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Churchill Manitoba, a small town in northern Canada, is thousands of kilometres away from Siberia.
馬尼托巴省的丘吉爾鎮是加拿大北部的一個小鎮，距離西伯利亞有數千公里遠。
In fact, Churchill and Siberia are separated by the Atlantic Ocean!
事實上，丘吉爾鎮和西伯利亞被大西洋隔開了！
But, they are experiencing similar problems.
但是，它們正經歷著類似的問題。
Their temperatures seem to be rising at a dangerous rate.
它們的氣溫似乎在以危險的速度上升。
Their icy lands seem to be melting.
它們陸地上的冰似乎正在融化。
People and animals are beginning to feel the effects of these rising temperatures.
人和動物開始感受到氣溫上升的影響。
During the summer the population of Churchill is about 6,000 people.
在夏季，丘吉爾鎮的人口數量約為6000人。
But, during the winter, the population increases greatly.
但是，在冬季，人口數量大幅增加。
In the winter, thousands of people come to visit Churchill.
在冬天，成千上萬的人來游覽丘吉爾鎮。
They come to see the polar bears.
他們來看北極熊。
For thousands of years these large white animals have been walking the same path.
幾千年來，這些大型白色動物一直在同樣的路上行走。
You see, Churchill sits on the waters of the Hudson Bay.
你看，丘吉爾鎮坐落在哈得遜灣的水面上。
Every year, at the start of the winter, ice forms north of the town.
每年初冬，丘吉爾鎮北部都會結冰。
Once it forms, the polar bears walk onto it.
一旦結冰，北極熊就會在冰層上走。
There, they hunt for smaller animals all winter long.
在那里，它們整個冬天都在捕獵較小的動物。
They fill their stomachs with enough food to last them through the summer!
它們的胃里填滿了足夠它們度過夏天的食物！
In the spring the ice begins to melt.
春天，冰開始融化。
The melting ice floats south of Churchill.
融化的冰在丘吉爾鎮以南漂浮著。
Here the bears leave the ice.
北極熊離開了冰面。
They return to dry land for the spring and summer months.
在春季和夏季的幾個月里，它們會回到干燥的陸地上。
They stay on land until the following winter.
它們在陸地上一直待到來年冬天。
When the ice starts to form again, the bears must travel through the town of Churchill to reach it.
當再次開始結冰時，北極熊必須穿過丘吉爾鎮才能到達那里。
They travel from south to north.
它們從南走到北。
Imagine seeing a large polar bear walking through your town!
想象一下，看到一頭巨大的北極熊走過你的小鎮！
Well, many people do not want to just imagine it.
很多人不想只是想象一下。
They want to see it for themselves.
他們想親眼看看。
So, they travel to Churchill to watch the bears march through the town.
因此，他們前往丘吉爾鎮觀看北極熊穿過小鎮。
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