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Without charts or compasses,He has traveled 2,500 miles,
沒有地圖和羅盤 他走了兩千五百英里
To one of the remotest places on earth.
來到了世界的盡頭
A volcanic island, half the size of Detroit,
在茫茫的太平洋上 有一個火山島
In the vast emptiness of the Pacific Ocean.
只有底特律的一半大小
I've sailed across the Pacific and I know how big that ocean is, it's huge.
我航行穿越過太平洋 我知道這片海洋有多大 它壯美遼闊
You're down in a canoe,you can only see four, five maybe six miles.
你乘著獨木舟 視野只達四 五英里 最多不過六英里
You can't see that far, you're on the sea level.
你看不到那么遠 因為你是在海平面上
If you sail past an atoll, it's only a tree high.
如果你繞過珊瑚礁 它就只有一棵樹那么高
If you're ten miles away, you've missed it.
如果你在十英里開外 就會與它擦身而過
So actually putting a real needle in a haystack,
實際上 在太平洋上找到復活島
you'll find that needle before you'll to find Easter Island.
比在干草堆上找根針還難
The key to crossing the ocean: an instinct for navigation.
穿越海洋的秘訣在于航海的天分
The Polynesians were so amazing.
波利尼西亞人十分驚人
Their ability to navigate,their understanding of the stars,
他們的航海技能 他們的天文知識
celestial navigation was unparalleled.
他們的天文導航能力是無與倫比的
And they used it to spread over almost the entire Pacific,
他們用這方法幾乎走遍了太平洋
all the way to New Zealand.
還有所有通向新西蘭的航道
