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The ocean attracts a vast array of summer visitors.
海洋吸引了很多夏天的游客。
Not just auks, but millions of other sea birds come to nest on the sheer coastal cliffs.
不光是海雀，還有數百萬的其它海鳥也來到這陡峭的海崖上筑巢。
The rocky bluffs above the shores of Iceland may seem inhospitable, but to sea birds, they make ideal homes.
冰島岸邊的巖石絕壁可能看起來很荒蕪，卻是海鳥的理想住所。
High-rise apartment blocks, where every ledge, no matter how small, is a potential nest site.
高聳的居住區每一處巖脊，無論有多小都可以是安身之所。
Kittiwakes and puffins are birds of the open ocean, but they come ashore to breed.
三趾鷗和角嘴海雀一般在開放海域活動，不過它們要來到岸邊繁殖。
The kittiwakes opt for precarious balconies.
三趾鷗選擇危險的懸崖露臺。
And the puffins prefer roof garden.
而角嘴海雀則喜歡頂層花園。
Puffins spend hours diving for sand eels, securing them on their serrated beaks to 30 at a time.
角嘴海雀要花好幾個小時潛水捉玉筋魚，并用帶鋸齒的嘴牢牢啄住，一次最多可達三十條。
It's the best food for their new chicks hidden in the burrows.
那是躲在洞里的幼雛最好的食物。
Concentrations of cliff dwelling bird life attract aerial predators, like the Peregrine Falcon, the fastest bird in the world.
懸崖上密集棲息的鳥類引來了空中的掠食者，例如游隼，世界上最快的鳥類。
Lowland Denmark has only three or four pairs at present.
目前丹麥的低地區只有三、四對游隼存活。
But they thrive on the Danish island mons klint where cliffs provide caves for their nests, and good vantage points for hunting.
不過在丹麥島岸邊突出的陡崖上卻很興旺，那兒的懸崖上有可供其筑巢的洞穴，而且是獵食的有利位置。
Peregrines, kittiwakes and puffins, all these creatures on the edge between land and sea.
游隼、三趾鷗和角嘴海雀都是生活在陸地和海洋之間的邊緣地帶。
And there is even more life in the forests inland.
而在內陸甚至有更多的生命。
Warm ocean currents make the climates surprisingly moderate for a region so close to the Arctic Circle.
在如此靠近北極圈的地區，海洋暖流使這里的氣候異常溫和。
And life flourishes.
生命也自然旺盛。
