HOW A SMALL CREATURE CAN BATTLE CLIMATE CHANGE
***This package contains third party material. Unless otherwise noted, this material may only be used within this package and within ten days of its initial delivery or such shorter time as designated by CNN.***\n --SUPERS--\n:15 - :21 \nNational Ocean Service\n\n1:09 - 1:19 \nThilo Maack \nMarine Biologist & Greenpeace Campaigner \n\n3:20 - 3:27 \nArwa Damon \nParadise Bay, Antarctica \n\n3:51 - 3:56\nAndreas Soto \nArctic Sunrise Mechanic \n\n --LEAD IN--\nDEEP IN THE COLD WATERS OFF ANTARCTICA IS A TINY CREATURE WITH A BIG SECRET.\nSCIENTISTS SAY IT'S ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING AND IMPORTANT OCEAN ORGANISMS YOU'VE PROBABLY NEVER HEARD OF.\nCNN'S ARWA DAMON EXPLAINS.\n --REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS--\nTHERE ARE WHALES JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE FEEDING ON KRILL, SHRILL ARE TINY SHRIMP-LIKE CRUSTACEANS THAT ARE ABOUT THE SIZE OF YOUR PINKY AND THEY FORM THIS MASSIVE SWARMS THAT CAN STRETCH FOR TENS OF KILOMETERS. KRILL ARE ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY THESE ANTARTIC WATERS ARE PART OF A CONSERVATION ZONE AND ITS BALANCE IS ESSENTIAL TO OUR VERY EXISTENCE. THESE WATERS AND WILDLIFE ARE A CARBON SINK MOVING CARBON DIOXIDE FROM THE ATMOSPHERE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN AND THAT THOUGH IS STILL BEING STUDIED. THAT IS THE ARCTIC'S POTENTIAL TO ACT AS A BUFFER TO CLIMATE CHANGE. I DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT KRILL BEFORE WE CAME HERE. CERTAINLY NOT THAT THEY WERE A KEYSTONE SPECIES HOLDING THE ANTARTIC FOOD WEB TOGETHER OR THAT THEMSELVES MOVE CARBON, ULTIMATELY TO THE OCEAN FLOOR WHERE IT CAN SEQUESTERED FOR A MILLENIA. THE JOURNEY OF CARBON STARTS WITH ALGAE WHICH PHOTOSYNTHESIZES CARBON DIOXIDE FROM THE ATMOSHPERE. \nMAACK: KRILL FEEDS ON ALGAE LIKE KIDS IN A McDONALD'S RESTAURANT. IT'S SLOPPY FEEDING. THE REMAINDER OF THE ALGAE SINKS TO THE DEEPER WATER AND THE SAME IS TRUE FOR THE KRILL POO. \nYES, IT'S A CONVERSATION ABOUT POO. CARBON RICH KRILL POO THAT ENDS UP AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS DENSE COLD WATER. KRILL SWARMS CAN MOVE TO DEPTHS OF 2,000 METERS. IT'S NOT JUST THE KRILL THAT PLAY THAT ROLE. SO TOO DO THE WHALES THAT FEED ON THE CARBON RICH KRILL, MASSES OF IT. BUT THESE ARE ALSO THE MAIN KRILL FISHING GROUNDS. IT IS A REGULATED INDUSTRY, BUT IT IS ONE THAT GREEN PEACE AND OTHERS WANT TO SEE RESTRICTED TO OUTSIDE OF THE MAIN WILD LIFE FEEDING GROUNDS. \nTHE KRILL CATCHING VESSELS ARE CATCHING 24 HOURS A DAY FOR THE WHOLE OF THE ANTARCTIC SUMMER. BACK ON GREEN PEACE'S ARCTIC SUNRISE, MARINE BIOLOGIST AND GREENPEACE CAMPAIGNER THILO IS RADIOING THE FISHING VESSEL FOR DETAILS OF THE CATCH. CAN YOU TELL SOMETHING ABOUT THE VOLUME OF THE CATCH? THE WEIGHT? 3,600 POUNDS.