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南太平洋是一片广阔的海洋原野 The South Pacific is a vast ocean wilderness.
它的水域充满生命... Its waters are teeming with life...
..也就是珊瑚礁吸引的生物多样性... ..from tropical coral reefs that attract the great variety...
大多数生物生活在稍冷的水域里 ..to the cooler, temperate waters that attract the great numbers.
这是为什么世界上最大的捕食所 So why is it that in the midst of all this richness
也需要努力才能 the world's largest predators can struggle
在这片无尽的深蓝中生存? to survive in this...endless blue?
Nothing brings home the challenges of surviving
在南太平洋中带来的求生故事 in the South Pacific better
没有比白鲸记更好的 than the epic true story that inspired Moby Dick.
1821年2月23日，人们发现一艘救生艇 On 23rd February 1821, a lifeboat was found drifting
在东太平洋随波逐流 in the eastern Pacific.
CREAKING CREAKING
在上面有两个美国的捕鲸人, In it lay two American whalemen,
奄奄一息. barely alive.
FEEBLE COUGHING FEEBLE COUGHING
他们的船被一只巨大的抹香鲸击沉 Their whale ship had been sunk by an enormous sperm whale.
经过三个月的挣扎 For a staggering three months, these shipwrecked mariners had sailed
这些捕鲸人穿过了4，500英里-这或许是地球上最荒凉的区域 across 4,500 miles of what may be the loneliest region on Earth.
对这些水手而言，南太平洋已经是一个炼狱 For these sailors, the South Pacific had become a living hell.
什么让他们活着成为一个如此大的挑战？ So what is it about this ocean that makes survival here such a challenge?
在所有的大洋之中，太平洋是已知最大的 Of all the oceans, the Pacific is by far the largest,
占了地球三分之一的表面积. stretching almost a third of the way round the globe.
它是如此的广阔以至于南太平洋的 It's so huge that the current in the South Pacific
洋流几年才能环绕它一周 takes several years to complete just one cycle.
SONAR-TYPE PINGING SONAR-TYPE PINGING
FAST CLICKING FAST CLICKING
在一个如此广阔的大洋里 In an ocean this vast,
许多动物不得不长途跋涉以生存 many animals have to travel huge distances to survive.
没有什么比抹香鲸, None more so than the sperm whale,
在地球上最伟大的旅行家之一游得更远 one of the greatest voyagers on the planet.
每年，数以千计的公抹香鲸 Every year, thousands of bull sperm whales,
有些是从南极洲，来到这里繁殖 some from as far as Antarctica, come to the tropics to breed.
CLICKING CLICKING
那里寒冷的水域哺育他们15年 After 15 years away, fattening themselves up in colder climes,
他们现在足够强壮去争取配偶 they are now back and big enough to compete for a mate.
这里温暖的海水是理想的育儿地 These warm, equatorial waters make ideal nurseries.
仅仅一周，这些刚出生的小鲸已经重达一吨 At just a week old, this white calf already weighs over a tonne.
在以后的六年它会呆在它妈妈身边 For the next six years he will stay by his mother's side,
在这片广阔的海洋中嬉戏，而虎鲸 relaxing in these tropical waters where killer whales,
他们唯一的天敌，很少出现在这里 his only natural predator, are rarely found.
但是也是在这片广阔平静的大洋 But it was in these peaceful stretches of ocean
200年前 that, 200 years ago,
鲸鱼遇到了捕鲸人 whales met whalemen.
在19世纪，鲸油 In the 19th century, oil from the whales' massive heads
非常值钱 could make great fortunes.
捕鲸人首先将目标锁定幼鲸 Whalemen targeted the calves first,
知道其它的鲸鱼会过来救援 knowing the rest of the pod would soon come to their aid...
然后进入鱼叉的射程内 and into the range of the harpoons.
但是只有一艘船时，鲸鱼会复仇 But for one ship, the whales got their revenge.
没有任何征兆，巨大的力量集中了87英尺长的Essex Without warning, a huge bull rammed the hull of the 87-foot Essex.
CRASHING CRASHING
几天内，破损的船沉入深海 Within days, the broken ship was lost to the deep.
他们的船沉没了, With their ship gone,
21位生还者记载3条划艇上 the 21 survivors squeezed into three whaleboats,
也就是他们的救生艇. which now became their lifeboats.
这些人抢出能用的东西, The men salvaged what they could,
但是对于面前的困境这些装备不堪一击 but they were woefully ill-equipped for the trials that lay ahead.
Essex号幸存者处于未知的水域 The survivors of the Essex were in virtually unexplored waters,
他们在在南美洲西部2000公里的赤道上 2,000 miles west of South America on the equator,
几乎是离所有的陆地最远的地方 almost as far from land as it's possible to be.
他们将会发现 They were about to find out
在南太平洋生存是多么的困难 just how challenging survival in the South Pacific can be.
