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Now the day after we arrived, a new crisis began to unfold.
也就是在我們抵達的第二天，一個新的危機出現了。
The oil slick was now moving north towards Dassen Island, and the rescuers despaired, because they knew if the oil hit, it would not be possible to rescue any more oiled birds.
泄漏的油開始向北部的達森島(Dassen Island)漂移，當時救援者們都快絕望了，因為他們知道一旦那些油漂到達森島，新被污染的企鵝將得不到及時的救助。
And there really were no good solutions. But then finally, one of the researchers threw out this crazy idea.
當時我們真有點黔驢技窮的感覺。但后來，一個研究員提出了一個大膽的想法。
He said, "OK, why don't we try and collect the birds at the greatest risk of getting oiled" --
他說：“既然如此，我們何不嘗試將面臨高危污染的企鵝都收集到一塊兒來”
they collected 20,000 -- "and we'll ship them 500 miles up the coast to Port Elizabeth in these open-air trucks,
后來他們收集到兩萬只，“然后我們再用敞篷卡車將他們運送至500英里開外的伊利莎白港口(Port Elizabeth)。
and release them into the clean waters there and let them swim back home?"
在那里，我們把它們放入干凈的水域，讓它們自己游回家?！?/div>
So three of those penguins -- Peter, Pamela and Percy -- wore satellite tags,
這批企鵝中的三只——彼得，帕米拉和普?！砩蠋в行l星標簽。
and the researchers crossed their fingers and hoped that by the time they got back home, the oil would be cleaned up from their islands.
研究員們合手為它們祈禱，愿它們回到家的時候，泄漏的油污已經被清理干凈。
And luckily, the day they arrived, it was. So it had been a huge gamble, but it had paid off.
幸運的是，當企鵝們回到家時，油污真的被清理干凈了。那確實是很大一博，但他們賭贏了。
And so they know now that they can use this strategy in future oil spills.
那么現在他們就知道了，今后一旦遭遇油污染，他們就可以采取這一招來對付。
So in wildlife rescue as in life, we learn from each previous experience, and we learn from both our successes and our failures.
所以在野生動物救援中，如同在生活中一樣，我們從每一次經驗中汲取知識，從每一次成功和失敗中獲得經驗。
And the main thing learned during the Apollo Sea rescue in '94 was that most of those penguins had died due to the unwitting use of poorly ventilated transport boxes and trucks,
而94年的阿波羅海(Apollo Sea)救援事件教給我們的則是，通氣性差的運輸箱和卡車將會導致企鵝的大量死亡，
because they just had not been prepared to deal with so many oiled penguins at once.
因為當時救援隊的條件不足以同時應付那么多企鵝。
So in these six years between these two oil spills, they've built thousands of these well-ventilated boxes.
因此在這兩次漏油事件相隔的六年間，救援隊制造了上千個這樣通氣良好的箱子。
And as a result, during the Treasure rescue, just 160 penguins died during the transport process, as opposed to 5,000. So this alone was a huge victory.
從而在這次的"寶藏(Treasure)"號事故中，只有160只企鵝在運輸途中夭折，而六年前這個數字是5000。所以單從這一點來看，此次的救援已是絕大的勝利。
