Lewis Pugh swims the North Pole

譯者: Hannah Liu 審譯者: Wang-Ju Tsai

Today I want to talk to you about

我今天想和你們談談

swimming across the North Pole,

我游泳橫越北極

across the most northern place in the whole world.

橫越世界最北端的經驗

And perhaps the best place to start is with my late father.

也許最好開頭的方式是從我已故的父親講起

He was a great storyteller.

我父親是個很擅長說故事的人

He could tell a story about an event,

他可以描述一件事

and so you felt you were absolutely there at the moment.

讓你感覺好像身歷其境一般

And one of the stories he told me so often when I was a young boy

他在我小時候常常告訴我的故事裡其中一則

was of the first British atomic bomb test.

敘述著英國的第一次原子彈試爆

He had been there and watched it go off.

他親眼目睹整個過程

And he said that the explosion was so loud

而且他說，當時爆炸的聲響之大

and the light was so intense,

光芒之耀眼

that he actually had to put his hands in front of his face to protect his eyes.

他得將雙手放在眼前保護他的眼睛

And he said that he could actually see an x-ray

而且他說他甚至還可以看到

of his fingers,

手指頭的X光

because the light was so bright.

因為爆炸產生的光實在是太亮了

And I know that watching that atomic bomb going off

而我也知道，親眼目睹原子彈爆炸的經驗

had a very, very big impact on my late father.

對我父親有著深遠的影響

Every holiday I had as a young boy

我小時候每次放假出遊

was in a national park.

都是去一些國家公園

What he was trying to do with me was to inspire me

我父親想要激勵我的是

to protect the world,

要來保護我們的地球

and show me just how fragile the world is.

並且告訴我這世界有多麼的脆弱

He also told me about the great explorers.

他也和我講一些探險家的故事

He loved history. He would tell me about Captain Scott

他對歷史十分著迷。他會和我說說史考特船長的事蹟

walking all the way to the South Pole

關於他一路步行到南極的壯舉

and Sir Edmund Hillary climbing up Mount Everest.

以及艾德蒙·希拉蕊爵士攀登聖母峰的故事

And so ever since I think I was just six years old,

因此，自從我六歲起

I dreamed of going to the polar regions.

我就夢想到極地探索

I really, really wanted to go to the Arctic.

我真的很想很想到北極圈去

There was something about that place

那裏對我有一股莫名的吸引力

which drew me to it.

讓我對它著迷

And, well, sometimes it takes a long time

當然，有時候夢想要實現

for a dream to come true.

得要等上好一段時間

But seven years ago, I went to the Arctic

但我終於在七年前

for the first time.

第一次踏上北極之旅

And it was so beautiful that I've been back there

那裏美如人間仙境

ever since, for the last seven years.

而從此之後我每年都要囘去那裏看看

I love the place.

我十分喜愛那塊土地

But I have seen that place change

但我也親眼看見它的改變

beyond all description,

勝於任何文字的描述

just in that short period of time.

就在那短短的七年間

I have seen polar bears walking across very, very thin ice

我曾瞧見北極熊步履薄冰

in search of food.

在尋找食物

I have swum in front of glaciers

我曾在倒退許多的

which have retreated so much.

冰河裡游泳

And I have also, every year,

我也每年看見

seen less and less sea ice.

越來越少的海冰

And I wanted the world to know what was happening up there.

於是我想要讓全世界都明瞭在這裡所發生的一切

In the two years before my swim,

在我游越北極的前兩年

23 percent of the arctic sea ice cover

百分之二十三的北極海冰

just melted away.

就已經融化了

And I wanted to really shake the lapels of world leaders

我全心全力想讓世界的領袖們明白

to get them to understand what is happening.

這裡到底發生了甚麼事

So I decided to do this symbolic swim

於是我下定決心要完成這有代表性意義的一游

at the top of the world, in a place which should be frozen over,

並選在世界頂端，在這個應當結冰

but which now is rapidly unfreezing.

目前卻極速融化的地方

And the message was very clear:

而信息很明顯

Climate change is for real,

全球氣候變遷是真的

and we need to do something about it.

而且我們必須立刻想辦法

And we need to do something about it right now.

必須在此時此刻想辦法

Well, swimming across the North Pole,

在北極游泳

it's not an ordinary thing to do.

並非一件普通的事

I mean, just to put it in perspective,

我的意思是說

27 degrees is the temperature of a normal indoor swimming pool.

攝氏二十七度是室內游泳池的水溫

This morning, the temperature of the English Channel was 18 degrees.

英倫海峽今天早上的水溫是攝氏十八度

The passengers who fell off the Titanic

鐵達尼號沉船時

fell into water of just five degrees centigrade.

水溫只有攝氏五度

Fresh water freezes at zero.