受季风影响他们不能向东直行 Unable to sail directly east because of the prevailing winds,
他们被迫向南进入南太平洋 they were forced south and into the area of the South Pacific
（从那时起人们）知道了那里是片荒凉的水域. known then as the Desolate Region.
一片巨大的，没有海图的和澳洲大陆一样大的海域 A vast, uncharted, windless ocean the size of Australia.
这片美丽的蓝色水域是世界上最纯净的 These beautiful blue waters are the clearest in the world.
但其实是片水中的荒漠 But they are a watery desert,
清澈的蓝色是因为这里几乎没有浮游生物-- clear and blue because there is so little plankton,
所有海洋食物链的关键. the key to all marine food chains.
浮游生物需要养分，但几乎所有的养分都在深海 Plankton need nutrients, but most nutrients are locked in the deep,
几乎不可能接温跃层（海水温度突变曾） denied access to the surface by a layer of water called the thermocline,
也就是200米深度. around 200 metres down.
也有极少数的生命在表层的庇护下存在 The little life that does exist at the surface seeks shelter,
尽管那里是没有营养的表层 no matter how superficial it may be.
整个生态系统建立在漂浮物上 In time, whole communities build on the flotsam.
Barnacle larvae（寄生虫） 随着 Barnacle larvae settle,
捕食者安家 along with miniature predators.
襞鱼科. Frogfish.
在一片漂浮的绳子上, On just a piece of drifting rope,
微小的生物会度过他们的一生. tiny creatures may spend their entire lives.
三个星期后，船难的生还者 Three weeks on, the shipwreck survivors
处于这片未知海域的中心地带 were in the heart of the Desolate Region,
并且深感绝望. and in deep despair.
在航海日志中，一位船员写到 In the boat's log, one of the survivors wrote,
致命的口渴 "The violence of raving thirst
随时可以致人与死地 "has no parallel in the catalogue of human calamities."
他们几乎用光定额 They had almost run out of rations,
然而尽管是经验丰富的水手 and despite being experienced sailors,
也没有办法捉到一条鱼 failed to catch a single fish.
但是那太平洋也有富足 But there are pockets of richness in the South Pacific.
其中一项对Essex的船员是熟知的 One was well known to the crew of the Essex
也是他们能得到的，就是季风 and would have been in their reach, but for the prevailing winds.
在距离南美海岸700英里的地方 Lying over 700 miles off the coast of South America
是加拉帕克斯群岛 are the Galapagos Islands.
与广阔的海洋不同，洋流环绕这里大约100个岛屿 Unlike the open ocean, the seas surrounding these 100 or so islands
充满生命 are bursting with life,
还有很多令人惊奇的发现 with many creatures you wouldn't expect to find
像这些海狮 in tropical seas, like these sea lions.
尽管在赤道附近 Despite sitting on the equator,
加拉帕克斯群岛周围的海水是凉的 the waters around the Galapagos are cooled
因为从南极过来的寒流 by currents flowing all the way from Antarctica.
也正是因为如此这里拥有 It is this that allows the Galapagos to be home
世界上唯一的热带企鹅 to the world's only tropical penguin.
热带鱼类夜也生活在这里 Tropical fish live here, too.
多谢寒流带来的营养物质, Thanks to the nutrients carried by the cool current,
这里才有如此繁茂的生命 there is an abundance of life.
不像开阔的海洋 Unlike the open ocean,
这里富含浮游生物，养育的大量的鱼类. the water here is rich in plankton, feeding huge shoals of fish...
甚至巨大的manta也来了 ..and even giant manta rays.
每一头海狮每天需要6公斤的鱼 Each sea lion needs over 6kg of fish a day.
有这样的鱼群，应该不是太难 With shoals this size, it shouldn't be too difficult.
但是从鱼群中锁定一条却很难 But it's not easy picking one fish out of the crowd.
鱼也知道在鱼群里是安全的，因此对海狮来说 The fish know there's safety in numbers, so for the sea lions
计策就是将鱼群分成越来越小的部分 the trick is to snip the shoal into smaller and smaller balls.
终于，一条鱼从里面分离出来，这是海狮期待已久的 Finally, a fish breaks for cover. It's what the sea lions have been waiting for.
暗礁的裂缝似乎是它的庇护所 Crevices in the reef might seem to offer shelter.
但对海狮来说没有问题 But that's no problem for the sea lions,
他能轻松将它从裂缝惊吓出来 who simply scare them out with bubbles.
海狮不攻击后，鱼群重组 With the sea lions distracted, the fish regroup
然后追逐再次开始 and the chase starts all over again.
加拉帕克斯的富饶 The riches of the Galapagos
对Essex号幸存者来说是仅存在想象中的 were something the survivors of the Essex could only fantasise about.
一个月的严酷考验，而且还在未知区域漂流 One month into their ordeal, and still adrift in the Desolate Region,
他们逐渐饿坏了 they were slowly starving.
水手们不知道的是无尽的海洋还隐藏这秘密 What the sailors didn't know was that the endless blue hides a secret.
晚上，大片看似空旷的海洋变化了 At dusk, huge areas of otherwise empty ocean are transformed.