\nTHAT MAY SOUND LIKE A MASSIVE AMOUNT AND IT IS. KRILL DO HAVE THE LARGEST BIO MASS OF ANY SPECIES ON EARTH BUT ITS NUMBERS HAVE DECREASED, THOUGH ITS UNCLEAR WHETHER ITS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE OR OTHER FACTORS. AND GREEN PEACE IS PUSHING FOR ACTION BEFORE WE REACH A CRISIS POINT, ESPECIALLY IN A REGION AS VITAL TO OUR SURVIVAL AS THIS ONE. GREENPEACE'S MISSION IS ALSO AIMED AT DOCUMENTING THE VAST AND WILD BEAUTY OF THIS ENTHRALLING ECOSYSTEM, TO SHOW WHAT'S AT STAKE OF BEING LOST. THIS IS THE VIEW AS DAWN BREAKS. I NEVER EVEN IMAGINED ANYTHING LIKE THIS. I DON'T HAVE WORDS. I'M HONESTLY LOST. IT'S JUST -- IT'S LITERALLY TAKEN MY BREATH AWAY. IT'S SUCH AN EXTREME BEAUTY, MY BRAIN DOESN'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO PROCESS IT. IT'S BEAUTIFUL WITHIN HUH? ANDREAS SOTO, A MECHANIC ON THE ARCTIC SUNRISE FIRST CAME TO THE ANTARTIC EIGHT YEARS AGO AND HAS RETURNED NUMEROUS TIMES AS A TOUR GUIDE. DO YOU LOVE THIS PLACE? \nSOTO: I DO. I MISS IT. WHEN I'M AT HOME AND I SEE THE PICTURE I'M REALLY MISSING THIS PLACE. AS YOU CAN SEE IT'S BEAUTIFUL. REALLY CALM AND REALLY AMAZING PLACE. I THINK IT SHOULD BE PROTECTED. \nMAN HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DOMINATE THIS UNFORGIVING REGION, THAT DOES NOT MEAN IT'S IMMUNE TO HUMAN DESTRUCTION. ARWA DAMON, CNN, THE ANTARTIC\n -----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----\n\n --KEYWORD TAGS--\nGLOBAL WARMING ANATARTICA CLIMATE CHANGE NATURE \n\n
FOR THE NEXT ANTARCTIC (aka FOR THE NEXT ANTARTICAL) (CUTS)
Cuts (rushes, out takes) for story FOR THE NEXT ANTARCTIC (aka FOR THE NEXT ANTARTICAL) in G 1175. The original story is on Pathe Master tape *PM0384*. <br/> <br/>M/S of a man holding ski poles, he smiles, the sledge-tractor is in the background. M/S of another man with a flat cap on. M/S of a third man, he points his ski pole a couple of times. L/S of the sledge-tractor driving along in the snow towing 3 people on a sledge, they wave as they pass the camera. M/S as the tractor moves along, it is towing a skier who falls over and has to run to grab the rope again, he misses it and falls over again. L/S of the tractor pulling people on a sledge. <br/> <br/>M/S as it gets stuck in a snowdrift, someone tries to push it but it doesn't work so they back up and try again, one side gets stuck, but it makes slow progress over the snow as men stand around and watch, it has 'St. Ives. Hunts.' written on the side. Various shots from the back as it drives along pulling the sledge. M/S of one of the men pouring methylated spirit into the jug. Various shots as the tractor drives along pulling the people on a sledge. M/S as it is manoeuvred into position on its platform and drives down the ramp onto the snow. M/S of three men stood together.
ARCTIC EXPLORER - 3
Two explorers pack gear then walk across ice in Antarctic environment.
1950s NEWSREELS
ANTARTIC EXPEDITION CROSSES ICE CAP
SOLAR TELESCOPE (07/28/1995)
WHY ANYONE WOULD WANT TO LOOK AT THE SUN DURING THESE MEGA-HOT DAYS IS BEYOND ME -- BUT THERE ARE SCIENTISTS IN ALBUQUERQUE WHO ARE DOING JUST THAT TODAY. THEY ARE TESTING THIS TELESCOPE, WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO BE LAUNCHED THIS WINTER IN A 20 MILLION CUBIC FOOT BALLON SOMEWHERE OVER THE ANTARTIC. IT'S MISSION IS TO LOOK AT THE SUN AND BRING BACK REAMS OF IMPORTANT SOLAR STATS.
