Robert Swan: Let's save the last pristine continent
רוברט סוואן: בואו נציל את היבשת הטהורה האחרונה
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,
שאתם יכולים בכדור הארץ,
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,
למה שהמקומות האלו מספרים לנו,
with our own survival situation
the most frightening thing
the Antarctic Treaty, signed in 1959.
שנחתמה ב 1959.
was entered into
למשך 50 שנה נכנס לתוקפו,
from here in the Arctic
already that have been covered in ice
מאזורים שכוסו עלי ידי קרח
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.
במסיבות כשהייתי באוניברסיטה.
years of fundraising,
by my family to seek counseling
marching to the South Geographic Pole
צועדים לקוטב הדרומי הגאוגרפי
ever made anywhere on Earth in history.
הארוכה ביותר בהסטוריה האנושית.
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,
בתוך הבגדים שלכם.
(Laughter)
we arrive at the South Pole.
on that 70-day journey in 1986
in 70 days through damage.
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,
פגעו בקרח, חזרו, וטיגנו את עיניינו,
(Laughter) --
from the safety of land
naked at -60 Celsius.
ערום ב 60- מעלות צלסיוס.
"I am cold" -- (Laughter) --
"קר לי" -- (צחוק) --
they are cold, definitely.
from the safety of land,
four months before it ever had in history,
ארבעה חודשים לפני הזמן שעשה זאת אי פעם,
and I'm thinking, "Are we going to die?"
אני חושב, "האם אנחנו נמות?"
in my head on this day,
are in a survival situation,
נמצאים במצב השרדותי,
for 25 long years.
it's life or death,
to walk to the North Pole,
הראשון שצעד לקוטב הצפוני,
from frostbite 200 klicks out.
we stood at the North Pole.
stupid enough to walk to both Poles,
שהיה טיפש מספיק ללכת לשני הקטבים,
than actually making it happen.
קשה יותר מלגרום לזה לקרות.
financially destroyed.
of the great Jacques Cousteau,
בצורה של זאק קוסטו הדגול,
the 2041 mission.
clear instructions:
talk to industry and business,
דבר עם התעשייה והעסקים,
of the preservation of Antarctica.
של השימור של אנטארקטיקה.
to every world Earth Summit,
with our brave yacht, 2041,
ever made with a yacht,
the whole of Southern Africa
over a million young people in person
ליותר ממליון צעירים אישית
we have taken over 1,000 people,
לקחנו יותר מ 1,000 אנשים,
women and men from companies,
down to Antarctica,
we've managed to pull out
left in Antarctica.
שנשארו באנטארקטיקה.
and I'm so proud of it
back here in South America.
ever since I could walk
isn't that fantastic?
was only 1.8 billion people,
היתה רק 1.8 מיליארד אנשים,
from industry and business
and will be hugely important
the preservation of the Antarctic.
women to come from the Middle East,
לנשים מהמזרח התיכון,
represented their nations in Antarctica.
הם יצגו את מדינתן באנטרארקטיקה.
with this extraordinary place,
עם המקום יוצא הדופן הזה,
to go to Antarctica,
return home as great champions,
חוזרים הביתה כמגינים גדולים,
back in their own nations.
the ice melt of the North and South Poles.
הקרח הנמס של הקוטב הדרומי והצפוני.
is now disintegrating.
even compared to here --
אפילו יחסית לפה --
are breaking off from Antarctica,
that the sea level will rise,
has been on planet Earth.
the preservation of Antarctica
in the real world,
with the energy here,
בדרך נקיה יותר,
to go and exploit Antarctica.
ללכת ולנצל את אנטארקטיקה.
we also may be able to slow down,
אולי נהיה מסוגלים גם להאט,
is our response to it?
South Geographic Pole,
renewable energy to survive.
באנרגיה מתחדשת כדי לשרוד.
which far down below are melting,
שהרחק למטה נמסות,
solutions on that issue.
side by side with his father,
to translate these messages
to the minds of future young leaders.
לראשים של מנהיגים צעירים עתידיים.
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.
אולי אומרת שאנחנו יכולים להצליח.
we should fight,
pristine place left alone on Earth.
הטהור הזה שנשאר לבד על כדור הארץ.
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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