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Any
things you would like me to ask that I haven't?
I was thinking
about that as we were flying over here. I was seeing the land and how
beautiful it is here and there are many, many places that are like this.
But, most of the people who watch our show are probably looking for the
animal perspective - what kind of animals you're going to see and all
that.
But you
know, it's a neat way to show people different parts of the world. Maybe
places that they'll never get to or maybe places they'd like to visit.
I never thought of us as a travel-related business but the truth of the
matter is, we are.
We're taking
people places that they may never get to see but if we're good at what
we do and we can tell the story through the camera lens, as well as Jack's
perspective, maybe they'll really get to experience what we experience.
I was telling Sarah this morning, "honey, when you're an adult this
might be gone. Take in every single moment of it." I'm so thrilled
that we're capturing it on film because this film will last forever. Whether
this frontier does or not, I don't know but at least we're getting a lot
of it on film. It's helping people understand what we have to save and
preserve. Not necessarily that these bears are becoming extinct but a
lot of the animals that we film are.
They do
so much in zoos and parks trying to teach people and we're trying to help
that process and educate people as well as give them a really exciting
experience. It makes you feel good to capture so much of this, take it
back to people and say, look at this. It's incredible. Go there if you
can get there but if you can't, this is almost as good. I think we really
should push that more. It's a doable thing if you want to get there as
an individual but if it isn't, really get into this - and enjoy it the
way we do.
People
say, "You're so lucky to do what you do." And sometimes I think,
well you have no idea! It's not as easy as it seems. And it's not always
fun, but I'm telling you the fun side of it really makes it all worthwhile
because - it's really hard to describe - it's so beautiful. Whether we're
in Alaska or Africa, or California or Ohio - we're really stopping and
smelling the roses and trying to put it on film. If we do a good job perhaps
we'll be able to save some of this for future generations. We can educate
through this excitement. And I think we are.
You see
a lot of it. You see a lot of people being more aware and caring about
the conservation. It's like these people that run Katmai. If we can get
their message out. This is what it's all about. Come here. Share it. It's
cool. It's really cool. It's almost hard to fit into words, you know?
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