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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.46,0:00:07.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if I told you that\Nthis was the face of pure joy,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.18,0:00:09.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would you call me crazy?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.68,0:00:11.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wouldn't blame you,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.92,0:00:16.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because every time I look at this\NArctic selfie, I shiver just a little bit.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.92,0:00:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to tell you\Na little bit about this photograph.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.92,0:00:23.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was swimming around\Nin the Lofoten Islands in Norway,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.48,0:00:25.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just inside the Arctic Circle,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.19,0:00:28.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the water was hovering\Nright at freezing.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.35,0:00:32.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The air? A brisk -10 with windchill,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.18,0:00:35.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I could literally feel the blood\Ntrying to leave my hands,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.62,0:00:40.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feet and face, and rush\Nto protect my vital organs.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.38,0:00:42.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the coldest I've ever been.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.07,0:00:47.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But even with swollen lips, sunken eyes,\Nand cheeks flushed red,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.92,0:00:53.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have found that this place right here\Nis somewhere I can find great joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.56,0:00:57.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, when it comes to pain,\Npsychologist Brock Bastian
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.63,0:00:59.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,probably said it best when he wrote,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.97,0:01:02.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Pain is a kind of shortcut\Nto mindfulness.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.55,0:01:06.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It makes us suddenly aware\Nof everything in the environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.22,0:01:08.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It brutally draws us in
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.19,0:01:12.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a virtual sensory awareness\Nof the world much like meditation."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.05,0:01:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If shivering is a form of meditation,\Nthen I would consider myself a monk.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.54,0:01:17.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.39,0:01:20.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, before we get into the why
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.27,0:01:23.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would anyone ever want to surf\Nin freezing cold water?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.98,0:01:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would love to give you\Na little perspective
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.56,0:01:29.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on what a day in my life can look like.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.83,0:01:35.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.02,0:02:19.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) Man: I mean, I know\Nwe were hoping for good waves,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.54,0:02:22.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I don't think anybody thought\Nthat was going to happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.42,0:02:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't stop shaking.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.10,0:02:25.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am so cold.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.34,0:02:31.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.43,0:02:34.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.14,0:02:39.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chris Burkard: So,\Nsurf photographer, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.80,0:02:42.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't even know\Nif it's a real job title, to be honest.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.71,0:02:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My parents definitely didn't think so
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.84,0:02:49.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I told them at 19 I was quitting\Nmy job to pursue this dream career:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.72,0:02:54.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,blue skies, warm tropical beaches,\Nand a tan that lasts all year long.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.29,0:02:58.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, to me, this was it.\NLife could not get any better.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.12,0:03:02.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sweating it out, shooting surfers\Nin these exotic tourist destinations.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.77,0:03:04.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there was just this one problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.51,0:03:08.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, the more time I spent traveling\Nto these exotic locations,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.11,0:03:10.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the less gratifying it seemed to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.10,0:03:14.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I set out seeking adventure,\Nand what I was finding was only routine.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.68,0:03:20.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was things like wi-fi, TV, fine dining,\Nand a constant cellular connection
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.44,0:03:23.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that to me were all the trappings\Nof places heavily touristed
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.41,0:03:25.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in and out of the water,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.71,0:03:29.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it didn't take long\Nfor me to start feeling suffocated.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.11,0:03:35.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I began craving wild, open spaces,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.22,0:03:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so I set out to find the places\Nothers had written off
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.66,0:03:42.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as too cold, too remote,\Nand too dangerous to surf,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.54,0:03:45.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that challenge intrigued me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.35,0:03:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I began this sort of personal crusade\Nagainst the mundane,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.48,0:03:52.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because if there's\None thing I've realized,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.11,0:03:53.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's that any career,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.96,0:03:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even one as seemingly glamorous\Nas surf photography,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.72,0:04:00.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has the danger of becoming monotonous.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.65,0:04:03.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in my search to break up\Nthis monotony, I realized something:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.70,0:04:06.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's only about a third\Nof the Earth's oceans that are warm,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.66,0:04:09.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's really just that thin band\Naround the equator.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.59,0:04:12.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if I was going to find perfect waves,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.10,0:04:14.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was probably going\Nto happen somewhere cold,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.67,0:04:16.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the seas are notoriously rough,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.55,0:04:19.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's exactly where I began to look.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.25,0:04:21.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was my first trip to Iceland
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.78,0:04:24.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I felt like I found\Nexactly what I was looking for.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.85,0:04:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was blown away\Nby the natural beauty of the landscape,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.02,0:04:32.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but most importantly, I couldn't believe\Nwe were finding perfect waves
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.22,0:04:35.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in such a remote and rugged\Npart of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.64,0:04:37.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At one point, we got to the beach
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.92,0:04:41.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only to find massive chunks of ice\Nhad piled on the shoreline.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.02,0:04:43.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They created this barrier\Nbetween us and the surf,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.37,0:04:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we had to weave \Nthrough this thing like a maze
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.76,0:04:47.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to get out into the lineup.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.35,0:04:48.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and once we got there,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.47,0:04:51.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were pushing aside these ice chunks\Ntrying to get into waves.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.51,0:04:55.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was an incredible experience,\None I'll never forget,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.47,0:04:58.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because amidst those harsh conditions,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.25,0:05:02.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt like I stumbled onto\None of the last quiet places,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.98,0:05:05.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somewhere that I found a clarity\Nand a connection with the world