Paul Watson: rally to demand the release of Sea Shepherd’s founder - 23/10/2024
11/22/64 A0015599 SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND: & ANTARTIC: THE MAJESTIC QUEEN ELIZABETH DWARFS THE TINY SHACKLETON - AN EXPLORERS NAME FOR AN EXPLORERS SHIP, SHES TAKING A BRITISH TEAM TO THE ANTARTCI, THE COLDEST REGION ON EARTH,
11/22/64 A0015599 SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND: & ANTARTIC: THE MAJESTIC QUEEN ELIZABETH DWARFS THE TINY SHACKLETON - AN EXPLORERS NAME FOR AN EXPLORERS SHIP, SHES TAKING A BRITISH TEAM TO THE ANTARTCI, THE COLDEST REGION ON EARTH, CUT, "ANTARTIC EXPEDITION" SHOWS: QUEEN ELIZABETH: PAN TO SHACKLETON "SHACKLETON" NAMEPLATE: PAN SHACKLELTON: ANTARTIC ICE CAP: SURVEYES PLANNING: SURVEYORS PLANNING: MAP: MAP: SURVEY PARTY AND SLED: MAN CLIMBING CLIEF: SLED HAULED UP CLIFF: SLED TEAM: SLED TEAM: (SHOT XX 34FT) SHIPS - QUEEN ELIZABETH SHIPS - SHACKLETON ANTARTIC - RESEARCH BIS / 34 FT / 16 NEG / R6114
Various Subjects
MARCONI AND WIFE, WOMAN DANCES IN BUTTERFLY WINGS (EDISON), SPUTNIK, AMELIA AERHART, WOODROW WILSON, ANTARTIC EXPLORERS, MOHAMMED ALI, LAUREL AND HARDY
WS View of Blizzard winds wept landscape of sparkling ice and snow with mountains / Union Glacier, Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica
CNN ON DRAMATIC MISSION TO SAVE ANTARCTIC WATERS
--SUPERS--\n00:20 - 00:24\nZoe Buckley Lennox\nAustralian Greenpeace Activist \n\n01:11 - 01:13\nArwa Damon\nAntarctica \n\n04:08 - 04:14 \nZoe Buckley Lennox\nAustralian Greenpeace Activist \n\n --LEAD IN--\nCNN'S ARWA DAMON IS IN THE ANTARCTIC, WHERE SHE'S BEEN FOLLOWING A GREENPEACE EXPEDITION FOCUSED ON BUILDING AWARENESS AROUND THE FRAGILE ECOSYSTEM THAT HELPS OFFSET CARBON EMISSIONS.\nEXPERTS SAY, DISRUPTING THAT ECOSYSTEM NOW, COULD HURT THE PLANET LATER. \nGREENPEACE IS MAINLY RESEARCHING, BUT ALSO PROTESTING KRILL FISHING IN THE AREA, WHICH CURRENTLY IS NOT ILLEGAL BUT HURTS THE VERY FOOD CHAIN THAT HELPS THE OCEAN ABSORB THE GREENHOUSE GAS CO2. \nCNN FOLLOWS THEIR DRAMATIC PROTEST THAT AIMS TO BRING INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION.\n\n --REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS--\nEVERY DAY BRINGS WITH IT EVEN MORE BEAUTY…\nAND, EVERY SHORE VENTURE IS MAGICAL IN ITS OWN UNIQUE WAY.\nZOE BUCKLEY LENNOX IS ONE OF THE GREENPEACE ACTIVISTS ON BOARD, AND SHE WAS ALREADY DETERMINED TO PROTECT THE ANTARTIC EVEN BEFORE SHE CAME.\nZoe Buckley Lennox, Australian Greenpeace Activist: "Yeah, you see it. It just feels more intimate, and it feels more personal, that we could lose a lot of this area to climate change and a lot of these species and those sorts of things."\nPERHAPS JUST AS, IF NOT MORE CRUTIAL, THE ANTARTIC'S WATERS AND ITS WILDLIFE - ESPECIALLY KRILL, WHICH IS THE KEYSTONE SPECIES HERE - PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN MOVING CARBON DIOXIDE FROM THE ATMOSPHERE TO THE DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN.\nZOE IS PART OF A TEAM THAT HAVE BEEN TRACKING THE MOVEMENTS OF A UKRANIAN KRILL FISHING VESSEL.\nA LOT OF THE KRILL FISHING JUST OFF THE ANTARTIC PENINSULA…\nAND BECAUSE THIS AREA IS ALSO THE MAIN FEEDING GROUNDS FOR THE WILDLIFE, GREENPEACE AND OTHERS HAVE PROPOSED THIS AS AN OCEAN SANCTUARY.