Eddy Cartaya: My glacier cave discoveries
Edi Kartaja (Eddy Cartaya): Moje otkrivanje glečerskih pećina
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?
u nekoj pećini?
većina vas će zamisliti
caves are made of lava rock,
većina pećina je od skamenjene lave
with you today are made
da vam pokažem
tačnije glečera
najviše planine
koja se zove Hud.
one hour's drive from Portland,
vožnje od Portlanda,
najzanimljivije je
koja u nju kroči.
na sve strane
koliko smo bili uzbuđeni
see things and go places
i posetimo mesta
ever seen or touched snow,
clumped together, and it's mostly air.
sitnih kristala i većinom vazduha.
gde snežni pokrivač
pola metra godišnje,
stacks up on top of it,
padne na glečer,
on the flow along the ice,
stvara i rečice
their way down through the glacier,
i slivaju zajedno s glečerom,
to the underlying bedrock.
kamenitog sloja tla.
s jednog mesta na drugo.
explored a glacier cave before.
nijednu glečersku pećinu.
snimak na Jutjubu
the entrance to one of these caves.
na ulaz u jednu od ovih pećina.
na taj glečer
kuke u sneg i led
and rappel down into the hole.
i spustili se u rupu.
kao pešačke staze ili putevi
going to overlapping levels.
koje se preklapaju na različitim nivoima.
u njoj treba da se postave
the distance between those stations.
između svake.
u kome se pećina prostire
heights and distances
visine i razdaljine
i proučavao pećine
you punch it into a computer
bird's-eye view of the passage
sleeping under the snow.
koji spava pod snegom.
snow melted off the glacier,
sneg na glečeru topio,
they were all connected.
i shvatili da su sve povezane.
Snežnog zmaja
otkrio novu pećinu.
obložena snegom,
on our feet called crampons
nosimo krampone
na plavo i zeleno
koji se zove „mulin“,
to the surface of the glacier.
do površine glečera.
and blasting through the cave,
of this entrance room.
popeli iz pećine
uz pomoć konopca uspentrali
what else is inside these caves?
čega još ima u pećinama?
because they're so cold
jer su jako hladne
to live in completely hostile conditions,
prilagodili lošim uslovima,
on the polar icecaps of Mars someday.
na Marsu naći polarne kape.
the surface of the glacier and die,
na površinu glečera pa uginu,
their way up into the ice,
where we end up finding them.
in the back of Snow Dragon Cave.
pola kilometra u Zmajevoj pećini.
of the glacier long, long ago,
down through over 100 feet of ice
essentially in our own backyard,
praktično na sopstvenom pragu,
samo čekale da budu pronađene.
you can only do with space travel now,
gde ljudi obično ne idu
na vašem kućnom pragu.
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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