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Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.06,0:00:12.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if young women around the world
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.42,0:00:15.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were encouraged to be more
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.21,0:00:17.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than less?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.23,0:00:22.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if the focus shifted
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.47,0:00:25.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from how we appear
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.47,0:00:29.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the possibilities of what we can do?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.22,0:00:34.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a young woman, I live in a world
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.34,0:00:38.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I'm constantly bombarded\Nwith messages to be less,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.82,0:00:44.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to eat less, to wear less, to be skinnier,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.19,0:00:48.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to shrink my ambitions to fit in,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.57,0:00:51.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to wait for my Prince Charming\Nto come and save me,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.14,0:00:55.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to avoid activities that are for boys
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.07,0:00:57.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I'm not strong enough or as tough.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.98,0:01:02.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These messages fuel\Nmy fears and insecurities.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.70,0:01:05.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am then left wondering all the time
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.07,0:01:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether I'm good enough\Nor whether I should just play it safe
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.20,0:01:11.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I don't end up\Nmaking myself look silly.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.80,0:01:14.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But imagine
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.85,0:01:18.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if all the young women\Nin a particular country
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.35,0:01:21.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,took one step forward\Nin terms of the level of belief
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.63,0:01:23.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in their own possibilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.34,0:01:28.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How much brighter\Nwould the future of that country be?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.07,0:01:32.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now imagine if all\Nthe young women on this planet
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.83,0:01:35.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,took that same step forward\Nin their thinking
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.66,0:01:38.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as to what is possible for themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.70,0:01:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How much brighter would the future\Nof our world be for everyone?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.32,0:01:46.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's adventurous thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.61,0:01:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by the way, it is so much more fun\Nto try and be more rather than less.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.21,0:01:57.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In April this year, at the age of 14,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.14,0:02:00.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I became the youngest person -\Nmale, or female - in history
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.43,0:02:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have skied to the North Pole\Nfrom anywhere outside the Last Degree.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.92,0:02:05.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.07,0:02:06.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.09,0:02:07.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.39,0:02:09.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.13,0:02:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was also the longest journey\Nto the Pole by any woman on the planet
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.91,0:02:16.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the last two years.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.44,0:02:18.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.58,0:02:19.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.08,0:02:27.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I dragged a sled that was as heavy as me,\Nover a distance of a 150 kilometers
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.96,0:02:31.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as measured in a straight line\Nfrom the Pole, on skis,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.56,0:02:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in minus 30 degree temperatures.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.53,0:02:37.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A hundred and fifty Ks\Nmight not sound too bad,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.79,0:02:41.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until you understand the environment\Nup there on the Arctic Ocean.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.43,0:02:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had to never get our way\Naround or over compression zones
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.38,0:02:49.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where sea ice has collided\Nto create ice rubble,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.54,0:02:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sometimes, this ice rubble\Ncan become walls of ice meters high.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.07,0:02:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also had to find out our way\Naround open water leads,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.07,0:02:59.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the sea ice's split.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.39,0:03:03.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where we couldn't,\Nwe had to build a bridge with our sleds,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.22,0:03:05.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or someone would swim across\Nin an immersion suit,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.99,0:03:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while the rest of us were pulled across\Non a raft made from our sleds.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.43,0:03:13.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were traveling on floating sea ice,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.93,0:03:17.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so the ocean currents\Nkept drifting us off-course,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.17,0:03:19.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we were often hearing\Nthe sea ice crack beneath us
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.91,0:03:22.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and wondering\Nwhether we would fall through
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.07,0:03:24.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the freezing ocean below.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.03,0:03:26.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also crossed polar bear tracks,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.08,0:03:28.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and would stay awake at night\Nlistening for them,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.79,0:03:30.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not that we could sleep well anyway,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.75,0:03:34.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it is 24-hour daylight up there\Nthis time of year.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.23,0:03:37.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm not a skier either.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.55,0:03:41.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I only learned how to ski the year before,\Non a three-day trip to New Zealand.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.65,0:03:42.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.67,0:03:45.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's not much snow where I live
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.72,0:03:49.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I trained virtually every day\Nfor over a year beforehand,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.12,0:03:53.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including by dragging tires around,\Nwhich was pretty close to the real thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.04,0:03:59.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, as you can imagine,\Nthe going was slow and hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.48,0:04:04.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Aside from a few blisters, I lost\Nthe feeling in the tips of my fingers,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.70,0:04:06.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which eventually came back
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.18,0:04:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after all the skin\Nhad died and peeled off.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.70,0:04:14.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the worst part of all, I got frostnip\Non my upper thigh and my bum
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.96,0:04:18.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from having to expose myself\Nto the freezing cold and wind
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.23,0:04:20.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every time I went to the toilet.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.32,0:04:21.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.74,0:04:24.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I loved it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.98,0:04:27.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the best experience\Nof my life so far,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.96,0:04:31.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I fell in love with this beautiful\Nyet fragile part of our planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.63,0:04:36.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as much as I couldn't wait to get home\Nand see my family and friends,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.67,0:04:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was really sad to leave.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.74,0:04:44.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Next April, my plan is to ski\N540 kilometers across Greenland
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.46,0:04:45.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at age 15,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.09,0:04:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then, at the end of next year,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.00,0:04:52.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ski 1,170 kilometers from the coast\Nof Antarctica to the South Pole,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.72,0:04:54.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and by then, I'll be 16.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.80,0:04:59.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I can get there,\Naside from a few minor records,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.30,0:05:02.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll be the youngest person\Nto ski to both Poles
