Robert Swan: Let's save the last pristine continent
罗伯特·斯万: 让我们拯救最后的净土
Robert Swan has explored both poles, and wants to make sure that Antarctica, the world's last great wilderness, is never exploited. Full bio
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out of the back of this room,
as you can go anywhere on Earth,
that I'm showing you here are dangerous.
of the South and North Poles.
these places are telling us,
with our own survival situation
the most frightening thing
the Antarctic Treaty, signed in 1959.
was entered into
from here in the Arctic
already that have been covered in ice
actually melting?"
up here in the North
cannot happen in the South.
It's a bit odd. (Laughter)
I was inspired by the real explorers
to walk to both Poles.
at parties when I was at university.
years of fundraising,
by my family to seek counseling
marching to the South Geographic Pole
在无人协助的情况下
ever made anywhere on Earth in history.
we are standing in an area
communications, no backup.
90 percent of all the world's ice,
the danger of crevasses,
to ice inside your clothing,
(Laughter)
we arrive at the South Pole.
我们到达了南极点。
on that 70-day journey in 1986
所发生的事情
in 70 days through damage.
改变了颜色。
and we wondered why.
we were told by NASA
had been discovered
the same year it had been discovered.
bounced back, fried out the eyes,
烧坏了我们的眼睛,
(Laughter) --
from the safety of land
naked at -60 Celsius.
裸身在 -60 摄氏度洗澡回来。
"I am cold" -- (Laughter) --
“我很冷”(笑声)
they are cold, definitely.
他们绝对很冷。
from the safety of land,
four months before it ever had in history,
历史性的提早了四个月,
and I'm thinking, "Are we going to die?"
我想:“我们要死了么?”
in my head on this day,
are in a survival situation,
for 25 long years.
it's life or death,
便是生与死的问题,
to walk to the North Pole,
from frostbite 200 klicks out.
we stood at the North Pole.
我们站在了北极点上。
stupid enough to walk to both Poles,
第一个愚蠢到走到两极的人,
than actually making it happen.
financially destroyed.
of the great Jacques Cousteau,
找回了希望,
the 2041 mission.
clear instructions:
talk to industry and business,
of the preservation of Antarctica.
to every world Earth Summit,
我们访遍了每一个地球峰会,
with our brave yacht, 2041,
达到里约热内卢,
ever made with a yacht,
the whole of Southern Africa
over a million young people in person
we have taken over 1,000 people,
我们带着超过 1000 人
women and men from companies,
down to Antarctica,
we've managed to pull out
我们成功的将超过 1500 的废铁
left in Antarctica.
and I'm so proud of it
但是我很为此自豪,
back here in South America.
全部在南美回收利用了。
ever since I could walk
isn't that fantastic?
这难道不是非常棒么?
was only 1.8 billion people,
世界人口只有 18 亿,
from industry and business
and will be hugely important
在将来对于保护南极的决定中
the preservation of the Antarctic.
women to come from the Middle East,
niudai我们还激发和鼓舞了来自中东的女性
represented their nations in Antarctica.
with this extraordinary place,
to go to Antarctica,
return home as great champions,
作为伟大的胜利者返回各国,
back in their own nations.
the ice melt of the North and South Poles.
南北极的冰融化的事情。
is now disintegrating.
even compared to here --
are breaking off from Antarctica,
that the sea level will rise,
has been on planet Earth.
the preservation of Antarctica
in the real world,
更多的使用可再生能源,
with the energy here,
to go and exploit Antarctica.
we also may be able to slow down,
is our response to it?
South Geographic Pole,
renewable energy to survive.
which far down below are melting,
solutions on that issue.
side by side with his father,
to translate these messages
to the minds of future young leaders.
a survivor -- and I'm good --
and doesn't go, "Whatever."
and deals with that problem
to preserve the Antarctic.
maybe means that we can succeed.
we should fight,
pristine place left alone on Earth.
these words from Goethe.
power and magic in it."
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Robert Swan - Polar explorerRobert Swan has explored both poles, and wants to make sure that Antarctica, the world's last great wilderness, is never exploited.
Why you should listen
When Robert Swan, OBE, set foot on the North Pole in 1989, he entered the history books as the first person to walk to both poles. But the South Pole, which he had reached in 1984, inspired his life's work -- to preserve Antarctica in the face of climate change.
Swan's organization 2041 (named for the date when the world’s moratoriums on mining and drilling in Antarctica will expire) leads expeditions of the world's most influential people to the continent in hopes that it will ignite their passion for preservation. The hope: to affect real and lasting environmental policy changes.
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