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.99,0:05:08.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew I would never find\Non a crowded beach.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.07,0:05:13.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was hooked. I was hooked. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.23,0:05:16.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cold water was constantly on my mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.09,0:05:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and from that point on,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.40,0:05:20.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my career focused on these types of harsh\Nand unforgiving environments,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.73,0:05:24.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it took me to places like Russia,\NNorway, Alaska, Iceland, Chile,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.60,0:05:27.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Faroe Islands,\Nand a lot of places in between.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.53,0:05:30.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of my favorite things\Nabout these places
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.55,0:05:34.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was simply the challenge and\Nthe creativity it took just to get there:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.45,0:05:36.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hours, days, weeks spent on Google Earth
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.66,0:05:40.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to pinpoint any remote stretch\Nof beach or reef we could actually get to.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.42,0:05:44.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And once we got there,\Nthe vehicles were just as creative:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.85,0:05:47.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,snowmobiles, six-wheel\NSoviet troop carriers,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.76,0:05:51.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a couple of super-sketchy\Nhelicopter flights.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.05,0:05:53.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.26,0:05:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Helicopters really scare me, by the way.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.51,0:05:59.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was this one particularly\Nbumpy boat ride
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.04,0:06:02.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up the coast of Vancouver Island\Nto this kind of remote surf spot,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.16,0:06:04.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we ended up watching\Nhelplessly from the water
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.78,0:06:07.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as bears ravaged our camp site.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.17,0:06:10.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They walked off with our food\Nand bits of our tent,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.19,0:06:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,clearly letting us know that we\Nwere at the bottom of the food chain
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.40,0:06:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that this was their spot, not ours.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.53,0:06:17.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But to me, that trip
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.45,0:06:22.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a testament to the wildness\NI traded for those touristy beaches.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.07,0:06:28.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, it wasn't until I traveled\Nto Norway -- (Laughter) --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.12,0:06:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I really learned\Nto appreciate the cold.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.29,0:06:34.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is the place
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.21,0:06:37.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where some of the largest,\Nthe most violent storms in the world
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.57,0:06:40.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,send huge waves smashing\Ninto the coastline.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.63,0:06:44.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were in this tiny, remote fjord,\Njust inside the Arctic Circle.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.60,0:06:47.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It had a greater population\Nof sheep than people,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.15,0:06:50.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so help if we needed it\Nwas nowhere to be found.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.94,0:06:53.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was in the water \Ntaking pictures of surfers,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.15,0:06:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it started to snow.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.24,0:06:59.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then the temperature began to drop.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.46,0:07:03.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I told myself, there's not a chance\Nyou're getting out of the water.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.84,0:07:07.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You traveled all this way, and this is\Nexactly what you've been waiting for:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.44,0:07:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,freezing cold conditions\Nwith perfect waves.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.52,0:07:12.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And although I couldn't even feel\Nmy finger to push the trigger,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.54,0:07:14.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew I wasn't getting out.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.05,0:07:16.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I just did whatever I could.\NI shook it off, whatever.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.84,0:07:18.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that was the point that I felt
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.52,0:07:20.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this wind gush through\Nthe valley and hit me,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.64,0:07:26.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what started as this light snowfall\Nquickly became a full-on blizzard,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.06,0:07:30.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I started to lose\Nperception of where I was.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.93,0:07:34.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't know if I was drifting\Nout to sea or towards shore,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.10,0:07:38.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all I could really make out\Nwas the faint sound of seagulls
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.05,0:07:40.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and crashing waves.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.81,0:07:45.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I knew this place had a reputation\Nfor sinking ships and grounding planes,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.65,0:07:50.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and while I was out there floating,\NI started to get a little bit nervous.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.61,0:07:52.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, I was totally freaking out --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.98,0:07:56.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) -- and I was\Nborderline hypothermic,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.41,0:07:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my friends eventually\Nhad to help me out of the water.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.60,0:08:02.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't know if it was\Ndelirium setting in or what,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.75,0:08:04.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they told me later
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.91,0:08:09.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a smile on my face the entire time.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.42,0:08:12.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, it was this trip
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.53,0:08:16.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and probably that exact experience\Nwhere I really began to feel
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.31,0:08:20.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like every photograph was precious,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.27,0:08:24.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because all of a sudden in that moment,\Nit was something I was forced to earn.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.35,0:08:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I realized, all this shivering\Nhad actually taught me something:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.26,0:08:34.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In life, there are no shortcuts to joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.12,0:08:38.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anything that is worth pursuing\Nis going to require us to suffer
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.89,0:08:40.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just a little bit,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.86,0:08:44.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that tiny bit of suffering\Nthat I did for my photography,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.55,0:08:47.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it added a value to my work\Nthat was so much more meaningful to me
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.84,0:08:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than just trying to fill\Nthe pages of magazines.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.90,0:08:58.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, I gave a piece of myself\Nin these places,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.21,0:09:00.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what I walked away with
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.76,0:09:05.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a sense of fulfillment\NI had always been searching for.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.33,0:09:09.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I look back at this photograph.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.30,0:09:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's easy to see frozen fingers\Nand cold wetsuits
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.02,0:09:17.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even the struggle\Nthat it took just to get there,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.08,0:09:21.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but most of all,\Nwhat I see is just joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.94,0:09:23.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.100,0:09:29.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)