00:00Scientists, archaeologists and museum curators, these defenders of European heritage were honoured at the European Heritage Award Ceremony in Brussels.
00:10Europa Nostra and the European Commission awarded 30 people from 24 countries and handed out five Grand Prix awards.
00:18It's really a mosaic that tells you how important heritage it is for communities and citizens and how much extraordinary commitments, skills we have in Europe that are engaged in safeguarding and transmitting that heritage to the future generations.
00:39One of the top prizes was given to curator Inge Bisgaard who has dedicated her career to protecting Greenland's heritage from traditional wooden architecture to 20th century expedition cabins.
00:52She notably studies the challenges posed by climate change.
00:56The permafrost melting gives a lot of problems with, especially buildings in remote areas.
01:07In this way we are trying to make, like, put more gravel on the houses so they come up and the water can come out.
01:19The Norwegian Glacial Archaeology Programme Secrets of the Ice received the top prize in the research category.
01:276,000-year-old bow and arrows, prehistoric outfits, millennial skis.
01:32This team has discovered more than 4,500 objects preserved in ice which stand witness to human civilization in this steep Arctic region of Norway.
01:42It's been quite tough terrain.
01:43People started to come to this area because of the reindeers.
01:48They moved from France to Norway and then people settled down and started to live from agriculture and also, of course, the hunting.
02:01These scientists work against the clock as the thick layers of ice begin to thin.
02:06But it's a paradox. It's the climate change that makes us find these unique artifacts.
02:12But we have to be there to collect them, otherwise they will be gone.
02:16They will be taken away in melt water or blown away.
02:21The public prize was awarded to the restoration of the Puerta de Alcala in Madrid.
02:27Each year has protected the Copyright of of Africa.
02:29In fact, they are still in most buildings.
02:30In most fields, it shouldn't be taken away when they are suspended.
02:33The Americans are very nice and very sophisticated.
02:36This is an Knowledge to be responsible.
02:39The Language.
02:40One night.
02:41On the planet.
02:43The USA is a national secret.
02:45The American quanящia is a national secret.
02:48The American migrant and the Chinese people also have a large number of ice.
02:53The American one is about this.
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