[dfcabral]

Hello.

I was recently at the 1st International Cyberjournalism Congress ( http://encobciber.wordpress.com/ ) and the winner for best multimedia report caught my attention. Not only for the beauty of the multimedia report, but also because of the subject:

This is a portuguese multimedia report about Greenland that features a lot of the places where the video for ABL was shot. You will see a lot of the places where the band was, like the cemetery.

Either way, its a beautiful piece and i thought i should share it with you all.

here is the Link. I can translate if needed:

"The Slow Death of the Eternal Ice"

http://jn.sapo.pt/PaginaInicial/Sociedade/...ntent_id=963772

"The slow death of the Eternal Ice.

The quick thaw in Greenland worries almost all of the international community, that disagrees with the anual loss of 248 kilometers of ice per year. A dangerous climate change that is seen with displeasure by the native population.

Click in Video if you want to see a videoreport of the trip to the place, specially Illulissat (the place where the video was shot, according to the band). Its a beautiful piece, actually.

Whenever you feel like go back to the beginning of the multimedia report, click on "Início"

Click in FotoGalerias if you want to see some photos of the place and its people. After you click it, you can choose between "A paisagem" (photos of the landscape) and "As pessoas" (photos of the population).

Click in Infografia if you want to see an infography about the ice melting in Greenland and its impact in Europe costal countries. Its self explanatory, but if you want translations, i can provide a rough translation. just let me know

Hope you like it!

[LUDMILA]

Thank you for sharing it

[Jenni6277]

THANK YOU! I'm gonna watch it now.

edit. The video made me all teary. Now I have even bigger urge to go to Greenland(and maybe to Illulissat) some day.

Dani, can you translate to english the portuguese parts?

[dfcabral]

No problem!

Im always willing to show good pieces of journalism, because i know a lot of people have a bad oppinion about journalism in general and dont even notice how important it can be to help peoples lives and change the world in a positive way.

Less babbling, i know..sorry

I'll translate it all for you in a second

edit: here it is.

translation of the video:

greenland looses 248 cubicle kilometers of ice every year. this is a very serious and worrying increase of the thaw percentage, to 250% more in the last 4 years.

the increase in the temperature of the Artic is the main reason for this threat to happen.

Since 1991, the medium temperature of greenland increased 3,9 degrees.

Scientists believe that the temperature has been rising 0,7 degrees per decade for a long time already.

Its from above, when you cross the width of the glaciars, that the phenomena is more visible.

And more dramatic.

*helicopter images*

(then, the guy talks in english, so i wont translate)

The climate changes in Greenland are changing the lives of the natives.

The risks could be irreversible.

*now i will translate the spanish part*: The Inuit were always hunters and fishers, always gathered their resources from the sea and from the interior, especially in the Canada area. In Greenland, they are suffering, specially in the north area, where they hunt in the ice. Unfortunately, the ice is dissapearing, specially in more setentrional areas. This means that its more and more difficult for them to move with their dog-sleds on top of the frosted sea. This makes them move even further away, searching for walruses and earless seals. In the past, the sea would be frosted for 10 months while right now it stays frosted for 3 or 4 months, between January and April. *end of the speech*

The climate changes in the Artic are changing the productive cicles.

(interview to the director of Boreal products)

*back to the white letters* : The Greenland population never ceased to be optimistic, even in the worst scenarios.

(again, the director)

The End

Wanted me to translate the whole thing or just the video?

[Sanna/Swe]

Thank you!
Loved it!

[Kasty]

Hey there.

Thanks for the link! It really makes you think about global warming when you see such an iconic part of the world disapearing in front of your eyes.

[dfcabral]

Glad you liked it!

And yes, it really makes you think about all of that and, as well, how normal can life be in places like that. Doesnt seem so..."alien" and distant and different from us now, does it? Thats the beauty of it, in my oppinion. More than to bring awereness to the major problem we are facing nowadays, it gives you a sense that everything will be alright in the end. At least that is my feeling when i watch this.

[Jenni6277]

I just read your translation. Thank you. Yes, I ment the video.

The Inuits has always been very close to my heart. I believe that I've been one in my past life. My dream is to travel to Alaska some day(when I'm rich )

[Jenn-I]

I saw a documentry about the arctic and it's icebergs ect.
And according to that show the North pole and all of the ice in the arctic will be gone by 2050.
And it's still behing heated by shit that were used 10 years form now.

[Sanna/Swe]

I saw a documentry about the arctic and it's icebergs ect.
And according to that show the North pole and all of the ice in the arctic will be gone by 2050.
And it's still behing heated by shit that were used 10 years form now.

Yes, I have been on a climate course. And he said the same.
That course I went on was really good and frightening.
But something I got frustrated of is that I was the only one under 40 years who went on it!!
Next time I will drag some younger people with me....they have to open their eyes!
And some who went on the course....they didnt seem to understand the problem!!

[Nabucodonosor]

Thanks so much.
Beautiful

[Eve-want-to-believe]

Beautifull pictures & awesome video.....
But it`s not the end!
We know the problem - we must think about the decision.
What we gonna do now?

[Jenn-I]

^^The thing is...
we need to act fast 'cuz the shit that we let out now haven't even started to effect the arctic and its ice.
It's still the shit that was left out 10 years ago that's destroy the nature of the north.

Sanna: Well i guess it's because for us up here in the north it's starting to become like an overdose of info and we're just starting to getting numb of it. This is something people have been talking about since the 70s. And now people are starting to actually see the problem, when it's almost too late. If it's not already too late.

[dfcabral]

Yeah, worries about this type of problems started on the 70's but unfortunately not a lot has changed since then

I see your point and i agree: global warming is in fashion nowadays and although it is amazing to see so much info about it, the reverse effect can happen: you have so much information that you actually dont care about it anymore.

The same happens with the effects of war. People seem to forget 15 people dead is... 15 lives lost and not just "another bombing in that place that is already on the news everyday, so i couldnt care less...come oooon, shut up about it so i can watch the game!" People just... go numb, like u say.

Thats why i love this type of approach..a more human, not so "omg poor people there! lets pretend we care for 15 seconds and then move on to the next subject" one. It portrays the lives of normal people, that actually live in a place that the majority of us think its impossible to live; and shows the effects of climate changes on their daily routines. Why i like this? Cause sometimes this type of approach is more "shocking" and has more effect that pieces of dead bodies all the time on tv or huge headlines on newspapers with photos of people crying, because (unfortunately) that became common and people got used to it.

[xx30stm4evaxx]

Thankies for the vid, its a beautiful place.

~xx30stm4evaxx~

[dfcabral]

Thankies for the vid, its a beautiful place.

~xx30stm4evaxx~

no problem