Style: Narrative
File Type: Documentary
Speakers: 7
Language: English
Transcription Type: Clean
Style: Narrative
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[Music]
Thomas:
Rivers really are a little bit like stories. They have a beginning, a middle, and an end. And just like any good story, you really have to start at the beginning.
[Music]
Speaker 0:
Four thousand miles from the Andes to the Atlantic flows the iconic Amazon River. Depended upon by 40 million people, the river and its basin is colossal, and the water connects it all.
[Music]
Thomas:
This is not just a single river. There isn’t just a single source. However, there are a few sort of geographically accepted beginnings of the Amazon. And one of them is in a place called Nevado Mismi. It is a dramatic environment. It is situated in an area that almost looks like a high-altitude desert.
My name’s Thomas Peschack. I’m a National Geographic Explorer. I’m not a high-altitude mountaineer. I’m an underwater ocean photographer. But you cannot tell the story of the rivers of Amazon without also telling the stories of the Andes.
Alright, let’s do this. So, to tell that entire story, I have to get outside my comfort zone. Yeah-anyway, 5,200 meters, you can definitely feel the altitude.
[Music]
This is really where the river starts: Bare but beautiful, and a land of contrasts.
This mountain sits directly on the continental divide. And all the snow that melts up here, and that flows in this direction, basically heads into the Amazon Basin—heads into the Atlantic Ocean. And all the snow that melts on this side heads into Colca Canyon, which runs into the Pacific.
To think that a tiny bit of snow becomes this raging torrent, but at its mouth, is hundreds and hundreds of kilometers wide. It’s a really surreal place to be in.
Speaker 0:
In the southern tip of Colombia, the waters are home to an elusive herbivore and those sworn to safeguard them.
Fernando:
I have dedicated my life to the Amazon. We need to protect all these species. I’m Fernando Trujillo. I’m a National Geographic Explorer. I have been working in the Amazon during the last 36 years. And unfortunately, most of the big species in the water are in danger Like the dolphin or the manatee…
Speaker 0:
In 2017, Fernando and his team rescued an orphaned manatee calf from illegal captivity.
Fernando:
We call it Moeche. Moeche means thanks in Ticuna language.
Speaker 0:
With the goal of returning to the wild, Moeche has graduated from a tank to a natural pond.
Fernando:
We put in a pond with turtles, with fish. He was so scared with the turtles, but we needed to teach him the different animals that we’ll find on the wild. And we have vets like Ximena doing all this fantastic job.
Speaker 2:
[Spanish]
Speaker 1:
Manatee calves depend on their mother’s milk for the first two years of their lives.
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