Eddy Cartaya: My glacier cave discoveries
Eddy Cartaya: Jak odkrywam jaskinie lodowcowe
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?
zbudowana jest z wapienia.
caves are made of lava rock,
to skały wulkaniczne,
with you today are made
one hour's drive from Portland,
godzina drogi od Portland,
see things and go places
ever seen or touched snow,
lub dotykali go,
clumped together, and it's mostly air.
głównie powietrze.
żeby zrobić śnieżkę,
twardy, niebieski lód.
stacks up on top of it,
on the flow along the ice,
their way down through the glacier,
to the underlying bedrock.
aż do skalnego podłoża lodowca.
wewnątrz jaskini.
explored a glacier cave before.
jaskiń lodowcowych.
wideo na YouTube
the entrance to one of these caves.
którzy natknęli się na wejście do jaskini.
geograficznych tego miejsca.
and rappel down into the hole.
i zjechać do szczeliny.
znaleźliśmy wielki tunel
czy map drogowych,
going to overlapping levels.
biegną na różnych poziomach.
ustawić w jaskini stacje badawcze,
the distance between those stations.
heights and distances
okazywała się matematyka,
you punch it into a computer
naprawdę dobrze rysować.
bird's-eye view of the passage
sleeping under the snow.
jak duży smok śpiący pod śniegiem.
snow melted off the glacier,
stopiło się z lodowca,
they were all connected.
że są one połączone.
na mapę Śnieżnego Smoka,
on our feet called crampons
świecił na niebiesko i zielono.
od Śnieżnego Smoka,
i odkryliśmy powód.
zwany młynem lodowcowym,
to the surface of the glacier.
prosto do powierzchni lodowca.
and blasting through the cave,
i przebiegało przez całą jaskinię,
of this entrance room.
jest nasz obóz.
Czystą Wyobraźnią,
what else is inside these caves?
co jeszcze było wewnątrz?
because they're so cold
to live in completely hostile conditions,
do życia w ekstremalnych warunkach,
on the polar icecaps of Mars someday.
coś podobnego w lodzie Marsa.
the surface of the glacier and die,
their way up into the ice,
where we end up finding them.
gdzie my je znajdujemy.
in the back of Snow Dragon Cave.
w głębi Śnieżnego Smoka.
of the glacier long, long ago,
bardzo dawno temu,
down through over 100 feet of ice
essentially in our own backyard,
you can only do with space travel now,
gdy na nie traficie,
nawet na własnym podwórku.
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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