\nFrank Hewetson, Greenpeace Activist: "Swing round and keep up with them Marty. Probably a best…like this please."\nFrank Hewetson is a Greenpeace veteran.\nArwa Damon, CNN, Antarctica: "The Greenpeace RHIBS have just placed themselves between the Ukrainian vessel and the reefer hoping to be able to prevent the transshipment from taking place.\nTHERE IS ALREADY A CHINESE VESSEL OFFLOADING ON THE OTHER SIDE\nGREENPEACE MAKES RADIO CONTACT WITH THE UKRANIANS…" We have no intention of taking control of your vessel. Our protest is peaceful."\nBUT THE GREENPEACE INFLATABLES ARE NO MATCH.\nTHE TEAM SPEEDS OUT AGAIN…\nGREENPEACE BELIEVES THAT PROTECTING THE KRILL NOW IN THIS VITAL REGION MAY HELP SAVE THE PLANET LATER.\nIT'S ABOUT PRESERVING THE BALANCE OF AN ECOSYSTEM THAT WE ARE ALL RELIANT ON FOR OUR SURVIVAL.\nTHE GREENPEACE TEAM'S NEW GOAL IS TO PREVENT THE UKRANIAN VESSEL FROM HEADING BACK OUT TO THE FISHING GROUNDS.\nZOE JUMPS ON THE ROPE…\nTHE UKRANIAN FISHERMEN CUT HER DOWN…INTO THE ANTARCTIC'S FREEZING WATERS.\nTHE TEAM NEEDS TO FIND A BETTER LOCATION…AND THEY AIM FOR THE ANCHOR.\nKRILL FISHING IS NOT ILLEGAL. BUT THE GREENPEACE TEAM HOPES THAT THEIR DISRUPTIVE AND CONTROVERSIAL ACTIONS WILL GENERATE A REACTION, AND BRING INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION TO PROTECT THESE WATERS AND WILDLIFE. \nZOE IS NOW ON TOP OF THE SIGNATURE GREENPEACE POD.\nACTIVISTS CAN ACTUALLY LIVE IN IT…AND THIS IS HOW GREENPEACE OCCUPIES ITS TARGETS IN EXTREME CONDITIONS. \nBUT NOW THE UKRANIANS ARE MOVING AND THEY'RE THREATENING TO HEAD OUT TO THE FISHING GROUNDS FULL STEAM…"You have 10 minutes. After that I make my speed to full ahead, full ahead."\nIT'S BECOMING TOO RISKY - FRANK NEEDS TO GET THE CLIMBERS AND, IF POSSIBLE, THE POD DOWN.\nGreenpeace Audio: "We are calling on you to slow down, and give us a chance to remove our people."\nTHE UKRANIAN VESSEL DOES.\nZoe Buckley Lennox, Australian Greenpeace Activist: "It felt alright, it felt alright, because you can just jump in the water which I did twice."\nArwa Damon, CNN, Antarctica: "You seem to be kind of fearless."\nZoe Buckley Lennox, Australian Greenpeace Activist: "I think I internalize my fear (laughs). The truth is I am more scared of environmental destruction that I am of a lot of these things."\nAND IN THIS REMOTE AND VITAL REGION, THE GREENPEACE MESSAGE IS, WE CAN DO SOMETHING, BEFORE WE REACH A CRISIS POINT.\nARWA DAMON, CNN, THE ANTARCTIC.\n -----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----\n\n --KEYWORD TAGS--\nANTARCTICA GREENPEACE GREENHOUSE KRILL ECOSYSTEM\n\n
OFF TO THE ANTARCTIC (aka OFF TO THE ANTARTIC)
Full title reads: "St. Catherine's Dock. Off to the Antarctic - and it will be more than 2 years before 'Discovery II' and her gallant crew see the Thames again." <br/> <br/>St. Catherine's Dock, London. <br/> <br/>The British Research Society ship 'Discovery II' moves out of the dock. Some members of the crew lean over the rail to wave goodbye. <br/> <br/>People on the dock wave goodbye as the ship moves off. Tower Bridge is visible in the background. <br/> <br/>The ship moves off on its way down the River Thames.