乌贼从深海游上来寻找食物 Squid shoot up from the depths to feed near the surface.
吃惊的是，海里面乌贼要比鱼多 Surprisingly, there are more squid in the ocean than fish...
他们占了地球上海洋生物的大部分 ..and they take part in the greatest migration of animals on the Earth.
每天晚上，深海生物 Every night, a world of creatures
从海底游上来尽是浮游生物 rise up from the depths to dine on the small amounts of surface plankton.
深海生物是我们星球生长相最奇怪的生物 They are among the strangest-looking life forms on our planet.
在这个漆黑的世界，有些是透明的 In this dark world, some are see-through,
也许是为了伪装 perhaps for camouflage.
有些创造光线去交流活着引诱猎物 Some create their own light to communicate or lure in their prey.
其他来自不同的联盟 Others form inexplicable alliances.
这只幼小的拖鞋龙虾 This young slipper lobster
可能用这个作为浮力帮助. may be using this jelly as a buoyancy aid.
一些大海的流浪汉或许能提供帮助 Some of these ocean vagrants may offer protection,
像这个位虾做的 like this pyrosome is doing for the shrimp.
在世界上最深的海洋 In the world's deepest ocean,
平均深度超过2.5英里 averaging over two-and-a-half miles deep,
新的物种正不断被发现 new species are constantly being discovered.
像这种海马，从来没有被拍摄到 Like this seahorse, never filmed before.
黎明时，这些微小生物 At dawn, these little-known creatures
撤退到深海以求安全 retreat into the safety of the abyss.
CLICKING CLICKING
但是有些掠食者能随着他们下潜 But there are some predators that can follow them down.
短鳍鲸是出色的深海潜水者. Short-finned pilot whales are accomplished deep-sea divers.
离开无营养的表层 Leaving the barren upper layers behind,
他们能潜下半英里深 they can swim over half a mile down
而且用他们的声纳追踪乌贼. and use their sonar to track the huge shoals of squid.
CLICKING CLICKING
但是他们也被追踪 But they too are being tracked.
FAST CLICKING FAST CLICKING
海洋中三米长的whitetip鲨鱼 Oceanic whitetip sharks, three metres long,
视大海为温暖的家 and completely at home in the open ocean.
他们不能潜到足够深的地方捕食乌贼 They may not be able to dive deep enough to catch the squid themselves...
但这不能阻止他们为食物游荡 ..but that won't stop them hanging around for scraps.
或许在追踪抹香鲸幼仔 Or maybe they're sizing up the calf.
这一只，被成年鲸鱼看护的很好 This one, however, is well guarded
by the bulls.
CLICKING CLICKING
但是在无尽的海洋里，发现一餐的机会如此的低 But in the endless blue, where the odds of finding a meal are so low,
以至于最不可能的机会也值得一试 even the slimmest opportunity is worth a try.
或许这就是为什么人们认为 Perhaps this is why the oceanic whitetip
whitetip鲨鱼对遇难水手遭的攻击 is thought to be responsible
for more attacks on shipwrecked sailors
比太平洋里其他鲨鱼更多 than any other shark in the Pacific.
Essex 号的生还者人有鲨鱼摆布 The survivors of the Essex were at the mercy of sharks.
就和一个水手写的 As one sailor wrote,
我们的努力起初是将他们当做猎物, "Our utmost efforts, which were at first directed to kill him for prey,
到最后变成了自卫 "became, in the end, self-defence."
现在，更多的，他们需要陆地 Now, more than ever, they needed the salvation of land.
SQUAWKING SQUAWKING
海鸟通常是看到陆地的希望 Seabirds would have been a ray of hope.
然而热带的鸟能连续在海上飞一个月 While tropic birds can survive at sea for months on end,
其他的，像军舰鸟，每天晚上会栖息地 others, like frigate birds, return to roost every night,
会是陆地的信号 so are a sure sign of nearby land.
有太阳，星辰和地磁场的指引, Guided by the sun, stars and the Earth's magnetic field,
海鸟能穿越数千英里的毫无特征的海洋 seabirds navigate over thousands of miles of featureless ocean.
他们必须回到陆地繁殖 They must all return to land to breed,
通常是一丁点大的地方 often on little more than dots of sand,
这让他们的技术更令人印象深刻 which makes their navigational skills even more impressive.
最伟大的海洋流浪者，有两米宽的翼展 The greatest ocean wanderer, with its two-metre wingspan,
是信天翁 is the albatross.
为他们的子孙寻找足够的食物 To find enough food for its oversized offspring,
这些信天翁可能已经飞行了6000英里 this black-footed albatross may have travelled a staggering 6,000 miles
在广阔的大海上寻找乌贼和鱼群 across the open ocean looking for hotspots of squid and fish.
BEAKS CLATTER BEAKS CLATTER
SQUAWKING SQUAWKING
信天翁的巢 The albatross nest
在夏威夷小岛的浅滩上 on the tiny Hawaiian islands of French Frigate Shoals.