淡水攝氏零度時結冰

And the water at the North Pole is minus 1.7.

北極的水溫是攝氏零下一點七度

It's fucking freezing.

真的好冷!

(Laughter)

(笑聲)

(Applause)

(掌聲)

I'm sorry, but there is no other way to describe it.

真是不好意思，但我真的不知道該怎麼用其他的方法

(Laughter)

來形容當時的水溫

And so I had to assemble an incredible team around me

因此我有一組傑出的團隊陪著我

to help me with this task.

完成這項艱鉅的任務

I assembled this team of 29 people from 10 nations.

我從十個國家找了二十九個隊員

Some people think that swimming is a very solo sport,

有些人認為游泳是一項很個人的運動

you just dive into the sea and off you go.

跳進水裡後往前游就是了

It couldn't be further from the truth for me.

對我而言卻並非如此

And I then went and did a huge amount of training,

我經過了大量紮實的訓練

swimming in icy water, backwards and forwards.

在冰水裡來回練習

But the most important thing was to train my mind

但最重要的是訓練我的意志力

to prepare myself for what was going to happen.

並準備好迎接所有可能發生的一切

And I had to visualize the swim.

我必須在腦海中想像我在游泳

I had to see it from the beginning all the way to the end.

我必須從頭想像到尾

I had to taste the salt water in my mouth.

我必須想像鹹水含在嘴裡的感覺

I had to see my coach screaming for me,

我必須想像我的教練大聲為我加油

"Come on Lewis! Come on! Go! Go! Go! Don't slow down!"

加油路易士!加油!加油加油!不要慢下來!

And so I literally swam across the North Pole

於是我在我腦海中

hundreds and hundreds of times in my mind.

游過北極幾千幾百次

And then, after a year of training, I felt ready.

經過一年的訓練我覺得我準備好了

I felt confident that I could actually

我的自信心告訴我

do this swim.

我有辦法完成這一游

So myself and the five members of the team,

我和五個隊員

we hitched a ride on an icebreaker

搭上破冰船的便車

which was going to the North Pole.

往北極出發

And on day four, we decided to just do a quick

旅途中的第四天我們決定

five minute test swim.

下水五分鐘試試水性

I had never swum in water of minus 1.7 degrees before,

我從未在零下一點七度的水游過

because it's just impossible to train

因為我無法在那樣冰冷的

in those types of conditions.

環境中訓練

So we stopped the ship, as you do.

於是我們停下了船

We all got down onto the ice,

踏上了冰

and I then got into my swimming costume

並換上我的泳褲

and I dived into the sea.

然後往水裡一跳

I have never in my life felt anything

我生命中從未有過

like that moment.

我當時的感受

I could barely breathe. I was gasping for air.

我幾乎無法呼吸。我著急的想吸口氣

I was hyperventilating so much,

我的身體失溫之快

and within seconds my hands were numb.

在下水後幾秒鐘我的手已經沒有知覺了

And it was -- the paradox is

矛盾的是

that you're in freezing cold water,

我身在冰冷的水裡

but actually you're on fire.

卻感覺像著了火一般

I swam as hard as I could for five minutes.

我在冰水裡努力游了五分鐘

I remember just trying to get out of the water.

我只記得想盡辦法離開水面

I climbed out of the ice.

我爬出冰層

And I remember taking the goggles off my face

將蛙鏡拿掉

and looking down at my hands in sheer shock,

然後驚訝的看著我的雙手

because my fingers

因為當時我的手指頭

had swollen so much that they were like sausages.

已經腫脹的像香腸一般

And they were swollen so much, I couldn't even close them.

也因為手指腫脹，我無法將手閉合

What had happened is that we are made partially of water,

當時的情況是因為人體主要成分是水

and when water freezes it expands.

當水結冰時體積膨脹

And so what had actually happened is

於是我手裡的細胞

that the cells in my fingers had frozen and expanded.

結冰後又膨脹

And they had burst. And I was in so much agony.

到後來細胞就被衝破了，令我當時痛苦萬分

I immediately got rushed onto the ship and into a hot shower.

我立刻被送回船上沖熱水澡

And I remember standing underneath the hot shower

我對那時站在蓮蓬頭下

and trying to defrost my fingers.

試圖解凍我的手指的景象記憶猶新

And I thought, in two days' time, I was going to do this swim across the North Pole.

我對我自己說，再過兩天我就要游越北極

I was going to try and do a 20-minute swim,

到時候一游就是二十分鐘

for one kilometer across the North Pole.

在北極海裡完成一公里的距離

And this dream which I had had ever since I was a young boy

然而這個我從小就有的夢

with my father, was just going out the window.

也是我和父親一起築的夢，就快要成了泡影

There is no possibility that this was going to happen.

能完成這項任務的機會越來越渺茫

And I remember then getting out of the shower

我記得我踏出浴蓬時

and realizing I couldn't even feel my hands.

