Eddy Cartaya: My glacier cave discoveries
Eddy Cartaya: Mijn gletsjergrot-ontdekkingen
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?
caves are made of lava rock,
zijn de meeste van lavasteen,
with you today are made
one hour's drive from Portland,
see things and go places
ever seen or touched snow,
clumped together, and it's mostly air.
die samengeklonterd zijn, maar vooral lucht.
stacks up on top of it,
en krijgt het een naam.
on the flow along the ice,
die langs het ijs lopen.
their way down through the glacier,
een weg door de gletsjer,
to the underlying bedrock.
ergens anders in de grot.
explored a glacier cave before.
een gletsjergrot onderzocht.
the entrance to one of these caves.
van deze grotten liepen.
and rappel down into the hole.
vonden we een enorme tunnel
going to overlapping levels.
en overlappende niveaus.
moet je elke paar meter
the distance between those stations.
tussen die markeringen.
heights and distances
you punch it into a computer
bird's-eye view of the passage
sleeping under the snow.
die onder de sneeuw lag te slapen.
snow melted off the glacier,
toen er meer sneeuw was gesmolten,
they were all connected.
dat ze onderling waren verbonden.
on our feet called crampons
onder onze voeten.
zonder uit te glijden.
en het ontdekten.
ook wel moulin genoemd
to the surface of the glacier.
naar het oppervlak van de gletsjer.
and blasting through the cave,
in januari terugkwamen.
of this entrance room.
what else is inside these caves?
because they're so cold
als extremophiles leefden
to live in completely hostile conditions,
on the polar icecaps of Mars someday.
op de poolkappen van Mars.
the surface of the glacier and die,
op de gletsjer en gaan dood,
their way up into the ice,
en omhoog smelten door het ijs,
en druppelen naar beneden
where we end up finding them.
waar we ze uiteindelijk vinden.
in the back of Snow Dragon Cave.
of the glacier long, long ago,
down through over 100 feet of ice
essentially in our own backyard,
in onze achtertuin lagen,
you can only do with space travel now,
in je achtertuin kan zijn.
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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