这个小岛只有半英里长 This island may be only half a mile long,
但它为大约30万海鸟提供栖息地 but it provides a base for around 300,000 seabirds.
CHEEPING CHEEPING
在海洋中寻找食物是如此的困难 With food so hard to come by in the open ocean,
新生的小鸟更容易捉到 newly hatched sooty tern chicks are easy pickings
对大一些的军舰鸟来说 for the larger frigate birds.
连续数小时，他们巡视巢穴 For hours on end, they survey the nesting grounds...
等待机会袭击 ..waiting for a chance to strike.
SQUAWKING SQUAWKING
一位母亲试着保护无助的幼鸟 A mother tries desperately to protect her helpless chick.
CHEEPING CHEEPING
SQUAWKING SQUAWKING
但是不受保护的既已收到伤害 But an unguarded chick is desperately vulnerable.
这就是军舰鸟等待的 It's what the frigate has been waiting for.
FRENZIED SQUAWKING FRENZIED SQUAWKING
CHEEPING CHEEPING
SQUAWKING AND CHEEPING SQUAWKING AND CHEEPING
CHEEPING CHEEPING
难怪Essex号人员称他们为“天生战争”鸟 No wonder the crew of the Essex called them the "man of war" birds.
SQUAWKING SQUAWKING
两周来，军舰鸟持续他们无情的攻击 For two weeks, the frigate birds keep up their relentless aerial assault
知道这些小鸟足够大能够躲开 until finally the sooty tern chicks are old enough to get away.
热带岛屿对生命有明显的吸引力 Tropical islands are an obvious magnet for life.
但是原因却是在水下 But things are just as busy underwater.
深海洋流与这些岛屿碰撞 Deep currents collide with these islands,
将矿物质从深海带上来 forcing small but vital amounts of nutrients up from the depths.
五十米深处，sea fans 第一个受益 At 50 metres deep, sea fans are amongst the first to benefit.
更靠近表面，珊瑚礁有日光帮助他们生长 Closer to the surface, corals have sunlight to help them grow.
多亏最小的营养物 And thanks to the smallest trickle of nutrients,
一个荒凉的沙漠能开出绿洲之花 a barren desert can bloom into an underwater oasis...
支持的生物多样性超过其他任何海域 ..supporting a greater variety of life than any other ocean habitat.
这些珊瑚礁吸引绿海龟 These coral reefs are a magnet for green turtles,
提供大还不能提供的 offering a service not available in the open ocean -
珊瑚鱼类的清洁 a good clean-up by a shoal of tangs.
这个工作远比化妆有意义 This work-over is far from cosmetic.
在去除寄生虫的同时 As well as removing parasites,
清洁出去藻类让海龟自由的游泳 the cleaning stops the build-up of algae, so the turtle can swim freely.
海龟同时也感觉舒服 But it's also got to feel good!
这些海龟航行 These turtles navigate their way
1000英里来穿越无边际的大海 across 1,000 miles of featureless ocean
来到这个孤立的小岛 to reach these tiny, isolated islands.
或许他们用超强的嗅觉 Perhaps they use their super-charged sense of smell
感受洋流带来的陆地的味道 to detect the traces of land in the ocean currents.
也或许想海鸟一样他们有磁场感应 Or maybe, like the seabirds, they too have an internal magnetic compass.
但是无论如何人他们做到了，他们准备筑巢时 But however they do it, when they're ready to nest,
雌海龟回到她们出生的那个海滩 the females return to the very same beach on which they were born.
她们来时，其他正准备离开 Just as she arrives, others are preparing to leave.
这些七个月大的信天翁幼鸟 These seven-month-old black-footed albatross chicks
已经从父母那里独立 have recently been abandoned by their parents.
现在，受饥饿驱使，他们开始飞行 And now, driven by hunger, it's their time to get airborne.
不幸的是，空间有限 Unfortunately, with space at a premium,
可使用的空间更少 there is little room for manoeuvre,
他们不得不在水上进行第一次飞行 and they must make their maiden flights over water.
但这不是游泳的场所 But this is no place for a paddle.
虎鲸 Tiger sharks.
一群虎鲸，每只都超过三米长 A dozen sharks, each over three metres long,
已经穿越数百经历参加这次宴会 have crossed hundreds of miles of ocean to attend this annual feast.
惊异的，这些捕食者在同一天到到达 Uncannily, these fearsome predators often arrive on the same day
也就是幼鸟飞行的那天 as the first chicks take to the air.
没有什么力量能将这些幼鸟置于如此境地 Nothing could have prepared these chicks for such an encounter.
然而，尽管看似不动的靶子 Yet, despite looking like sitting ducks,
没有经验的鲨鱼也无从下口 inexperienced sharks find them hard to sink their teeth into.
在食物如此难获得的大洋中 In an ocean where food is so hard to come by,
鲨鱼们不能放弃这些（食物） the sharks can't afford to keep missing.
他们必须尽快提高技能 They must quickly perfect their technique.
