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Snow geese. They winter along the Gulf of Mexico,
雪雁。它們在墨西哥灣越冬，
and in spring they fly the entire length of North America to reach the Arctic tundra.
等到春天便一路飛過北美洲，來到這里的北極苔原
Five million birds make this journey every year.
每年有五百萬只雪雁都是這樣遷徙。
Their marathon migration is almost 3,000 miles long and has taken them three months.
這場馬拉松式的遷徙長達三千英里，耗時多達三個多月。
Exhausted and starving, they touch down inside the Arctic Circle,
雖然早己精疲力竭，饑腸轆轆，但它們終于返回了北極圈，
back at their traditional breeding grounds at last.
返回了它們闊別已久的繁殖地。
Snow geese pair for life.
雪雁一生只忠于一個配偶。
As soon as couples arrive, they must stake a claim to a nesting patch.
一對雪雁來了之后就必須取得自己的筑巢地。
Ideal sites are in short supply and quarrelsome neighbours are all around.
理想的地方寥寥無幾，鄰里糾紛時常發生。
Disputes can be vicious.
有時鬧得殺氣騰騰。
