tristan da cunha it’s the remotest island remotest inhabited island on
island remotest inhabited island on
island remotest inhabited island on earth and i was lucky enough to travel
earth and i was lucky enough to travel
earth and i was lucky enough to travel there this year unfortunately I was also
there this year unfortunately I was also
there this year unfortunately I was also unlucky in that I arrived the same time
unlucky in that I arrived the same time
unlucky in that I arrived the same time that an oil finish that a ship wrecked
that an oil finish that a ship wrecked
that an oil finish that a ship wrecked on the island and spilled oil into the
on the island and spilled oil into the
on the island and spilled oil into the water and it was devastating it was a
water and it was devastating it was a
water and it was devastating it was a big oil spill that affected a lot of
big oil spill that affected a lot of
big oil spill that affected a lot of northern rockhopper penguins which are
northern rockhopper penguins which are
northern rockhopper penguins which are already endangered and so i realized
already endangered and so i realized
already endangered and so i realized when i landed on this island and saw
when i landed on this island and saw
when i landed on this island and saw this that there was no one else here
this that there was no one else here
this that there was no one else here nobody in the world knew about this
nobody in the world knew about this
nobody in the world knew about this there was no communication there was no
there was no communication there was no
there was no communication there was no way to transmit images this is an island
way to transmit images this is an island
way to transmit images this is an island that’s completely disconnected it’s off
that’s completely disconnected it’s off
that’s completely disconnected it’s off the grid and I happen to land there so
the grid and I happen to land there so
the grid and I happen to land there so the first thing I did was take as many
the first thing I did was take as many
the first thing I did was take as many pictures of this as I could I created a
pictures of this as I could I created a
pictures of this as I could I created a youtube video I published it immediately
youtube video I published it immediately
youtube video I published it immediately from the ship and then I took I took
from the ship and then I took I took
from the ship and then I took I took more pictures in more video and tweeted
more pictures in more video and tweeted
more pictures in more video and tweeted it I put it out on Twitter and
it I put it out on Twitter and
it I put it out on Twitter and immediately got picked up by the
immediately got picked up by the
immediately got picked up by the blogosphere now that word is a little
blogosphere now that word is a little
blogosphere now that word is a little outdated but blogs are important because
outdated but blogs are important because
outdated but blogs are important because they’re they’re organic and from this
they’re they’re organic and from this
they’re they’re organic and from this blog you know we at National Geographic
blog you know we at National Geographic
blog you know we at National Geographic we have an incredible news team they
we have an incredible news team they
we have an incredible news team they took my footage they took my pictures
took my footage they took my pictures
took my footage they took my pictures they published it they got it out there
they published it they got it out there
they published it they got it out there in the real press and then this went to
in the real press and then this went to
in the real press and then this went to the New York Times but this kind of
the New York Times but this kind of
the New York Times but this kind of organic bubbling up of news of being
organic bubbling up of news of being
organic bubbling up of news of being there being in the middle of the ocean
there being in the middle of the ocean
there being in the middle of the ocean and capturing these things this is
and capturing these things this is
and capturing these things this is something that all of you can do and all
something that all of you can do and all
something that all of you can do and all of you are doing it all the time when I
of you are doing it all the time when I
of you are doing it all the time when I say be there I mean be wherever it is
say be there I mean be wherever it is
say be there I mean be wherever it is that you are it could be your own
that you are it could be your own
that you are it could be your own backyard a lot of you live in Washington
backyard a lot of you live in Washington
backyard a lot of you live in Washington DC where things are happening all the
DC where things are happening all the
DC where things are happening all the time and believe it or not you’re part
time and believe it or not you’re part
time and believe it or not you’re part of the system where you are reporting
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