Karen Bass: Unseen footage, untamed nature

Translator: Timothy Covell Reviewer: Morton Bast

譯者: Dennis Guo 審譯者: Gina Wang

I'm a very lucky person.

我是一個非常幸運的人

I've been privileged to see so much of our beautiful Earth

我很榮幸能看到我們美麗的地球上

and the people and creatures that live on it.

形形色色的人和生物

And my passion was inspired at the age of seven,

我這份激情從7歲開始被啟發

when my parents first took me to Morocco,

當我父母第一次帶我去摩洛哥

at the edge of the Sahara Desert.

位於撒哈拉大沙漠邊境

Now imagine a little Brit

想像一位小英國佬

somewhere that wasn't cold and damp like home.

來到一個不像家鄉 不寒冷也不潮濕的地方

What an amazing experience.

那種感覺很神奇

And it made me want to explore more.

而這讓我渴望繼續探索

So as a filmmaker,

所以作為電影工作者

I've been from one end of the Earth to the other

我走遍世界天涯

trying to get the perfect shot

嘗試拍攝、捕捉到有史以來

and to capture animal behavior never seen before.

動物生態活動最完美的鏡頭

And what's more, I'm really lucky,

而讓我更感幸運的是

because I get to share that with millions of people worldwide.

我可以和全世界上百萬的人分享這些鏡頭

Now the idea of having new perspectives of our planet

只要想到影片可以給我們觀察地球的全新視角

and actually being able to get that message out

並真正將這種信息傳遞出去

gets me out of bed every day with a spring in my step.

這種想法讓我對每一天都充滿期待

You might think that it's quite hard

你可能覺得找到新的故事

to find new stories and new subjects,

和新的主題十分困難

but new technology is changing the way we can film.

但新科技正在改變我們的拍攝方式

It's enabling us to get fresh, new images

它讓我們拍到嶄新的畫面

and tell brand new stories.

並講述新的故事

In Nature's Great Events,

在我和大衛‧艾登堡一起製作的

a series for the BBC that I did with David Attenborough,

BBC的紀錄片系列《自然大事件》中

we wanted to do just that.

我們嘗試了新的方法

Images of grizzly bears are pretty familiar.

大家都很熟悉大灰熊的樣貌

You see them all the time, you think.

我想你們一天到晚都看的到

But there's a whole side to their lives that we hardly ever see

但有一部份牠們的生活型態我們幾乎沒有見過

and had never been filmed.

並且從未被拍攝過

So what we did, we went to Alaska,

所以，我們來到阿拉斯加

which is where the grizzlies rely

在這裡，大灰熊在

on really high, almost inaccessible, mountain slopes

極高、人類幾乎無法到達的山脈

for their denning.

建造巢窩

And the only way to film that is a shoot from the air.

唯一的拍攝的方式是從空中拍攝

(Video) David Attenborough: Throughout Alaska and British Columbia,

（影片）大衛‧艾登堡： 在阿拉斯加和英屬哥倫比亞中

thousands of bear families are emerging from their winter sleep.

成千的灰熊家庭正從冬眠中蘇醒

There is nothing to eat up here,

這上頭並沒有食物可吃

but the conditions were ideal for hibernation.

但它的環境卻非常適合冬眠

Lots of snow in which to dig a den.

可以在厚雪層中挖掘巢穴

To find food, mothers must lead their cubs down to the coast,

爲了尋找食物，母熊必須帶著小熊仔下到海岸

where the snow will already be melting.

那裡的雪早已逐漸融化

But getting down can be a challenge for small cubs.

但從山上下來對小熊仔是一大挑戰

These mountains are dangerous places,

這些山脈是危險的地域

but ultimately the fate of these bear families,

但最終，這些熊家庭的命運

and indeed that of all bears around the North Pacific,

甚至於所有在北太平洋的熊的命運

depends on the salmon.

都取決於鮭魚

KB: I love that shot.

KB： 我很喜歡這個片段

I always get goosebumps every time I see it.

每次看到我都會起雞皮疙瘩

That was filmed from a helicopter

這是從直升飛機上拍攝的

using a gyro-stabilized camera.

用螺旋儀穩定攝影機

And it's a wonderful bit of gear,

這個裝置很神奇

because it's like having a flying tripod, crane and dolly all rolled into one.

就像是將飛行的三腳架、起重機 及移動攝影車合為一體的工具

But technology alone isn't enough.

但僅有科技還不夠

To really get the money shots,

若要拍到最頂級的畫面

it's down to being in the right place at the right time.

最終還是要在對的地點以及對的時間

And that sequence was especially difficult.

而要同時天時地利非常難掌握

The first year we got nothing.

第一年我們什麽都沒拍到

We had to go back the following year,

我們必須在下一年

all the way back to the remote parts of Alaska.

重新回到阿拉斯加偏遠地區

And we hung around with a helicopter for two whole weeks.

我們用直升機在那裡繞了整整兩個星期

And eventually we got lucky.

而最終我們還是很幸運

The cloud lifted, the wind was still,

雲層散去，風逐漸靜止

and even the bear showed up.

而熊也出現了

And we managed to get that magic moment.