ARCTIC EXPLORER - 1
A tent sits in heavy wind and snow with camper in background.
02/26/66 A0029007 BRUSSELS, BELGIAN ANTARTIC EXPEDITION RETURNS FROM WINTER CAMP:
02/26/66 A0029007 BRUSSELS, BELGIAN ANTARTIC EXPEDITION RETURNS FROM WINTER CAMP: LN 24642 "EXPEDITION HOME" SHOWS: CU PLANE TAXIS: MS CROWD WAVING: CU EXPEDITION MEN ALIGHTED FROM PLANE: MS CROWD WAVING: MS MEMBERS GREETED BY KING'S REP: CU BADGE ON JACKET: PENGUINS IN CRATE: CU MEMBERS OF EXPEDITION: CU SAME: (SHOT 2/26/66 27FT) ANTARTIC - (RESEARCH) BIRDS - PENGUINS BELGIUM - GENERAL AIRLINERS - DC 6 UP LN / 27 FT / 16 B&W / R12803
HOW A SMALL CREATURE CAN BATTLE CLIMATE CHANGE (IN-06TH)
***This package contains third party material. Unless otherwise noted, this material may only be used within this package and within ten days of its initial delivery or such shorter time as designated by CNN.***\n\n 3rd Party NON-LICENSED Content:\nNational Ocean Service\n\n PUBLISH DATE: 03/22/18\n LOCATOR: The Antartic\n SOURCE: CNN; NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE\n\n --SUPERS--\n:00 - :13 - SHOT OF WHALES SWIMMING IN THE ANTARCTIC WATERS SURROUNDED BY SEA BIRDS (CNN; The Antarctic; 03/2018)\n:13 - :21 - VO OF A MASSIVE SWARM OF KRILL IN THE OCEAN (National Ocean Service; NON-LICENSED)\n:22 - :45 - WS OF THE ANTARCTIC OCEAN WATERS, SHOT OF ICE ON THE WATER, A BOAT SAILING THROUGH THE WATER, VARIOUS ANGLES OF LARGE ICEBERGS (CNN; The Antarctic; 03/2018)\n:45 - :49 - VO OF CNN CORRESPONDENT ARWA DAMON STANDING ON THE DECK OF THE BOAT (CNN; The Antarctic; 03/2018)\n:49 - :56 - VO OF A WHALE SWIMMING IN THE OCEAN (CNN; The Antarctic; 03/2018)\n:56 - 1:08 - AERIAL SHOT OF A LARGE SECTION OF ICE ON THE SIDE OF A LARGE ROCK, WS OF A MOUNTAIN RANGE (CNN; The Antarctic; 03/2018)\n1:08 - 1:21 - SOT, Thilo Maack, Marine Biologist &amp;amp; Greenpeace Campaigner: "Krill feeds on algae like kids in a McDonald's restaurant. It's sloppy feeding. The remainder of the algae sinks to the deeper water and the same is true for the krill poo." (CNN; The Antarctic; 03/2018)\n1:19 - 1:46 - SHOT OF THE BOW OF THE BOAT, CU OF A BELL ON THE BOAT, WS OF THE WHALES SWIMMING (CNN; The Antarctic; 03/2018)\n1:46 - 1:51 - RESEARCHERS ON SMALL SPEED BOATS TRAVELING ACROSS THE ARCTIC WATERS (CNN; The Antarctic; 03/2018)\n1:51 - 1:57 - SOT, Thilo Maack, Marine Biologist &amp;amp; Greenpeace Campaigner: "The krill catching vessels are catching krill 24 hours a day for the whole of the antarctic summer." (CNN; The Antarctic; 03/2018)\n1:55 - 2:00 - WS OF THE RESEARCHERS BOAT ON THE HORIZON (CNN; The Antarctic; 03/2018)\n2:00 - 2:02 - NATS, "Arctic sunrise, arctic sunrise, over." (CNN; The Antarctic; 03/2018)\n2:02 - 2:05 - SHOT OF A SMALL ICEBERG (CNN; The Antarctic; 03/2018)\n2:05 - 2:07 - NATS, "Good morning sir, this is Long Teng." (CNN; The Antarctic; 03/2018)\n2:07 - 2:15 - VO OF THE GREENPEACE BIOLOGIST TALKING ON THE SHIP'S RADIO, CU SHOT OF THE RADIO (CNN; The Antarctic; 03/2018)\n2:15 - 2:22 - NAT SOT, Thilo Maack, Marine Biologist &amp;amp; Greenpeace Campaigner: "Can you tell me something about the volume of the catch that you delivered to Skyfrost, the volume of the catch, the weight?" (CNN; The Antarctic; 03/2018)\n2:22 - 2:28 - SOT (Audio from Radio), "In this subarea we have catched 3,600 tons." (CNN; The Antarctic; 03/2018)\n2:28 - 2:41 - WS OF A LARGE LAND MASS COVERED IN ICE, MORE SHOTS OF THE ARCTIC LAND MASS, VO OF THE BIOLOGIST ON A SMALL BOAT (CNN; The Antarctic; 03/2018)\n2:41 - 2:49 - SHOT OF THE WATER SHOWING A SWARM OF KRILL SWIMMING BY, SOMEONE SITTING BEHIND AND OBSERVATION WINDOW, NIGHT SHOT OF THE SHIP, NIGHT SHOTS OF SMALL PIECES OF ICE IN THE WATER, SNOW BLOWING PAST THE LIGHTS (CNN; The Antarctic; 03/2018)\n2:49 - 3:01 - NAT, Arwa Damon, CNN Correspondent: "It feels really intense." (CNN; The Antarctic; 03/2018)\n3:02 - 3:06 - SOT, Thilo Maack, Marine Biologist &amp;amp; Greenpeace Campaigner: "You can't see my hair but its like that khhhhh, like a cat khhhhh." (CNN; The Antarctic; 03/2018)\n3:07 - 3:18 - SHOT OF THE SEASCAPE AT DAWN, SHOTS OF LARGE ICEBERGS (CNN; The Antarctic; 03/2018)\n3:18 - 3:27 - STANDUP, Arwa Damon, CNN Correspondent --alt-- Paradise Bay, Antarctica: "I don't have words … I am honestly lost … its just, its literally taken my breath away." (CNN; The Antarctic; 03/2018)\n3:28 - 3:48 - SHOT MOVES BY A PIECE OF ICE WITH A BLUE TINT, VO OF THE RESEARCH CREW ON A SMALL BOAT, DAMON WALKING WITH THE SHIP'S MACHANIC (CNN; The Antarctic; 03/2018)\n3:38 - 3:38 - NAT SOT, "It is beautiful, huh?" (CNN; The Antarctic; 03/2018)\n3:48 - 3:50 - QUESTION, Arwa Damon, CNN Correspondent --alt-- Paradise Bay, Antarctica: "Do you love this place?" (CNN; The Antarctic; 03/2018)\n3:50 - 4:02 - SOT, Andreas Soto, Arctic Sunrise Mechanic: "I really do, I miss it, when I am at home and I see the picture I am really missing this place, as you can see its really beautiful, really calm, a really amazing place, I think it needs to be protected." (CNN; The Antarctic; 03/2018)\n3:56 - END - BEAUTY SHOTS OF THE SNOW COVERED TERRAIN, SHOT OF THE ICY WATERS PUSHING UP AGAINST THE ROCKY SNOW COVERED SHORES, SHOTS OF CHUCKS OF ICE IN THE WATER, PANS TO SHOW A LARGE SNOWY CLIFF. (CNN; The Antarctic; 03/2018)\n\n --LEAD IN--\nDEEP IN THE COLD WATERS OFF ANTARCTICA IS A TINY CREATURE WITH A BIG SECRET.