对这些信天翁的幼鸟 For these albatross chicks,
从鲨鱼嘴中逃脱似乎是不可能 running the gauntlet of sharks may seem an impossible challenge,
但是为了在大洋里生存大量的鸟做到了 but the vast majority make it to a life in the open ocean.
斑点般的陆地对海难生还者也很重要 Specks of land were just as vital to our shipwrecked survivors.
他们并不容易被发现 Not that they were easy to find.
太平洋只有1%的面积是陆地 Only 1% of the Pacific is land.
在12月20日，水手们到达Pitcairn岛 On 20th December, the sailors arrived on the Pitcairn Islands,
距离他们遇难的地方超过两千英里 over 2,000 miles from where they were first shipwrecked.
他们描述那里为“我们眼前的一个天堂” Described by them as "a paradise before our very eyes",
快要饿死的水手开始寻找野生食物 the starving sailors quickly set to work on the island's wildlife.
THUMPING AND GRUNTING THUMPING AND GRUNTING
但是好时间并不长 But the good times were not to last.
在一周之内他们吃光了海鸟 Within a week, they had eaten all its seabirds.
留下三名成员在岛上留守 Leaving three of their group behind on this now impoverished island,
其他的人选择到海上再次寻找陆地 the others chose to take their chances back at sea.
他们本可以顺风到附近的社会岛 They could have ridden the prevailing winds to the nearby Society Islands,
但是他们害怕食人族 but they were terrified of cannibals.
相反的，他们去了东方 Instead, they struck out east,
到距离2500英里的南美洲海岸 to the distant shores of South America, 2,500 miles away...
并且重新进入那片位置海域 ..and back into the dreaded Desolate Region.
公抹香鲸也从事史诗般的太平洋航行 Bull sperm whales also undertake epic voyages across the Pacific.
要长成这么大 To reach such a gargantuan size,
雄性必须离开在回归线的家庭 young bulls must leave their family groups in the tropics
去寻找充足的食物 and go in search of richer pickings.
SNORTING SNORTING
因此他们去较高维度的海洋 And so they head for the temperate seas of the higher latitudes.
穿越数千英里的海洋 Crossing thousands of miles of ocean, many voyage
很多到了最重要的食物所在地-南太平洋的 to one of the greatest feeding grounds in the South Pacific -
新西兰 New Zealand.
它的两个主要岛屿相距1000英里 Its two main islands span almost 1,000 miles,
并且向南航行 and journeying south,
水温变得冰冷 its coastal waters become progressively cooler
天气变差. and weather-beaten.
在南纬40度，凛冽的西风 At 40 degrees latitude, severe westerly winds
也就是“咆哮的四十度”拍打海岸 known as the Roaring Forties blast the coastline.
正是恶劣的气候使这片冰冷的水域里 Yet it is the foul weather that produces the abundance of life
量的生命孕育了大. found in these cold waters.
风暴搅动洋流 Storm-churning and colliding currents
提取深海中的营养 unlock the deep's great reserve of nutrients
并将它们送至表面 and send them to the surface.
在这种温度的海里，森林般海草取代了珊瑚礁 In these temperate seas, corals are replaced by forests of seaweed.
夏天，巨大的海藻能半天内长大一尺 In the summer, giant kelp can grow a staggering foot and a half a day.
这里不支持珊瑚礁里被发现的（生物） These waters may not support the diversity found in coral reefs,
但是却有更多的鱼 but they boast a far greater volume of animals.
大量的鱼意味着大量的捕食者 And a lot of fish means a lot of fish-eaters.
在 Kaikoura 海岸的Dusky海豚 Dusky dolphins off the coast of Kaikoura
在新西兰南岛是如此容易获得食物 in New Zealand's South Island are so well fed
他们能够形成上千的种群 that they can form superpods a thousand strong.
SQUEAKING SQUEAKING
SQUEAKY BUZZING SQUEAKY BUZZING
CLICKING AND BUZZING CLICKING AND BUZZING
SNORTING SNORTING
从出生地离开后 After their epic journey from the tropics,
幼小的公抹香鲸成功到达 the young bull sperm whales have finally made it.
抹香鲸比其他任何鲸潜的更深 Sperm whales dive deeper than any other whale.
他们为丰富的食物而来 They are drawn here by the fabulous wealth of deep-sea creatures -
尽管巨型乌贼 even the giant squid that lurk
潜伏在广阔水面下的深谷中 in the depths of a vast underwater canyon.
为了在如此深的水下呆一个小时 To dive so deep and remain there for over an hour,
鲸鱼需要十分钟吸如空气 whales must spend around ten minutes filling their lungs
并且血里的氧气 and blood with oxygen...
和毛海豹的一样多 ..much to the interest of a passing fur seal.
这些小鲸鱼会在这片营养丰富的 These young bulls will now spend another 15 years bulking up
海里度过15年 in the nutrient-rich seas.