然後我們拍攝了那美妙的一刻

For a filmmaker,

對於一位電影導演來說

new technology is an amazing tool,

新科技非常不可思議

but the other thing that really, really excites me

但另一個讓我非常、非常興奮的

is when new species are discovered.

是發現一個新的物種

Now, when I heard about one animal,

當我聽到關於一種動物的信息時

I knew we had to get it for my next series,

我便知道我必須將它包括在下一個

Untamed Americas, for National Geographic.

為國家地理頻道做的節目《野性的美洲》

In 2005, a new species of bat was discovered

2005年，一種新的蝙蝠在厄瓜多爾

in the cloud forests of Ecuador.

密集的森林中被發現

And what was amazing about that discovery

而這個發現的特別之處在於

is that it also solved the mystery

它同時也解答這個謎團 究竟是什麼物種

of what pollinated a unique flower.

在為一種特別的花傳遞花粉

It depends solely on the bat.

這種花完全只靠這種蝙蝠

Now, the series hasn't even aired yet,

這節目還未在電視播映

so you're the very first to see this.

所以你們是一個看到的

See what you think.

看看你們覺得怎樣

(Video) Narrator: The tube-lipped nectar bat.

（影片） 旁白： 管吻狀花蜜蝙蝠

A pool of delicious nectar

有美味的花蜜

lies at the bottom of each flower's long flute.

在每朵花長長的花柱底端

But how to reach it?

但如何才能喝到它？

Necessity is the mother of evolution.

需求是進化之母

(Music)

（音樂）

This two-and-a-half-inch bat

這種大小2.5英吋的蝙蝠

has a three-and-a-half-inch tongue,

有3.5英寸長的舌頭

the longest relative to body length

其舌與身長的比例

of any mammal in the world.

是哺乳動物中最長的

If human, he'd have a nine-foot tongue.

相當於人類有9英尺長的舌頭

(Applause)

（掌聲）

KB: What a tongue.

kB： 很奇特的舌頭

We filmed it by cutting a tiny little hole in the base of the flower

爲了攝影它 我們在花朵的底端開了一個非常小的洞

and using a camera that could slow the action by 40 times.

並且使用了可以將動作緩慢40倍的攝影機

So imagine how quick that thing is in real life.

所以你可以想像它在現實中有多快

Now people often ask me, "Where's your favorite place on the planet?"

人們經常問我：“你全世界最喜歡哪個地方？”

And the truth is I just don't have one.

事實上，我無法選擇

There are so many wonderful places.

有太多的神奇的地方了

But some locations draw you back time and time again.

但有些地方可以讓你流連忘返，多次重遊故地

And one remote location --

而有這麼一個偏遠的地域 --

I first went there as a backpacker;

我第一次背包旅行來到那裡

I've been back several times for filming,

而之後也爲了攝影回去過幾次

most recently for Untamed Americas --

最近是爲了《野性的美洲》--

it's the Altiplano in the high Andes of South America,

這是南美洲安地斯山脈上的高原

and it's the most otherworldly place I know.

它是我所見過的最超自然的地方

But at 15,000 feet, it's tough.

但位於海拔一萬五千英尺，它的環境惡劣

It's freezing cold,

它非常的冷

and that thin air really gets you.

而空氣也非常的稀薄

Sometimes it's hard to breathe,

有些時候呼吸都很困難

especially carrying all the heavy filming equipment.

特別是當你同時還帶著沉重的攝影器材

And that pounding head just feels like a constant hangover.

而昏沉又痛的腦袋就像宿醉一般

But the advantage of that wonderful thin atmosphere

但稀薄的大氣層的好處是

is that it enables you to see the stars in the heavens

它讓你可以無比清晰的看到

with amazing clarity.

天空中的繁星

Have a look.

看一下吧

(Video) Narrator: Some 1,500 miles south of the tropics,

（影片）旁白： 在熱帶以南1500英里之處

between Chile and Bolivia,

在智利和玻利維亞之間

the Andes completely change.

安地斯山脈完全變的不一樣

It's called the Altiplano, or "high plains" --

它被叫做"阿爾蒂普拉諾" (西班牙語） 或者“高原”

a place of extremes

一個存在各式極限

and extreme contrasts.

和極端對比的地方

Where deserts freeze

在這裡沙漠結凍

and waters boil.

水被蒸發

More like Mars than Earth,

像火星不像地球

it seems just as hostile to life.

不適合生命

The stars themselves --

而繁星本身

at 12,000 feet, the dry, thin air

在1萬2千英尺，乾燥但稀薄的空氣

makes for perfect stargazing.

締造了眺望星空的完美場景

Some of the world's astronomers have telescopes nearby.

世界上很多天文學家在這附近都有設立望遠鏡

But just looking up with the naked eye,

但用你的雙眼抬頭看看吧

you really don't need one.

你並不需要它們

(Music)

（音樂）

(Applause)

（掌聲）

KB: Thank you so much

KB： 非常感謝

for letting me share some images

讓我分享我們

of our magnificent, wonderful Earth.

宏偉壯麗的地球的影片

Thank you for letting me share that with you.

感謝大家讓我與你們一同分享

(Applause)

（掌聲）