\nSCIENTISTS SAY IT'S ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING AND IMPORTANT OCEAN ORGANISMS YOU'VE PROBABLY NEVER HEARD OF.\nCNN'S ARWA DAMON EXPLAINS.\n --REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS--\nTHERE ARE WHALES JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE FEEDING ON KRILL, SHRILL ARE TINY SHRIMP-LIKE CRUSTACEANS THAT ARE ABOUT THE SIZE OF YOUR PINKY AND THEY FORM THIS MASSIVE SWARMS THAT CAN STRETCH FOR TENS OF KILOMETERS. KRILL ARE ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY THESE ANTARTIC WATERS ARE PART OF A CONSERVATION ZONE AND ITS BALANCE IS ESSENTIAL TO OUR VERY EXISTENCE. THESE WATERS AND WILDLIFE ARE A CARBON SINK MOVING CARBON DIOXIDE FROM THE ATMOSPHERE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN AND THAT THOUGH IS STILL BEING STUDIED. THAT IS THE ARCTIC'S POTENTIAL TO ACT AS A BUFFER TO CLIMATE CHANGE. I DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT KRILL BEFORE WE CAME HERE. CERTAINLY NOT THAT THEY WERE A KEYSTONE SPECIES HOLDING THE ANTARTIC FOOD WEB TOGETHER OR THAT THEMSELVES MOVE CARBON, ULTIMATELY TO THE OCEAN FLOOR WHERE IT CAN SEQUESTERED FOR A MILLENIA. THE JOURNEY OF CARBON STARTS WITH ALGAE WHICH PHOTOSYNTHESIZES CARBON DIOXIDE FROM THE ATMOSHPERE. \nMAACK: KRILL FEEDS ON ALGAE LIKE KIDS IN A McDONALD'S RESTAURANT. IT'S SLOPPY FEEDING. THE REMAINDER OF THE ALGAE SINKS TO THE DEEPER WATER AND THE SAME IS TRUE FOR THE KRILL POO. \nYES, IT'S A CONVERSATION ABOUT POO. CARBON RICH KRILL POO THAT ENDS UP AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS DENSE COLD WATER. KRILL SWARMS CAN MOVE TO DEPTHS OF 2,000 METERS. IT'S NOT JUST THE KRILL THAT PLAY THAT ROLE. SO TOO DO THE WHALES THAT FEED ON THE CARBON RICH KRILL, MASSES OF IT. BUT THESE ARE ALSO THE MAIN KRILL FISHING GROUNDS. IT IS A REGULATED INDUSTRY, BUT IT IS ONE THAT GREEN PEACE AND OTHERS WANT TO SEE RESTRICTED TO OUTSIDE OF THE MAIN WILD LIFE FEEDING GROUNDS. \nTHE KRILL CATCHING VESSELS ARE CATCHING 24 HOURS A DAY FOR THE WHOLE OF THE ANTARCTIC SUMMER. BACK ON GREEN PEACE'S ARCTIC SUNRISE, MARINE BIOLOGIST AND GREENPEACE CAMPAIGNER THILO IS RADIOING THE FISHING VESSEL FOR DETAILS OF THE CATCH. CAN YOU TELL SOMETHING ABOUT THE VOLUME OF THE CATCH? THE WEIGHT? 3,600 POUNDS.