledene gore.
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So here it is.
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Tukaj je.
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You can see on the left side a small boat.
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Na levi strani lahko vidite majhen čoln.
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That's about a 15-foot boat.
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Je približno 5-metrski čoln.
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And I'd like you to pay attention
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Rada bi, da ste pozorni
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to the shape of the iceberg
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na obliko ledene gore
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and where it is at the waterline.
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in kje je ob gladini vode.
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You can see here, it begins to roll,
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Tu lahko vidite, da se je začela prevračati,
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and the boat has moved to the other side, and the man is standing there.
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čoln pa se je premaknil na drugo stran in tam stoji človek.
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This is an average-size Greenlandic iceberg.
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To je grenlandska ledena gora povprečne velikosti.
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It's about 120 feet above the water,
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Je okoli 120 čevljev nad vodo
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or 40 meters.
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ali 40 metrov.
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And this video is real time.
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In ta video je v realnem času.
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(Music)
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(glasba)
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And just like that,
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In kar tako
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the iceberg shows you a different side of its personality.
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vam ledena gora pokaže drugačno stran svoje osebnosti.
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Thank you.
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Hvala.
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(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Camille Seaman - PhotographerTED Senior Fellow Camille Seaman photographs big ice and big clouds.
Why you should listen
Camille Seaman takes photographs all over the world using digital and film cameras in multiple formats. Since 2003, her work has concentrated on the fragile environment of the polar regions. Her current project concerns the beauty of natural environments in Siberia.
Seaman's photographs have been published in Newsweek, Outside, Zeit Wissen, Men's Journal and more, and she has self-published many books on themes like “My China” and “Melting Away: Polar Images” through Fastback Creative Books, a company that she co-founded. In 2008, she was honored with a one-person exhibition, The Last Iceberg, at the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC.
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