A world
in view.

峡湾里的凉风，是我最清楚的记忆。

The cold wind in the fjord is what I remember most.

靠近的分寸

THE DISTANCE WE KEEP

十八岁，带着相机来到斯瓦尔巴。

At eighteen, I came to Svalbard with a camera.

动物与冰川很容易成为旅程的全部。
只要把我们自己留在画框之外。

Animals and glaciers can seem to tell the whole story—if we keep ourselves outside the frame.

我们乘船、坐 Zodiac，再登上岸。

We travel by ship, then by Zodiac, and step ashore.

每次登陆回来，都要清洗、消毒登陆靴。

After every landing, we had to clean and disinfect our boots.

离开陆地后，为什么还要清洗靴子？

Why clean our boots after leaving the land?

刷洗鞋底。

Brushing the soles.

随后进入消毒槽。

Then stepping into the disinfectant bath.

鞋靴和装备可能携带种子、微生物及其他生物。

Footwear and equipment can carry seeds, microorganisms and other organisms.

当我们前往下一处登陆点，附着物也可能随行。

Material attached to our gear may travel to the next landing site.

清理与消毒，要阻断的就是这条传播路径。

Cleaning and disinfection aim to interrupt this route of transfer.

镜头能确认这次清洗发生了，
却不能确认鞋底已经没有生物。

The footage confirms that cleaning took place, not that the soles are free of organisms.

鞋底有没有携带生物，肉眼未必看得见。
这套流程没有把“看不见”当作“不存在”。

What travels on our soles may be invisible. The routine does not treat “unseen” as “absent”.

但让我们抵达这里的船，也需要能源来航行。

But the ship that brought us here also needs energy to travel.

燃烧化石燃料，会排放二氧化碳。

Burning fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide.

洗靴减少生物传播风险，无法抵消航行的气候影响。

Cleaning boots reduces biological transfer; it does not offset the voyage’s climate impact.

清洗就在眼前，容易被拍下来。
燃料消耗和排放，却不会完整地出现在风景里。

Cleaning is visible to the camera. Fuel use and emissions are not fully visible in a landscape.

但眼前的浮冰，也不是这艘船造成融化的证据。

Yet this floating ice is not evidence of melting caused by this particular ship.

判断航次排放，要追踪燃料等数据；
判断冰川变化，要看长期观测。

Voyage emissions require fuel and other data; glacier change requires long-term observations.

现有素材没有航次燃耗数据。
要继续回答，就需要向运营方查证。

The available material has no voyage fuel-use data. Answering further requires information from the operator.

洗靴提醒我：看不见，不等于不存在。
这也适用于相机没拍到的旅行代价。

The boots suggest a wider lesson: unseen does not mean absent. That includes impacts outside the camera’s view.

裁掉船，冰川会显得与人无关。

Crop out the boat, and the glacier can appear untouched by our presence.

保留它，才能看见：
我们也在这幅风景里。

Keep it in, and our own presence becomes part of the picture.

靠近的分寸

THE DISTANCE WE KEEP

影像｜Sam Lin · Darren · Lincoln