LogOn Endurance Technology USAGM
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- LogOn Endurance Technology USAGM
- May 3, 2022
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: LogOn: Endurance Technology (TV/R) HEADLINE: Technology Helps Find One of the World’s Most Sought-After Shipwrecks TEASER: Satellite imagery, underwater robots, sonar sensors: Technology is credited with the discovery of the Endurance, explorer Ernest Shackleton’s sunken ship PUBLISHED: Tuesday, 05/03/2022 7:50 am BYLINE: Julie Taboh CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Washington VIDEOGRAPHER: Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust / National Geographic, Saab PRODUCER: Julie Taboh, Adam Greenbaum SCRIPT EDITORS: Michelle Quinn, Reifenrath VIDEO SOURCE (S): Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust / National Geographic, Saab, Skype, YouTube/Saab PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO _X_ TRT: 1:54 and 2:00 VID APPROVED BY: Jepsen TYPE: TVPKG EDITORS NOTES : )) ((INTRO)) [[Satellite imagery and underwater robotics are among the technologies that played a crucial role in the recent discovery of the Endurance, renowned explorer Ernest Shackleton’s ship that sank in frozen Antarctic waters in 1915. VOA’s Julie Taboh has more.]] ((NARRATOR)) An expedition led by polar geographer John Shears recently discovered the Endurance, the lost ship of famed British explorer Ernest Shackleton, on the floor of the Weddell Sea off Antarctica. ((John Shears, Endurance22 Expedition Leader)) ((SKYPE)) ((08:30—8:34)) “Technology was the reason that we found the wreck this time.” ((NARRATOR)) Starting with a state- … and satellite imagery that helped locate the general area where, in 1915, Shackleton and his 27-member crew last saw the ship disappear into the ice. They left on lifeboats and all survived. ((Mandatory CG: YouTube/Saab )) ((John Shears, Endurance22 Expedition Leader)) ((SKYPE)) ((09:46—09:55)) “Having radar satellite imagery was very important to us so we knew exactly what the sea ice was doing, and we could plot our direction and route.” ((NARRATOR)) Humans cannot dive safely in the area. So the team sent an underwater robot to scan the seabed, using sonar to look for anomalies. The team tethered the robot to the boat to prevent its loss. [[Radio track: Nico Vincent ((VAN-SAHN)) was the subsea project manager of the Endurance expedition. He spoke with VOA via Skype.]] ((Nico Vincent, Subsea Project Manager)) ((SKYPE)) ((16:30—16:38)) “As we were connected by wire, we got real-time data, ((///)) feedback in [[to]] the surface. ((13:47—13:51)) And so you have cameras, and you see what the vehicle is seeing.” ((NARRATOR)) Once the sonar detected something, the robot’s lights and cameras turned on and sent images immediately to the surface. This is how the team got their first glimpse of the Endurance. (Mandatory CG: YouTube/Saab )) ((Nico Vincent, Subsea Project Manager)) ((SKYPE)) ((35:09—35:14)) “It was really an achievement and proof to the world that we can do it and that we made it! ((35:00)) It’s done!” ((NARRATOR)) Many believe the Endurance discovery is the most significant find since the discovery of the Titanic nearly forty years ago. [[in 1985.]] ((Radio track: Don Lamont ((LA-mont)) is chairman of the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust, which enabled the expedition. He spoke with VOA via Skype.)) ((START OPT)) ((Donald Lamont, Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust Chairman)) ((SKYPE)) ((11:22—11:26)) “The images I think made a huge impact. To see this ship emerge after so long under the water, in such good condition, with such stories attached to it.” ((END OPT)) ((NARRATOR)) And the discovery opens a wealth of opportunities. ((Donald Lamont, Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust Chairman)) ((SKYPE)) “The potential for 3D models, for holographic representations, even for a replica ship. Video games. Imagine wearing those goggles of virtual reality.” ((NARRATOR)) Shackleton died 100 years ago in the Antarctic while on another expedition. Thanks to technology, his Endurance will be brought back to life to educate and inspire the world. ((Julie Taboh, VOA News))