\nTHAT MAY SOUND LIKE A MASSIVE AMOUNT AND IT IS. KRILL DO HAVE THE LARGEST BIO MASS OF ANY SPECIES ON EARTH BUT ITS NUMBERS HAVE DECREASED, THOUGH ITS UNCLEAR WHETHER ITS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE OR OTHER FACTORS. AND GREEN PEACE IS PUSHING FOR ACTION BEFORE WE REACH A CRISIS POINT, ESPECIALLY IN A REGION AS VITAL TO OUR SURVIVAL AS THIS ONE. GREENPEACE'S MISSION IS ALSO AIMED AT DOCUMENTING THE VAST AND WILD BEAUTY OF THIS ENTHRALLING ECOSYSTEM, TO SHOW WHAT'S AT STAKE OF BEING LOST. THIS IS THE VIEW AS DAWN BREAKS. I NEVER EVEN IMAGINED ANYTHING LIKE THIS. I DON'T HAVE WORDS. I'M HONESTLY LOST. IT'S JUST -- IT'S LITERALLY TAKEN MY BREATH AWAY. IT'S SUCH AN EXTREME BEAUTY, MY BRAIN DOESN'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO PROCESS IT. IT'S BEAUTIFUL WITHIN HUH? ANDREAS SOTO, A MECHANIC ON THE ARCTIC SUNRISE FIRST CAME TO THE ANTARTIC EIGHT YEARS AGO AND HAS RETURNED NUMEROUS TIMES AS A TOUR GUIDE. DO YOU LOVE THIS PLACE? \nSOTO: I DO. I MISS IT. WHEN I'M AT HOME AND I SEE THE PICTURE I'M REALLY MISSING THIS PLACE. AS YOU CAN SEE IT'S BEAUTIFUL. REALLY CALM AND REALLY AMAZING PLACE. I THINK IT SHOULD BE PROTECTED. \nMAN HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DOMINATE THIS UNFORGIVING REGION, THAT DOES NOT MEAN IT'S IMMUNE TO HUMAN DESTRUCTION. ARWA DAMON, CNN, THE ANTARTIC\n -----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----\n\n --KEYWORD TAGS--\nGLOBAL WARMING ANATARTICA CLIMATE CHANGE NATURE \n\n
BACK FROM ANTARCTIC (aka ANTARTIC)
Item title reads - Back from Antarctic. Rousing reception for Ellsworth at Melbourne. <br/> <br/>Melbourne, Australia. <br/> <br/>Various shots of the ship "Discovery II" coming in to dock. People run along to greet it. It is bringing home Lincoln Ellsworth and his pilot Herbert Hollick Kenyon who were rescued from the Antarctic. M/S of Lincoln walking down the gangplank smiling. Archdale Parkhill, Minister for Defence, greets him as he steps off and reads a speech congratulating him on his successful flight across the Antarctic. Lincoln makes a thank you speech and they all give him three cheers. Various shots as he signs autographs and shakes hands with the crowds.
ARCTIC EXPLORER - 2
An explorer towing gear uses a parachute device to cross heavy ice in a snow and wind storm.
11/23/65 A0026617 HARUMI, TOKYO: JAPANESE EXPEDITION SAILS FOR THE ANTARTIC:
11/23/65 A0026617 HARUMI, TOKYO: JAPANESE EXPEDITION SAILS FOR THE ANTARTIC: LN 23413 "ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION" SHOWS: SHIP "FUJI": SLEDGES: DOGS: STOWED RELICOPTERS: LANDING PLATFORM FOR COPTER: CROWD WAITING: OFFICERS LOOK ON FROM SHIP: FAREWELL SCENES AS SHIP LEAVES: (SHOT 11/20/65 41FT) SHIPS - ICEBREAKERS - FUJI ANIMALS - DOGS - HUSKIES ANTARCTIC JAPAN - NAVY UP LN / 41 FT / 16 NEG / R11504