向深海出发（2008）

kind of like taking prunings of a tree,
然后把珊瑚片政下来
and he puts them into these small, little rubber tubes.
然后放进这里小的橡肢管中
TOONI: Although it doesn't look like much,
尽管那些不一定
that little section of coral is actually alive.
都能在那里面存活
The coral will grow from what looks like something that
这些珊瑚会慢慢的
potentially doesn't amount to much.
长大
But that could spell the survival of the coral reefs
但是那不意味看珊瑚存活了
in some areas where they've been decimated in the Indian Ocean.
在印度洋中的某些地方它们消失了
NARRATOR: The coral can't be left on its own.
珊瑚不能独处
It needs constant care.
需要持续的照顾
TOONI: So Umbege is weeding the garden.
所以安贝格要给花♥园♥除草
PHILIPPE: This blanketing algae will smother the coral,
这种水草会让珊瑚窒息
so by removing all of this, these corals have an opportunity to grow
因此除掉这些 珊瑚才有机会生长
in as healthy a habitat as possible.
在这个越健康越好的栖息地
NARRATOR: Once the nubbins have spent about 1 0 months here,
一旦这些珊瑚片在这里生长了10个月
they're ready for transplantation.
我们就要准备移植了
If this technique is successful, it could help regenerate damaged reefs,
如果这种技术能够成功就能帮助修复破损的珊瑚
not just in the Indian Ocean but across the entire world.
不只是在印度洋 而是全世界
It's really encouraging to see that that kind of methodology is actually
能看到那么一种方法真的人鼓舞人心
being used in areas such as this, where there obviously isn't
那方法被用在这个很明显的没有多少经费
a huge amount of money to invest in marine science.
的海洋科学上
But this technique is so simple and so cheap, basically,
但是这种技术也很简单 而且经济
it just requires an awful lot of manpower.
那只是要求很多的人力
I mean, we've already lost at least 25?/? of the world's coral reefs.
我们已经失去了至少25％的珊瑚
So, now, because we're taking an active role in their destruction,
现在 因为我们在积极关注这些破坏
this is an opportunity to take an active role in their restoration,
这里就有个机会让它们重生
and it's a very hopeful, hopeful time right now.
而且是个很有希望的时候
NARRATOR: Ten days ago, the expedition launched the Argo float
十天前 探险队发动阿果漂浮行动
to monitor the depths of the Indian Ocean.
去检测印度洋的深度
PAUL: There it goes.
就是那里
I'm waving goodbye to it on its four- year mission.
我跟它四年的任务挥手说再见
NARRATOR: It's now scheduled to surface and upload its first data.
现在它浮上水面第一次传送资料了
But has its mission succeeded?
但是它的任务成功了吗?
So this is... Moment of truth.
这是——鉴征真理的时刻
Well, it is the moment of truth, because with any luck...
是的 这是鉴征真理的一刻
First of all... Yeah.
首先 耶
If we can get this through, we're going to figure out if the Argo...
如果我们能通过这关 我们就能算出—
...actually worked, so hang on.
阿果在怎么工作的 所以要坚持
PHILIPPE: Is that the map? That's it.
那的地图吗?—是的
PHILIPPE: That's it? That's the transmit?
是吗?那是在传送吗?
Yeah, it is.
是的
PHILIPPE: So it's working.
那么它在工作了
NARRATOR: The map tracks the float's position
地图追踪他的位置
from where Paul first powered it up to when it surfaced
从保罗第一次加能量到它第一次到来面
and successfully uploaded its data.
而且成功的上载了资料
This must be us going out. This is when we deployed it.
这一定是我们 这是我们设置的时候
LUCY: Yeah, just about, gosh... PAUL: And it sank.
是的 只是关于 上帝—那下沉了
And this is it here, so you see, it obviously didn't get stuck.
它在这里 很明显不会被卡住
It's going on the expected track, which is north and then northwest.
我们沿着既定的轨道走 先往北方然后西北
And it's come up and it's sent the right expected data up.
它上升了还带来了我们期待的资料
So, the blooming thing worked. So, you feel the flutter of pride
它工作了—你感到很自豪
that it actually worked.
那真的工作了
PAUL: The big thing for me, and it does excite me,
对我来说是件大事 让我很激动
is that it's real- time data. So they're all coming up and down,
那是实时的资料 他们一直上上下下
all sending up temperature, salinity, depth and where they are.
传送出温度 盐度 深度和他们的位置
For me, it's the fact that there are 3,000- plus of the Argo floats
对我来说 就是全球有3000多的
all over the world,
的漂浮物这一事实
so our little float is basically representative of
所以我们的这个只是
just this huge global data search.
全球巨大的资料搜索中的一个代表
NARRATOR: Scientists are already using the data to look into the future
科学家已经利用这些资料去研究未来了
and determine how our oceans and climate might change over the next decade.
去判定未来十年我们的海洋和气候会怎么变化
With just two days left, the team wants to see how
只剩下两天了 团队想去看看
one of the ocean's most elusive residents is faring
海洋中最难让人捉摸的居住者
in these fast- changing waters.
在这快速改变的水域中快速发展
The hunt brings them here, to the Bazaruto Archipelago,
捕猎让它们来到巴扎鲁托阿乞佩拄戈
a chain of islands 20 miles off the coast of Mozambique.
