国家地理 追逐抹香鲸的水下摄影师(2)（在线收听）

Skerry captures images that are unique, memorable, and award winning -- but he has a higher ambition. As "a photojournalist first and foremost, I work with researchers and provide them with photographs that are useful" in their study of ocean flora and fauna, he says.

斯科利拍摄的影像是独特、令人难忘的，而且获得过奖项--但他有更大的野心。他说自己“主要是一名摄影记者，跟研究员一起工作，提供有帮助的照片，”供他们用于针对海洋动植物群的研究中。

Sperm whales are majestic, intelligent, and maddeningly elusive, escaping to ocean depths when pursued or spooked. Still, their ranks have been thinned by whaling, overfishing, and other contact with humans, to the point that the world's conservationists assess them as either vulnerable or endangered. Skerry wants his photos to inform the scientific research and education efforts that will bring whales more attention and potentially some relief. "I feel a sense of responsibility and urgency to make people care about the marine giants," he says. "I want to give them, for lack of a better word, some humanity."

抹香鲸很雄伟、聪明，并且难以捉摸到令人抓狂，它们被追赶或受惊吓时会逃往海洋深处。尽管如此，它们的族群数仍因捕鲸业、过度捕捞及其他和人类的接触而减少，以至于生态环保人士评估抹香鲸的状况不是濒危就是濒临灭绝。斯科利希望他的照片能为科学研究和教育提供信息，为鲸鱼带来更多关注。“我感到一种责任感和迫切性，想让人们关心这些海洋巨兽，”他说。“我想给它们一些人道关怀，没有比这更好的词了。”