当他们变成30吨的巨人的时候 Only when they have become 30-tonne giants
成为世界最大的掠食者 will the largest predators on Earth
才会回到热带寻找配偶 finally return to the tropics to compete for a mate.
200年前，太平洋的另一边上 200 years ago, on the other side of the South Pacific,
我们的捕鲸人的旅程正要结束 the journey of our whalemen was coming to an end.
在抹香鲸袭击的94天后 94 days after the ship was scuttled by a sperm whale,
他们在距智利400英里的地方 one of the whale boats was finally spotted
发现了一艘捕鲸船 400 miles off the coast of Chile.
只有Pollard船长和Ramsdell还活着 Only Captain Pollard and Ramsdell remained,
依靠吃他们同伴的尸体 gnawing on the bones of their dead shipmates.
RIGGING CREAKS RIGGING CREAKS
17天前，在他们最困难的时候 17 days earlier, in their darkest hour,
他们在抽签幸免并且吃了其他人 they had drawn lots, executed and eaten them.
WATER SLOSHING WATER SLOSHING
这是三艘船漂泊最远的 Of the three boats that were cast adrift,
这两个人也变成了食人族 two resorted to cannibalism.
一艘再也没有音信 One was never seen again.
这些水手们的事迹证明在这片巨大又荒凉的海中 Navigating and surviving in this vast, remote wilderness
航行生存几乎是不可能的 had proved almost impossible for these experienced sailors.
有时，终极的大海旅行者也需要帮助 And at times, even the ultimate ocean travellers need help.
自然的港口是水手的安全天堂 Natural harbours may be safe havens for sailors,
但是对迁移的鲸来说确实死亡圈套 but for the migratory whales, they can be death traps.
WAVES CRASHING WAVES CRASHING
12头公抹香鲸孤立无援 A pod of 12 bull sperm whales has become fatally stranded.
难道是因为一头鲸的失误导致他们陷于困境困境？ Was this stranding caused by one whale making a navigational error?
没有人知道答案 No-one knows.
鲸的社群关系如此紧密 But with social bonds so strong,
其他的鲸无法帮助只能跟着 the other whales can't help but follow.
SNORTING SNORTING
鲸还活着 One whale is still alive,
但是没有水支持它巨大的体重 but without sufficient water to support his incredible bulk,
它的内脏会被压碎 his internal organs will be crushed.
像这样，几天后就会死 Left like this, he will die within days.
幸运的是，我们对抹香鲸的态度 Thankfully, our attitude to sperm whales
已经由开发变为保护 has changed from exploitation to conservation.
一支救援队试图用 A rescue team tries to dislodge him
他们船只造成的波浪推走它 with waves from the bow of their boat.
但是他虚弱发软状况恶化 But he's held fast.
暴晒的皮肤起泡了 His sunburnt skin quickly blisters.
RUMBLING RUMBLING
唯一的选择就是用网了 The only option left is to use nets.
最后他终于获救了 At last he's free.
极度虚弱，他被护送出港口 Badly weakened, he's chaperoned towards the harbour entrance.
但是他还没有脱离危险 But he's not out of trouble yet.
首先，他必须躲避前方的岩石 First, he must negotiate the rocky heads of the bay.
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他脆弱的皮肤被严重划伤 His sensitive skin, never designed to touch rock, is badly lacerated.
他做到了 He's through,
安全的重返无尽的海洋 and back into the safety of the endless blue.
抹香鲸的故事也证明在这片极端海域 The sperm whales' story sums up the difficulties of surviving
生存的困难 in this world of extremes.
他们的成功归功于特殊的技能 They succeed, thanks to their great stamina and extraordinary design.
但有时，鲸鱼也要应付 But at times, even the whales struggle to cope with the challenges
这片大洋的挑战 of this vast ocean.
虎鲸 Tiger sharks.
他们是太平洋里最伟大的掠食者之一 They're one of the Pacific's most formidable predators.
目标是拍摄他们在水上和水下的捕猎镜头 The goal was to film them hunting from above and below the water.
这是摄影队伍的最大挑战 This proved to be the team's greatest filming challenge.
要拍着这样的镜头，摄影队航行800英里 To film this behaviour, the team sailed 800 miles
到达夏威夷的French Frigate Shoals岛链 to one of the remotest islands in the Hawaiian chain - French Frigate Shoals.
这样，我们还要面对 On this route, we should just pass...
时间的挑战 The timing was critical.
一年只有两个星期（能拍摄这样的画面） For just two weeks a year,
12头虎鲸聚集在这个小岛 a dozen tiger sharks gather round this tiny island
准备捕食信天翁幼鸟 ready for the albatross chicks' maiden flights.
为了不打扰鸟的栖息地 So as not to disturb the bird colony,
脚手架远离海岸安放 a scaffold tower was erected offshore
在虎鲸的骚动的中央 in the middle of the shark-infested lagoon.
这个小的拍摄平台是组员基座的顶端 This small filming platform was going to be the topside crew's base
在以后十天 for the next ten days -
令人期待的新手摄影师-John Aitchison a daunting prospect for landlubber cameraman John Aitchison.
