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Dead Sea Swim Raises Environmental Awareness
死海游泳喚醒環保意識
25 swimmers from around the world took part in the first ever Dead Sea swim to raise awareness about the environmental degradation of the historic lake. It took the swimmers approximately 7 hours to cross the 17 kilometres from Jordan to Israel. Located over 400 metres below sea level, the Dead Sea is the lowest place on earth and is shrinking at an astounding rate. In the past 30 years, the water level on the northern side has dropped as much as 25 metres. The swimmers, who described the swim as very tough, wore face masks and snorkels to protect themselves from the salty water which can be lethal to ingest.
來自全球各地的25名游泳者參加了史上第一次死海游泳活動，意圖使人們能夠關注這一歷史名湖的環境惡化情況。游泳者大約需要七小時游過從約旦到以色列之間的十七千米。死海位于海平面以下400米，是地球上最低的地方，正在以驚人的速度萎縮。在過去的三十年間，死海北部的水平面下降了25米。參加者稱游泳很困難，他們戴著面罩和呼吸管防止鹽水對身體造成傷害，鹽水一旦攝入可能致命。
譯文屬可可英語原創，未經允許，不得轉載。