莫桑比克海岸延绵2o里的岛屿
The islands are hammered by the powerful waves and winds
这些岛屿经历了风吹浪洗
that have shaped these 1 00- metre- high dunes built up over thousands of years.
在数千年中形成了数百米高的小丘
LUCY: You really get a sense of the power
你对这里的风和海洋的
of the wind and the ocean here.
力量的了解
Just looking out over the Indian Ocean, next stop, Australia.
印度洋的探险结束了下一站是澳大利亚
All that power of the Indian Ocean just slams into this coast,
印度洋的能量都进入到这片海洋
and it stings, it kind of stings the back of your legs.
长看刺 就像刺你的脚背
LUCY:Stings? Like you're getting sandblasted.
刺?—就像你有沙喷
Slamming into us at the moment. It is slamming.
这个时候拍击我们—这就是拍击
NARRATOR: The Bazaruto Archipelago acts as a barrier,
巴扎鲁托阿乞佩拄戈就是一个障碍物
absorbing the fury of the Indian Ocean
激怒了印度洋
and protecting the 20- mile stretch of water on the other side.
去保护另外一边的20里长的水域
Tooni believes it's here that the team may find
托妮相信我们可能会在那里
a sensitive barometer of the health of the Indian Ocean,
发现整个印度洋健康的晴雨表
one of its rarest animals.
一种稀有动物
TOONI: So this is the dugong.
那就是海斗
With the best Latin name ever, the Dugong dugon.
有曾经最好的拄丁名字
A really bizarre kind of hybridisation between the dolphin tail...
一种很奇异的有看海脉尾．
PAUL: Yeah.
耶
...and then you've got sort of a cow- like/elephantine front end.
奶牛或者大象般头的杂交动物
They grow up to about 3.4 metres, so they're a fairly decent size.
它们能长到3．4米 也是相当大的
NARRATOR: Dugongs once thrived in this part of the Indian Ocean,
海牛曾经在印度洋很活跃
but not any more.
但是现在不
Hunting and entrapment in fishermen's nets
渔民的捕杀
have drastically reduced their numbers.
极大的减少了其数量
So how well is this tiny population doing?
这么少的数量是怎么做的呢?
Right here is pretty much the last viable population of dugong
这里就是最后一次在西印度洋
in the Western Indian Ocean.
看到海牛的地方
So we've come to this specific area to see if we can find them,
所以我们来这里看是不是能找到它们
and to be honest, it would be an absolute joy,
老实说 这也很有趣
and I think something really special if we did.
如果我们做了 那一定是很特别的
But finding them, I think, is going to be a bit of a nightmare.
但是要找到它们还是有难度的
NARRATOR: Dugongs have always been mysterious.
海牛一直很神秘
Their unusual body shape probably inspired the myth of the mermaid.
它们有奇异的体型
They have what's called a fusiform body,
有纺锤状的旁体
combining the flute tail of a fish with four limbs and a snout- like head.
有鱼样的尾巴 四只脚和猪脸样的头
This isn't the first time Tooni's searched for them.
这不是托妮第一次寻找它们了
She knows how tough it is looking for a few dugongs in a very big ocean.
她知道在大海中寻找海牛的难度
I spent a month hunting for dugong
我花了一个月的时间去寻找
and I didn't see a single flipping whisker.
一点迹象都没发现
So if we do see them, we are going to be exceptionally lucky.
如果我们看见它们了 那我们就真的非常幸运
Ready then, team?
准备好了吗?
NARRATOR: If they can find them, it will be a rare chance for Tooni
如果他们真的找到了海牛对托妮来说
to see how well they're coping.
是一个难得的机会去看它们
They head for an area they've been told has a high density of dugongs,
他们去了一个据说有很多海牛的海域
but Tooni is not convinced.
但是托妮并不确定
A high density is a little bit of a misnomer
高密度其实是种误称
and it's a slightly misleading name,
一个错误的名字
because ''high density'' suggests that there's loads of them swimming around.
以为高密度意味看这里有很多的海牛
But in actual fact, that's not true. It just means that more of them have
但是事实上 那是不多的那只是说这里
been spotted in that location than anywhere else.
比其它的海域出现得多些
NARRATOR: Tooni still hopes to find a few,
托妮还是希望能找到些
but dugongs are notoriously timid.
但是海牛真的很稀少
TOONI: The plan is to just cut the engines.
计划就是关掉引擎
It's going to have to be a really, really quiet and slow operation,
来一个真正安静的操作
so we don't freak them out, 'cause as soon as
我们不会吓走它们 因为
they hear the boat noise or hear splashing,
只要它们听见船的声音
they're just gonna be gone.
他们就会跑掉
If we smell a dugong, it's going to be miraculous.
如果我们能闻到海牛的气味—那就是奇迹
NARRATOR: One of the crew believes they've seen a dugong,
有个船员相信他们看见过海牛
so Tooni takes a chance and jumps in to try and get close.
所以托妮眺下水还想要接近些
But underwater, the visibility is terrible.
但是水下的视觉很糟糕
Finding the dugongs will take more than this.
找到海牛比这个更难
TOONI: Well, it just shows you how bad the visibility is,
下面的视觉真的很糟糕