当接近这里的时候极易感到害怕 It's pretty scary being out here when they're really close.
平台随着波浪晃动 The platform wobbles when the waves hit it,
我也想象如果我落下会发生什么 and I wonder what would happen if I fell in.
从这点上讲 From this vantage point,
Mark Brownlow 直接潜水 producer Mark Brownlow was able to spot the sharks
拍摄鲨鱼 and direct the dive team to the action.
尽管经验丰富 Although experienced,
摄影师不可避免的产生忧虑 cameraman Richard Woolocombe was understandably anxious.
我从来没和虎鲸一起潜水 I have never dived with tiger sharks.
从何另一方面能见到虎鲸我也很兴奋 And I'm incredibly excited on the one hand to see tiger sharks,
也有些无奈，毕竟他们的危险时出了名是 but also somewhat reticent, knowing they have such a dangerous reputation.
因此鲨鱼专家Doug Perrine被请来帮助他 So shark expert and photographer Doug Perrine was hired to watch his back.
在一个手里有一台照相机 And in one hand, I'll have an aluminium camera housing,
在另一只手里，我有这个高科技击鲨警棍 and in another hand, I'll have this hi-tech shark billy.
这样也只能给鲨鱼一点点信号 And then it's just a matter of giving them a little poke
让他们知道你还活着并且能够自卫 to let them know that you're alive and capable of defending yourself.
拍摄的那一刻来临 The moment of truth had arrived.
水面上右侧80码处的鸟 Bird on the water, 80 yards to the right.
现在要和虎鲸一起游了 It was time to swim with tiger sharks.
从船上跳下去 Pulling the boat up at a respectful distance from the bird,
潜水员最后要从水下接近虎鲸 the divers' final approach was from underwater.
为防止后面的鲨鱼攻击 To stop any surprise attacks from a shark beneath them,
他们在海底 they hugged the sea bed.
但是鸟远远离去 But the bird was long gone.
他们等待虎鲸出现 They waited back-to-back for a tiger shark to show.
没有（虎鲸出现） None did.
但他们在水面时 But as they surfaced,
一致鲨鱼出现 a shark appeared.
在你后面，鲨鱼在你后面 Right behind you! Shark right behind you!
看到一只鲨鱼在后面那绝对令人害怕 It's a pretty intimidating sight to see a shark that big
并且那么肥-巨大的身躯，令人难以置信的周长 and that fat - it's a huge girth, absolutely incredible girth.
站在平台上，Jhon完美的拍摄了这个过程 Standing on his platform, John was perfectly placed to cover the action.
但是Richard能比鲨鱼更快到达鸟那里吗 But would Richard be quick enough to get to the birds before the sharks?
Oh!Whoa! Oh!Whoa!
仅是一瞬间，我们或许失去拍摄机会 Just a fraction earlier, and we might've got the shot.
现在正在向那里移动 This one's moving out towards it now.
鸟不会飞走了，他正在吃，你不会相信! The bird didn't fly off - he got eaten.You're joking!
藉由他们高度协调，鲨鱼很快进入了镜头 With their highly tuned senses, the sharks were onto the chicks in seconds.
哦!我们如此的接近！ Oh, man! We got so close!
潜水队落在后面，不过Jone成功继续 While the dive team lagged behind, John's success continued.
在那里. Oh, no, 他离开了! That's it. Oh, no, it's got away!
鲨鱼来了鸟却飞走了 Shark came up and it's got away. Flying off.
Phew! 那是只幸运的信天翁! Phew! That was a lucky albatross!
每一天，清晨时，活动水平降低 Each day, by mid-morning, the activity levels dropped.
鸟停止飞行并且没有鲨鱼的迹象 The birds stopped flying and there was no sign of the sharks.
以后的时间，组员的到了机会 In the down time, the topside crew got the chance
熟悉其他成员 to get better acquainted with some new friends.
我认为如果鸟视你为栖息木那对你是中荣誉 I just think it's such an honour when birds treat you as a perch!
但是我相当高兴那不是只信天翁 But I'm quite glad it's not an albatross!
次日，海上起风了 The following day, it began to blow.
WIND ROARS WIND ROARS
强风起了作用，给鸟足够的升力 The strong wind's helping. It's giving them enough lift to take off
并且将他们带回来 and carry on flying to get back in. Oh, no. No...
意料之外的风对鸟是好消息 While unseasonal winds were good news for the birds,
也使得Richard的工作更困难 they made Richard's task much tougher.
眼下他们起飞的次数太多 They're just taking off too much at the moment.
现在风太强了 This wind is too strong.
我们没有足够时间接近他们 It's not allowing us the time to get to the birds,
鲨鱼也是 or the sharks to get to them.
大风过后是雨 After the wind came the rain.
对组员来说是更坏的消息 More bad news for the crew.
但不是对鸟，他们似乎被大雨赋予力量. But not for the chicks, who seemed invigorated by the downpour.
