Robert Swan: Let's save the last pristine continent
Robert Svon (Robert Swan): Spasimo poslednji netaknuti kontinent
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,
od stražnjeg dela ove prostorije
as you can go anywhere on Earth,
na Zemlji,
that I'm showing you here are dangerous.
su veoma opasne.
na Južnom i Severnom polu.
of the South and North Poles.
these places are telling us,
with our own survival situation
koji se topi
the most frightening thing
the Antarctic Treaty, signed in 1959.
potpisanim 1959.
was entered into
je prilagođen
na Antarktiku,
from here in the Arctic
already that have been covered in ice
prekrivena ledom
actually melting?"
up here in the North
na Severu dešava
cannot happen in the South.
It's a bit odd. (Laughter)
Malo je staromodna. (Smeh)
I was inspired by the real explorers
stvarni istraživači
to walk to both Poles.
prepešačim do Severnog i Južnog pola.
at parties when I was at university.
na žurkama, dok sam bio na fakultetu.
years of fundraising,
prikupljanja sredstava,
by my family to seek counseling
da potražim savet
marching to the South Geographic Pole
na Južni geografski pol,
ever made anywhere on Earth in history.
u istorij Zemlje.
we are standing in an area
communications, no backup.
90 percent of all the world's ice,
90 posto ledenih površina sveta,
the danger of crevasses,
od pukotina,
to ice inside your clothing,
pretvarao u led,
(Laughter)
(Smeh)
we arrive at the South Pole.
na Južni pol.
on that 70-day journey in 1986
putu 1986.
in 70 days through damage.
izloženosti oštećenjima.
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,
spržili nam oči,
(Laughter) --
(Smeh) -
from the safety of land
od bezbednog kopna,
naked at -60 Celsius.
na minus 60 stepeni.
"I am cold" -- (Laughter) --
(Smeh)
they are cold, definitely.
from the safety of land,
four months before it ever had in history,
da se topi Severni ledeni okean,
od bezbedne zone.
and I'm thinking, "Are we going to die?"
"Hoćemo li umreti?"
in my head on this day,
are in a survival situation,
u situaciji preživljavanja,
for 25 long years.
ili da umremo.
o preživljavanju.
it's life or death,
pitanje je života ili smrti,
to walk to the North Pole,
do Severnog pola,
from frostbite 200 klicks out.
od posledice smrzavanja.
we stood at the North Pole.
stupid enough to walk to both Poles,
bio dovoljno glup da pešači do oba Pola,
than actually making it happen.
nego samo ostvarivanje uspeha.
financially destroyed.
i bio sam finansijski propao.
of the great Jacques Cousteau,
velikog Žaka Kustoa.
the 2041 mission.
Misije 2041.
clear instructions:
talk to industry and business,
industrijske delatnosti i biznis,
of the preservation of Antarctica.
zaštite Antarktika.
to every world Earth Summit,
Samita planete Zemlje
with our brave yacht, 2041,
ever made with a yacht,
na kopnu,
the whole of Southern Africa
over a million young people in person
više od milion mladih ljudi
we have taken over 1,000 people,
na Antarktik više od 1 000 ljudi
women and men from companies,
žene i muškarce iz kompanija,
down to Antarctica,
we've managed to pull out
left in Antarctica.
and I'm so proud of it
i ponosan sam
back here in South America.
u Južnoj Americi.
ever since I could walk
isn't that fantastic?
zar to nije divno?
was only 1.8 billion people,
from industry and business
iz industrije i biznisa
and will be hugely important
the preservation of the Antarctic.
women to come from the Middle East,
da se pridruže,
represented their nations in Antarctica.
svojih naroda na Antarktiku.
with this extraordinary place,
sa ovim divnim mestom,
to go to Antarctica,
return home as great champions,
vratili su se kući kao šampioni,
back in their own nations.
među svojim sunarodnicima.
the ice melt of the North and South Poles.
na Severnom i Južnom polu.
od NASE
is now disintegrating.
raspada.
even compared to here --
kad uporedimo sa ovim.
are breaking off from Antarctica,
sa Antarktika,
that the sea level will rise,
has been on planet Earth.
the preservation of Antarctica
in the real world,
obnovljivu energiju,
with the energy here,
koristili na čistiji način,
to go and exploit Antarctica.
za eksploatisanjem Antarktika.
we also may be able to slow down,
možda bismo mogli da usporimo,
is our response to it?
South Geographic Pole,
renewable energy to survive.
samo obnovljivu energiju.
which far down below are melting,
koji se odozdo tope,
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 --
u preživljavanju
and doesn't go, "Whatever."
and deals with that problem
i bavi se njim
to preserve the Antarctic.
maybe means that we can succeed.
možda znači da ćemo uspeti.
we should fight,
nam predstoji borba,
pristine place left alone on Earth.
netaknuto mesto na Zemlji.
these words from Goethe.
ili sanjaš da možeš,
power and magic in it."
moći i magije."
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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