我意識到我的手已經沒有知覺了

And for a swimmer, you need to feel your hands

身為游泳選手，我的手必須要有知覺

because you need to be able to grab the water

如此一來才能抓水

and pull it through with you.

並將身體往前推

The next morning, I woke up

我隔天早上睡醒時

and I was in such a state of depression,

心情十分地落

and all I could think about was Sir Ranulph Fiennes.

我滿腦子想的都是雷諾夫·范恩斯爵士

For those of you who don't know him, he's the great British explorer.

他是位傑出的英國探險家

A number of years ago, he tried to ski all the way to the North Pole.

幾年前他試圖一路滑雪到北極

He accidentally fell through the ice into the sea.

途中他意外地從薄冰掉進海裡

And after just three minutes in that water,

在掉進海水裡的那三分鐘裡

he was able

短短三分鐘

to get himself out.

他自己想辦法爬上岸邊

And his hands were so badly frostbitten

但他的手被凍傷的程度之嚴重

that he had to return to England.

他被迫回到英國接受治療

He went to a local hospital and there they said,

在英國的醫生告訴他說

"Ran, there is no possibility

要我們拯救你的手指頭

of us being able to save these fingers.

已經是不可能的事了

We are going to actually have to take them off."

我們得將它們截肢

And Ran decided to go into his tool shed

此時他決定到他的工具房

and take out a saw

取出一把鋸子

and do it himself.

然後自己親手將他的手指鋸下

And all I could think of was, if that happened to Ran after three minutes,

我想，若他在水裡三分鐘就面臨截肢的命運

and I can't feel my hands after five minutes,

而我的手在水裡五分鐘就失去知覺

what on earth is going to happen if I try 20 minutes?

那如果我嘗試游二十分鐘究竟會發生甚麼事?

At the very best, I'm going to end up losing some fingers.

照情況看來我至少會失去一些手指頭

And at worst, I didn't even want to think about it.

最糟情況，我連想都不敢想

We carried on sailing through the ice packs towards the North Pole.

我們繼續搭著破冰船向北極前進

And my close friend David, he saw the way I was thinking,

我的摯友大衛見我若有所思

and he came up to me and he said, "Lewis,

他走過來對我說: 路易士

I've known you since you were 18 years old.

我從你十八歲時就認識你了

I've known you, and I know, Lewis,

我了解你，而且我知道，路易士

deep down, right deep down here,

在心靈深處

that you are going to make this swim.

你會完成這一游

I so believe in you Lewis. I've seen the way you've been training.

我全心相信你，路易士。我見過你訓練時的決心

And I realize the reason why you're going to do this.

而且我知道你為什麼要這麼做

This is such an important swim.

這是一次非常重要的挑戰

We stand at a very, very important moment in this history,

我們正站在歷史上非常非常重要的時刻

and you're going to make a symbolic swim here

你將要在此完成一項具有象徵性意義的壯舉

to try to shake the lapels of world leaders.

來影響世界領袖的決策

Lewis, have the courage to go in there,

路易士，你要有勇氣的游完這一趟

because we are going to look after you every moment of it."

因為我們會每一分每一秒替你把關

And I just, I got so much confidence from him saying that,

聽他這麼一說，我的信心十足

because he knew me so well.

因為他是個如此了解我的摯友

So we carried on sailing and we arrived at the North Pole.

於是我們搭的船繼續向北極前進，最後終於抵達北極

And we stopped the ship,

我們將船停下

and it was just as the scientists had predicted.

而一切就如科學家所預測的一樣

There were open patches of sea everywhere.

我們可以看到零星分布的水域

And I went down into my cabin

我到房間裡

and I put on my swimming costume.

將泳衣穿上

And then the doctor strapped on a chest monitor,

我的醫生在我的胸前綁上儀器

which measures my core body temperature

來測量我的體溫

and my heart rate.

和我的心跳

And then we walked out onto the ice.

我們向海冰上踏去

And I remember looking into the ice,

我記得往薄冰裡望去時

and there were big chunks of white ice in there,

看得到一塊一塊的白色冰塊在裡面

and the water was completely black.

而海水完全是黑的

I had never seen black water before.

我從未見過黑色的水

And it is 4,200 meters deep.

且深及四千兩百公尺

And I said to myself, "Lewis, don't look left, don't look right.

我對我自己說: 路易士，不要左看右看

Just scuttle forward and go for it."

勇往直前就是了

And so I now want to show you a short video

我現在要播放一段

of what happened there on the ice.

關於我那趟旅程的影片

Narrator (Video): We're just sailing out of harbor now, and it's at this stage

我們正要離開港口，也在此時

when one can have a bit of a wobble mentally.