天放晴了 The weather cleared up,
现在又有了新的问题 but there was a new problem.
一只大虎鲨来了，看，你比我看的更清楚 A big tiger shark came in. From your perspective, I think you could see it more clearly than I.
能见度很差因此我只能尽力找出它 It was so poor visibility down there that I could just make it out,
但是我发现他相当大 but I could see it was pretty big.
能见度只有5英尺， Visibility's down to about 5ft. That's just not safe enough
和这些大虎鲨一起潜水不安全 to dive with these big tiger sharks.
我先现在无终止潜水队工作 We're going to have to call off the dive team.
非常令人失望 Very disappointing.
水下的能见度也很差 The poor underwater visibility
但这不能阻止鲨鱼发现猎物 didn't seem to stop the sharks from finding their prey,
替约翰担心 giving John some concerns.
我现在心情很复杂 I've got very mixed feeling about this.
我并不想见信天翁被吃，但是我在拍摄 I don't really want to see the albatrosses eaten, but that's what I'm here to film.
你禁不住祈祷信天翁每次都能逃脱 You can't help wishing the albatrosses will get away each time.
每次逃脱我会欢呼，浅水区那里有一只鲨鱼 I sort of cheer inside when they do. There's a shark, right in the shallows!
John继续拍摄 John continued to film the action.
这距上次能拍摄又过去了三天 But it was another three days before the visibility cleared sufficiently
才能安全潜水 to make diving safe again.
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经过几天的联系 After days of practice,
Richard 终于能比鲨鱼更早到达鸟那里 Richard was finally getting to the birds ahead of the sharks.
但是仍然没有成功，你看到什么了？ Yet still no success. What did you see?
信天翁围着我们一会 The albatross gave us the run-around for a while,
等他发现已经足够了就离开 and then he finally decided he'd had enough of us and flew away.
但是为什么鲨鱼不来捕食鸟？ But why didn't the sharks take the bird?
难道他们在避开潜水员吗？ Were they now avoiding the divers?
无论怎么想的，他向我们表明 Whatever senses they're using, they've shown us
它在与我们保持距离 that they want to stay away from us.
以后的两天，这个结论被证明是正确的 Over the next two days, Doug's theory was confirmed,
Richard 意识到他一点也不害怕 and Richard realised he had little to fear.
鲨鱼对我们不感兴趣 The sharks are not interested in us.
他们只对多油物质感兴趣 They're only interested in a slightly oilier substance
像美丽的，富含脂肪的信天翁 in the form of a nice, fat, juicy albatross.
我今天感觉不错 I've got a very positive feeling about today.
情况改变了，很多鲨鱼在周围 Conditions are improving, lots of sharks around,
来到船的附近-我想他们在邀请我们 come to close to the boat - I think they're inviting us in.
但是从水下成功拍摄 But filming a successful strike from underwater
需要一个不同的策略. required a different strategy.
不用再害怕从背后被袭击，Richard 和 Doug选择 No longer worried about being hit from below, Richard and Doug opted
悄悄地接近水面 for the quieter approach of snorkelling at the surface...
只是在最后时刻回到海底 ..only going under at the final moment.
这个新的策略有效吗？ Would this new technique work?
在表面，视线更好 From the surface, the signs were good...
Oh, whoa! Oh, whoa!
约翰在此从平台上捕捉到了镜头 ..and John was once again following the action from his platform.
SHRIEKING WHISTLE SHRIEKING WHISTLE
那么理查德那里怎样了？ So how did it go for Richard?
难以置信! Unbelievable!
真是瞬间发生 That happened in a second!
世界上绝无第二! It was out of nowhere!
当我看到鸟周围的气泡时 My first hint that something was happening
我的第一反应是有些事正在发生 was when I saw a bunch of bubbles around the bird.
然后我能隐约看见鲨鱼的形状 Then I could kinda see the shape of the shark.
这是我见过的最令人吃惊的事情 That is THE most astonishing thing I've ever seen.
但是关于这个故事还有更多 But there was more to this story.
你已经捕捉到这个难以置信的捕食者 You've got this incredible predator who's lurking around
隐藏在附近并且你知道他在那里 and you know he's out there.
你知道在你附近，你不能看见它，他能看见你 You know this animal is circling you. You can't see it, it can see you.
并且你无助的只能再次环顾四周 And so you can't help now and again just to look away for a second,
就在我看的那一瞬间，鲨鱼出击 and in that split second on this occasion that I looked away, the shark hit.
袭击信天翁展示的力量 The power of the animal as it took the albatross
一方面令我恐惧另一方面是 was on the one hand terrifying, but on the other hand
绝对的震撼 completely transfixing.
我想鲨鱼会一直留在我的印象里 I think that shot's going to haunt me for the rest of my life.
Richard 或组只拍摄了袭击的一半 Richard may only have filmed half the strike,
但最后，考虑到鲨鱼的紧张（被拍摄）, but in the end, given the nervousness of the sharks,
他很幸运拍到这个镜头 he was lucky to get even that.
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