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.10,0:05:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to complete the Polar Hat Trick.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.02,0:05:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, what have I learned\Nin my brief life so far
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.68,0:05:10.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that might be worth sharing?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.67,0:05:17.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have learned that all those messages\NI received daily to be less are wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.26,0:05:20.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have learned that by expanding my dreams
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.91,0:05:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it has been impossible\Nto think about shrinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.94,0:05:27.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of focusing on how we look,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.60,0:05:30.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let's focus on what our bodies\Nand our minds can do
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.86,0:05:32.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and discover the incredible possibilities
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.100,0:05:37.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are capable of\Nand can contribute to this world.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.02,0:05:41.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is nothing wrong\Nwith wanting to improve your physique,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.57,0:05:46.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the problem is when people sacrifice\Ntheir capability or their health
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.11,0:05:47.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the sake of fitting into
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.49,0:05:50.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some visual standard\Nshaped by other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.68,0:05:53.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's make it about \Nwhat you do not how you look.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.84,0:05:56.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you think about it,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.49,0:06:00.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the funny thing about many\Npopular fitness social media accounts
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.23,0:06:02.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that they post pictures of themselves
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.28,0:06:05.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,standing in front of a mirror\Ndoing nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.75,0:06:06.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.87,0:06:08.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not inspiring.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.26,0:06:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's just trying to make\Nthe rest of us all feel bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.11,0:06:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it's much more inspiring
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.94,0:06:16.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see photos and videos of people\Nactually doing something.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.11,0:06:17.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.23,0:06:18.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.69,0:06:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So how do we change things?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.86,0:06:26.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do we shift our focus?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.76,0:06:30.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, when I see other women\Ngo forward despite fear,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.76,0:06:32.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learn what is possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.39,0:06:35.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are some amazing examples
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.85,0:06:39.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of young women in history\Nchoosing to be more.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.57,0:06:41.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But just as amazing to me
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.82,0:06:44.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are the girls who manage to work\Npart-time while studying
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.80,0:06:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to support their families;
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.82,0:06:49.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,girls who stand up\Nfor what they believe in;
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.84,0:06:52.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,girls who get up in the dark each morning,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.08,0:06:55.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to train, to be the best\Nat the sport they love;
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.59,0:07:00.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,girls who stay up late studying hard\Nto make the most of their education;
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.04,0:07:05.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,any girl who refuses to buy into\Nthe messaging to be less.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.34,0:07:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you are my parent, my relative,\Nmy teacher, or my coach,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.52,0:07:13.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then I'm talking to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.44,0:07:19.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't be overprotective of me\Njust because I'm a girl.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.34,0:07:21.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Encourage me to take risks
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.14,0:07:25.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in chasing dreams \Nthat are important to me not to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.06,0:07:27.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sisterhood -
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.67,0:07:30.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let's celebrate the achievements\Nof our girlfriends.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.50,0:07:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't cut them down!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.16,0:07:35.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been amazed at the support\NI have received from my friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.83,0:07:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But most important of all,\Nwe must start with ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.61,0:07:44.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are our own worst enemies.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.58,0:07:46.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to get out of our own way
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.64,0:07:50.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and stop caring so much\Nabout what other people think.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.09,0:07:54.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The truth is everybody else\Nis worried about
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.66,0:07:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what everybody else thinks about them.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.43,0:08:00.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to focus on\Nwhat we want for ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.57,0:08:03.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in line with our own personal values
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.22,0:08:06.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not those of our parents, or our friends,\Nor of the school we attend.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.73,0:08:09.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't do it for others, do it for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.49,0:08:16.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To expand what we believe is possible,\Nwe must have courage.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.42,0:08:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We must be prepared and willing to fail.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.76,0:08:26.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't wait until you think\Nyou can do something perfectly,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.26,0:08:28.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just get started.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.55,0:08:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had really only being skiing once\Nin my life before,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.28,0:08:34.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I tried to ski to the North Pole,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.78,0:08:37.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is pretty funny\Nwhen I stop and think about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.37,0:08:38.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.49,0:08:43.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also tried peeing standing up\Nusing a pee funnel in minus 20 degrees
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.58,0:08:45.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I failed miserably.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.64,0:08:47.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.53,0:08:48.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I spent the rest of the day
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.93,0:08:53.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,skiing in pants that were covered\Nin my own frozen pee.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.13,0:08:54.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.84,0:08:59.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Courage is not the absence of fear
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.64,0:09:02.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the willingness to take action
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.41,0:09:05.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,despite the presence\Nof fear or self-doubt.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.16,0:09:09.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without bravery, our lives remain small.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.75,0:09:14.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's all commit to take\None step forward
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.20,0:09:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our thinking and our expectations
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.02,0:09:20.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as to what is possible\Nfor young women to achieve.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.20,0:09:23.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's constantly check ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.55,0:09:27.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are focusing on\Nwhat we can do not how we appear.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.88,0:09:31.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All those small steps will soon add up,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.93,0:09:36.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we will collectively expand\Nwhat is possible for young women
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.48,0:09:39.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as a result,\Nfor the future of our world.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.38,0:09:40.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.41,0:09:41.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)