My name is Jade Hameister and when I was 14 I became the youngest person to ski to the North Pole. This trek took us 11 days, 150 kilometers.
我叫杰德·哈米斯特,14岁时,我成为了史上最年轻滑雪前往北极的的人。这次长途跋涉花了我们11天的时间,总距离150公里。
We were skiing for about eight hours a day on cross country skis pulling sleds behind us.
我们每天在越野滑雪板上滑雪大约八个小时,身后拉着雪橇。
And then we'd sleep in tents. Its 24 hour daylight out there so we had to deal with that as well.
我们会睡在帐篷里。外面24小时都是白天,所以我们也要解决这个问题。
We didn't see polar bears, we saw polar bear tracks.
我们没有看到北极熊,但是看到了北极熊的足迹。
The thing that stood out for me the most was the environment because it was crazy.
对我来说印象最深刻的是环境,因为它太疯狂了。
It was like nothing I had ever seen before and it was so surreal. It kind of felt like you were on another planet.
这是我以前从未见过的,太超现实了。你好像在另一个星球上。
There's no physical pole because it keeps drifting on the sea ice.
没有物理极点,因为它一直漂浮在海冰上。
You have to use a GPS to actually find the pole, and when you first get there, it doesn't really feel like the pole until you look at the GPS because it's just it's white.
你必须用全球定位系统来找到极点,当你第一次到达那里的时候,直到你看了全球定位系统之后,才真正感觉到极点,因为一片都是白色的。
And once we got to the pole, say five minutes later, we weren't even at the pole anymore because we drifted.
等我们到了极点,待了大概五分钟后,我们就不在极点了,因为我们漂走了。
I think when we made it to the pole, that was one of my favorite moments in the whole trip because it felt like everything had just come together, and it was the wrap up of the journey and it was like, I was going to remember that for the rest of my life.
我想当我们到达极点的时候,那是我整个旅程中最满意的时刻,因为感觉一切都汇集到了一起,那是旅程的结尾,我的余生都会记住那一刻。
I think exploring new places and discovering new things can be pretty special.
我认为探索新的地方和发现新的事物是非常特别的。
I don't think you can force yourself to be passionate about adventure or exploration.
我认为你不能强迫自己对冒险或探索充满激情。
And you have a dream or a goal you should just give it a go.
如果你有梦想或目标,你就应该放手去做。
Well, I definitely hope that in completing this journey I inspire many young people especially, and I hope that I inspire them to dream big, and if they have a dream, chase it and I think if I could inspire them to look up from their phones and see the beautiful world around us, that would be pretty special.
我希望通过完成这次旅行能激励到许多年轻人,我希望我能激励他们拥有远大的梦想,如果他们有梦想,就去追逐它,我想如果我能激励他们不再低头看手机,而是看看我们周围美丽的世界,那将会是非常特别的。