- Transcript/Script ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: LogOn: Endurance Technology (TV/R) HEADLINE: Technology Helps Find One of the World’s Most Sought-After Shipwrecks TEASER: Satellite imagery, underwater robots, sonar sensors: Technology is credited with the discovery of the Endurance, explorer Ernest Shackleton’s sunken ship PUBLISHED: Tuesday, 05/03/2022 7:50 am BYLINE: Julie Taboh CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Washington VIDEOGRAPHER: Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust / National Geographic, Saab PRODUCER: Julie Taboh, Adam Greenbaum SCRIPT EDITORS: Michelle Quinn, Reifenrath VIDEO SOURCE (S): Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust / National Geographic, Saab, Skype, YouTube/Saab PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO _X_ TRT: 1:54 and 2:00 VID APPROVED BY: Jepsen TYPE: TVPKG EDITORS NOTES : )) ((INTRO)) [[Satellite imagery and underwater robotics are among the technologies that played a crucial role in the recent discovery of the Endurance, renowned explorer Ernest Shackleton’s ship that sank in frozen Antarctic waters in 1915. VOA’s Julie Taboh has more.]] ((NARRATOR)) An expedition led by polar geographer John Shears recently discovered the Endurance, the lost ship of famed British explorer Ernest Shackleton, on the floor of the Weddell Sea off Antarctica. ((John Shears, Endurance22 Expedition Leader)) ((SKYPE)) ((08:30—8:34)) “Technology was the reason that we found the wreck this time.” ((NARRATOR)) Starting with a state- … and satellite imagery that helped locate the general area where, in 1915, Shackleton and his 27-member crew last saw the ship disappear into the ice. They left on lifeboats and all survived. ((Mandatory CG: YouTube/Saab )) ((John Shears, Endurance22 Expedition Leader)) ((SKYPE)) ((09:46—09:55)) “Having radar satellite imagery was very important to us so we knew exactly what the sea ice was doing, and we could plot our direction and route.” ((NARRATOR)) Humans cannot dive safely in the area. So the team sent an underwater robot to scan the seabed, using sonar to look for anomalies. The team tethered the robot to the boat to prevent its loss. [[Radio track: Nico Vincent ((VAN-SAHN)) was the subsea project manager of the Endurance expedition. He spoke with VOA via Skype.]] ((Nico Vincent, Subsea Project Manager)) ((SKYPE)) ((16:30—16:38)) “As we were connected by wire, we got real-time data, ((///)) feedback in [[to]] the surface. ((13:47—13:51)) And so you have cameras, and you see what the vehicle is seeing.” ((NARRATOR)) Once the sonar detected something, the robot’s lights and cameras turned on and sent images immediately to the surface. This is how the team got their first glimpse of the Endurance. (Mandatory CG: YouTube/Saab )) ((Nico Vincent, Subsea Project Manager)) ((SKYPE)) ((35:09—35:14)) “It was really an achievement and proof to the world that we can do it and that we made it! ((35:00)) It’s done!” ((NARRATOR)) Many believe the Endurance discovery is the most significant find since the discovery of the Titanic nearly forty years ago. [[in 1985.]] ((Radio track: Don Lamont ((LA-mont)) is chairman of the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust, which enabled the expedition. He spoke with VOA via Skype.)) ((START OPT)) ((Donald Lamont, Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust Chairman)) ((SKYPE)) ((11:22—11:26)) “The images I think made a huge impact. To see this ship emerge after so long under the water, in such good condition, with such stories attached to it.” ((END OPT)) ((NARRATOR)) And the discovery opens a wealth of opportunities. ((Donald Lamont, Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust Chairman)) ((SKYPE)) “The potential for 3D models, for holographic representations, even for a replica ship. Video games. Imagine wearing those goggles of virtual reality.” ((NARRATOR)) Shackleton died 100 years ago in the Antarctic while on another expedition. Thanks to technology, his Endurance will be brought back to life to educate and inspire the world. ((Julie Taboh, VOA News))
- NewsML Media Topics Arts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date May 3, 2022 07:58 EDT
- Byline Julie Taboh
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America