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Camille Seaman: Haunting photos of polar ice

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【話題】氷山との一期一会の写真を撮る

【時間】 4分11秒
【要約】
１．人間と自然はつながっている
　芸術家としての私の役割は、すべてのモノはつながっていることを表現すること。
２．氷山の写真
　10年ほど前に初めて南極に行き、氷山を見た。水上60メートルを超す氷山に畏敬の念すら憶えた。ひとつひとつが個性を持っていて、周囲の環境と密接に関係している。融けて崩れゆく氷山は死ぬのではなく、その栄養満点の真水で命を育む生命循環の一部なのだ。

３．回転する氷山の写真
　グリーンランドのキアーターティベジアク島で撮影した回転する氷山の様子をお見せしましょう。海上に見えているのはほんの一部に過ぎません。

【語彙】

haunting ：忘れられない

articulate ：明確に述べる

interconnect ：相互につながる

Antarctica ：南極

in awe ：畏敬の念を込めて

comprehend ：理解する

calve ：子を産む、氷河が分裂する

distinct ：異なる

crumble ：崩れる

nourish ：養う

【transcripts】

As an artist, connection is very important to me. Through my work I'm trying to articulate that humans are not separate from nature and that everything is interconnected. I first went to Antarctica almost 10 years ago, where I saw my first icebergs. I was in awe. My heart beat fast, my head was dizzy, trying to comprehend what it was that stood in front of me. The icebergs around me were almost 200 feet out of the water, and I could only help but wonder that this was one snowflake on top of another snowflake, year after year.

Icebergs are born when they calve off of glaciers or break off of ice shelves. Each iceberg has its own individual personality. They have a distinct way of interacting with their environment and their experiences. Some refuse to give up and hold on to the bitter end, while others can't take it anymore and crumble in a fit of dramatic passion.

It's easy to think, when you look at an iceberg, that they're isolated, that they're separate and alone, much like we as humans sometimes view ourselves. But the reality is far from it. As an iceberg melts, I am breathing in its ancient atmosphere. As the iceberg melts, it is releasing mineral-rich fresh water that nourishes many forms of life.

I approach photographing these icebergs as if I'm making portraits of my ancestors, knowing that in these individual moments they exist in that way and will never exist that way again. It is not a death when they melt; it is not an end, but a continuation of their path through the cycle of life. Some of the ice in the icebergs that I photograph is very young -- a couple thousand years old. And some of the ice is over 100,000 years old.

The last pictures I'd like to show you are of an iceberg that I photographed in Qeqetarsuaq, Greenland. It's a very rare occasion that you get to actually witness an iceberg rolling. So here it is. You can see on the left side a small boat. That's about a 15-foot boat. And I'd like you to pay attention to the shape of the iceberg and where it is at the waterline. You can see here, it begins to roll, and the boat has moved to the other side, and the man is standing there. This is an average-size Greenlandic iceberg. It's about 120 feet above the water, or 40 meters. And this video is real time.

And just like that, the iceberg shows you a different side of its personality.

Thank you.