Chilly, Willy, and Silly, Part 2!

To have people read this blog is amazing. To have people be involved, inspired, and participate in this blog is AMAZING. I have received some great comments and questions already (keep them coming!), and today, one reader of this blog wrote a comment related to our expedition “mascot,” Willy the Box Turtle, that I introduced in a previous post. Written in Russian, it continues the story of Willy the Turtle and Chilly the Polar Bear (and us “silly” humans). I wanted to put this comment in a new post, because it was so creative, and made my day!

I can’t wait to be on this expedition in the Arctic, and share with all of you the real science, the real equipment, and the real operations that will help us better understand the world we all share with Chilly and Willy.

Here is the Russian version, and the English translation (translated as best I could, with lots of help from a friend, as well as Google):

Жил на свете очень важный, милый ,белый медвежонок
его звали очень просто-Чилли,маленький медведь.
жил он в Арктике далекой,белоснежной и суровой,
очень он любил купаться,кувыркаться и реветь.

На другом краю планеты, на прекрасном жарком юге
жил черепашонок Вилли- балагур и весельчак.
Он любил в песке валяться, загорать и грызть морковку
Он любил всех-всех на свете-ни за что-то -просто так.

Но еще на той планете жили сумрачные люди,
Люди взрослые,большие,но как будто дураки,
Эти люди не любили ни закаты,ни рассветы,
даже нежный шум прибоя слушать было не с руки.

Эти люди не щадили нашу милую планету,
все живое разрушали, делали наоборот.
Если Арктика растает,как спасется милый Чилли?
Если жаркий Юг замерзнет,с ним и Вилли пропадет!

Люди взрослые,большие,вы должны остановиться,
вы должны понять ,как наша восхитительна земля!
Уберите руку с кнопки, уничтожьте все программы,
Что природу разрушают,губят реки и моря!

На своем прекрасном юге будет жить веселый Вилли,
Будет грызть свою морковку и на солнце загорать!
На своей огромной льдине будет жить отважный Чилли
Будет в море он купаться и с ледышками играть.

-“Ludus”

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Here lived a very important, dear polar bear
His name was very simple, Chilly, a small bear.
He lived in the distant Arctic, snow-white and gray,
He is very fond of bathing, tumbling and roaring.

At the other end of the planet, in the beautiful hot south
Lived a little turtle Willy, a joker and a merry fellow.
He loved to lie in the sand, sunbathing and nibbling a carrot
He loved everyone, everyone in the world, for no reason, simply that.

But also on that planet lived gloomy people
People mature and large, but like fools,
These people do not like sunsets or sunrises,
Even to listen to the gentle sound of the surf was not pleasant.

These people did not spare our dear planet
Destroying all life, doing just the opposite.
If the Arctic melts away, how is dear Chilly to be saved?
If the hot South freezes, will he and Willy be gone!

People mature and large, you have to stop,
You need to understand how amazing is our land!
Remove your hand from the button, delete all the programs
That destroyed nature, ruining the rivers and the sea!

In the beautiful south will live hilarious Willy
He will gnaw on his carrot and tan in the sun!
On his huge ice floe will live courageous Chilly
Swimming in the sea and playing with icicles.

-“Ludus”

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