As the cave team head deeper,
越深入洞穴
dangerous volcanic gases make breathing difficult.
危險的火山蒸汽讓人的呼吸變得困難
The clock is ticking.
時間緊迫
They will not have long to find the caves of crystals.
他們沒有多少時間去找水晶洞
Above ground, the aerial team
在地面上 航空組
is pushing for the summit of Erebus.
正在努力攀上埃里伯斯山峰
Series producer Vanessa Berlowitz directs from the front seat,
節目制片人瓦內莎·波洛維茲在前座指揮
while aerial cameraman Michael Kelem
空中攝像師邁克爾·凱勒姆
controls the camera attached to the nose.
操作掛在機頭的攝像機
We're going to be around 14,000 feet,
我們要升到差不多4300米
on the performance limits of this aircraft.
這是這部直升機的極限
Any bad weather comes in up there
一旦天氣變糟
and you're pretty much screwed, really,
那就慘了 真的
you've got to get off the mountain fast.
我們必須馬上下山
Above 10,000 feet, the pilot must breathe oxygen
高度到3000米以上 飛行員就必須
through a plastic tube in his nostrils.
通過鼻腔里的塑料管進行呼吸
Approaching the crater, conditions do not look good.
想要靠近火山口 狀況不容樂觀
Today, Erebus is belching out steam and gases,
今天 埃里伯斯不斷噴出蒸汽
making flying extremely risky.
讓飛機極度危險
Up here, the air is so thin, the helicopter can't hover
高空空氣非常稀薄 因此直升機不能懸停
and must keep moving.
只能不斷移動
This is aerial filming at its most extreme.
這是高空拍攝所能達到的極限
They struggle to get a clear view.
他們努力想要抓到最清晰的視角
We're just coming up to 14,000 feet,
我們要上升到4300米
you can actually look right into the lava lake.
你可以直接看到熔巖湖