Encounters at the End of the World Page #7

He prides himself on his heritage

He is part Apache

but has claims to yet another lineage

It's funny, but I'm revealing my hands

and they are very distinct,

and I was told by my doctor

who operated me that

it is from the Aztec

and the Inca's royal family

An anthropologist told me that,

and one of our daughters is very similar,

but everywhere I go,

I try to find somebody See?

And I can turn it around too,

if you wanna see it this way

It's very distinct, the line here,

and I was at awe when they told me

it was from the royal family of the Indians

HERZOG:
When you work, with which fingers

do you work best or point best?

I don't know if I should say this It's funny,

but in school I used to not reach

the chalkboard with this,

so I used to point with this,

and they called my father in

and said that I was being a bad boy,

but I still have the habit

of pointing like that

I have a long ribcage

He could not find the gallbladder

I have a long ribcage like the Aztecs

used to have, I guess, and

If you can come to Antarctica, please do

Plus, be aware of global warming It's real

I'm a green person I'm as green as I can be

I build adobe homes, solar homes

I'm a contractor back home, too, but it's

so hard for a small minority to make it, but

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

Spirit, the fire of my ancestors

(WHOOPS)

(WHISTLES)

HERZOG Our next journey took us

We were heading from Ross Island

in the direction of mainland Antarctica

The empty interior beyond these mountains

is larger in size than

continental North America

The vast majority of it is

covered in a layer of ice 9,000 feet thick

We were heading for New Harbor,

a diving camp

which lies on the coastline of the ocean

To the right is the frozen sea

where they dive

The camp itself is built on firm ground

We were welcomed by my friend

Henry Kaiser, a musician and expert diver,

whose underwater footage

it was that brought me to this place

We had arrived at an opportune time

and went straight to this shelter

which protects a primary diving hole

next to New Harbor camp

Sam Bowser is the head

of the scientific field team

We found him in a pensive mood

HERZOG:
Sam Bowser,

this is a special day for you?

Well, I think

I think everyone should stop

when they've reached a point

where they've done

what they've wanted to do,

and today is probably gonna be

my last Antarctic dive, I think

I think we've accomplished what

At least, I've accomplished

what I've set out to do here,

and it's time to pass the ball off to

the next generation of biologists, I think

So, it is a bit of a special day

HERZOG I had heard that he was also

a great science fiction fan

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