任何人心裡都會有些遲疑

Everything just looks so gray around here,

放眼望去一片灰濛濛的

and looks so cold.

天寒地凍

We've just seen our first polar bears.

我們剛剛看到了第一對北極熊

It was absolutely magical.

那感覺真是非常奇妙

A mother and a cub, such a beautiful sight.

是媽媽和小熊。好美麗的畫面

And to think that in 30, 40 years

一想到再過三十，四十年

they could become extinct.

它們就可能會絕種

It's a very frightening, very, very frightening thought.

是一件非常非常可怕的事

We're finally at the North Pole. This is

我們終於抵達北極了

months and months and months of dreaming to get here,

能來到這裡是多年努力得成果

years of training and planning and preparation.

經年累月的訓練和準備

Ooh. In a couple of hours' time I'm going to get in here and do my swim.

嗚!再過幾個小時我就要跳進去游泳了

It's all a little bit frightening,

這一切還是令我有些害怕

and emotional.

和激動

Amundson, you ready? Amudson: Ready.

你準備好了嗎?

Lewis Pugh: Ten seconds to swim. Ten seconds to swim.

只剩十秒。只剩十秒了

Take the goggles off. Take the goggles off!

把我的蛙鏡拿掉!把我的蛙鏡拿掉!

Man: Take the shoes. Take the shoes.

隊友:把鞋子拿去!把鞋子拿去!

Well done lad! You did it! You did it Lewis!

做得好!你做到了!你做到了，路易士!

You did it! You did it man!

你做到了!你做到了!

LP: How on earth did we do that?

我們到底是怎麼做到的?

Man: Against the current! You did it against the current!

隊友: 逆流!你是逆著海流游的!

(Applause)

(掌聲)

LP: Thank you very much. Thank you very much.

謝謝你們，謝謝你們

(Applause)

(掌聲)

Thank you so much.

非常謝謝你們

Audience: Encore!

(安可)

(Laughter)

(笑聲)

LP: I'd just like to end off by just saying this:

我想在結束前告你們

It took me four months again to feel my hands.

我手指回復知覺是四個月後的事了

But was it worth it? Yes, absolutely it was.

但是這一切值得嗎? 是的，絕對值得

There are very, very few people who don't know now

現在不知道北極海冰正在融化的人

about what is happening in the Arctic.

已經是極少數的了

And people ask me, "Lewis, what can we do about climate change?"

很多人問我: 路易士，我們能為氣候變遷做一些甚麼?

And I say to them,

我告訴他們說

I think we need to do three things.

有三件事我們必須立即著手

The first thing we need to do is we need to break this problem down

第一，事將氣候變前這件事細分成

into manageable chunks.

可以解決的小問題

You saw during that video all those flags.

你們在影片中看到的那些旗幟

Those flags represented the countries

代表著我的團隊

from which my team came from.

所來自的國家

And equally, when it comes to climate change,

相對的，當面臨全球氣候變遷時

every single country is going to have to make cuts.

每一個國家都得減少排放溫室氣體

Britain, America, Japan,

英國，美國，日本

South Africa, the Congo.

南非，剛果

All of us together, we're all on the same ship together.

全世界的人都搭在同一條船上

The second thing we need to do is

第二，

we need to just look back

我們必須回過頭來看

at how far we have come

在這麼短的時間內

in such a short period of time.

我們進步了多少？

I remember, just a few years ago, speaking about climate change,

我還記得兩年前談到全球氣候變遷時

and people heckling me in the back

有些人對我不理不睬

and saying it doesn't even exist.

並且否認有氣候變遷這回事

I've just come back from giving a series of speeches

我剛剛從南非一些貧窮的小鎮

in some of the poorest townships in South Africa

完成一系列的演講回來

to young children as young as 10 years old.

我的觀眾有些才十歲

Four or five children sitting behind a desk,

四五個小孩坐在書桌後面

and even in those poorest conditions,

而即便他們生活在最貧苦的環境裡

they all have a very, very good grasp

他們對全球氣候變遷

of climate change.

也有很好的概念

We need to believe in ourselves.

我們必須要相信我們自己

Now is the time to believe.

現在該是我們相信的時候了

We've come a long way. We're doing good.

我們進步了很多，我們做得很好

But the most important thing we must do

但最重要的是

is, I think, we must all walk to the end of our lives

我想，我們必須想像我們在走完這一生時

and turn around, and ask ourselves a most fundamental question.

轉身捫心自問一個基本的問題

And that is, "What type of world do we want to live in,

這問題是: 我們想要生活的世界是甚麼樣子?

and what decision are we going to make today

而我們今天所做的的決定

to ensure that we all live

能夠讓我們的子孫都生活在

in a sustainable world?"

一個能永續發展的世界嗎?

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very, very much.

先生女士們，謝謝

(Applause)

(掌聲)