Title:MAP UPDATE DAY 52
Duration: 1:44 minutes
Description:
Barney Swan and Robert Swan reporting on day 52of the South Pole Energy Challenge, Antarctica.
MAP UPDATE DAY 52 TRANSCRIPT
Message fromBarney Swan
[Barney Swan]
Good day. This is Barney Swan here, and super, super exciting news. We have reunited with the Last Degree team. It’s just beyond fantastic to be here with everyone. It is a huge, huge moment for Dad and I to be out here together and to be reunited on this special evening tonight.
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Barney Swan Day 52 Antarctica
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A horizontal radiofrequency line runs across the top of the frame, and continues throughout the message footage.
Close-up of Barney Swan wearing ski gear, his moustache and beard a little icy, and the faux fur trim of his hooded parka ruffling in the wind, posing against a snowscape background.Wide still shot of four dark figures standing abreast of each another, a sledge visible behind each figure, amidst a vast snow-covered landscape with pale blue skies above.Close-up of Barney wearing ski gear, posing against a snowscape background, as just described.
[Barney Swan]
32 years ago, my father, Roger and Gareth marched into the South Pole after their unassisted 70-day expedition, The Footsteps of Scott, which did not have a radio or a GPS or anything like that. They navigated with the sun, a sextant and a watch. An amazing journey. Sharing this anniversary with him out here is just beyond special.
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Barney Swan Day 52 Antarctica
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Close-up of Barney, posing against a snowscape background, as previously described.Mid-view still of a smiling Robert and Barney, arms around each other as they pose for the shot against a snowscape background.
[Barney Swan]
I think the South Pole really is the beginning of a lot of things, not the… not the end.
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Barney Swan Day 52 Antarctica
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Extreme close-up of Barney, wearing ski gear, his moustache and beard a little icy, the faux fur trim of his hooded parka ruffling in the wind.
Message from Robert Swan
[Robert Swan]
This is Robert swan reporting on January 11th. It’s a very, very, very special day.
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Robert Swan Day 52 Antarctica
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Close-up of Robert Swan wearing ski gear, seen against an out-of-focus white background, snow falling gently in the foreground.
[Robert Swan]
And the polar plateau has been very kind to us.
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Robert Swan Day 52 Antarctica
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Panoramic landscape shot of the sun shining dimly over the Polar Plateau.
[Robert Swan]
And I’d like to pass respect, and send my very best wishes to Roger Mear and Gareth Wood, without whom I would have never reached the South Pole – because it is exactly, almost to the hour, on January 11th 1986, 32 years ago…
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Robert Swan Day 52 Antarctica
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Archival still of The Footsteps of Scott team, two of the three team members holding their own countries’ flags as they pose at the Ceremonial South Pole.
[Robert Swan]
We reached the South Geographic Pole. More people had stood on the moon than walked to the pole in those days. So we’re a happy team today. So this is Rob, on behalf of everybody
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Robert Swan Day 52 Antarctica
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Wide still of the members of the Last Degree and South Pole Energy Challenge teams standing abreast of each other, a Shell flag held up between several of them as they all pose for the shot, with blue skies and snowscape as the backdrop for the shot.
[Robert Swan]
29.99 miles from as far south as it’s possible to go on Earth. Message End.
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Robert Swan Day 52 Antarctica
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Close-up of Robert Swan wearing ski gear, seen against an out-of-focus white background, snow falling gently in the foreground.