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For those who can get here, in summer,
海水為那些在夏天光臨到此的生物
these waters provide a feast of epic proportions.
提供一場(chǎng)空前絕后的盛宴
But the good times will be very short -
但美好的時(shí)光轉(zhuǎn)瞬即逝
a problem that faces all life in the polar regions.
這是極地所有生命所面臨的問題
Journeying south across the Arctic Ocean,
向南穿越北冰洋
the first land you reach is Greenland,
抵達(dá)的第一站是世界第一大島
the largest island in the world.
格陵蘭島[字面義為綠島]
Despite its name, Greenland is mostly white,
與它的名字不同 格陵蘭島以白色為主
covered by a giant ice sheet
被一塊碩大的冰原覆蓋
six times the size of the United Kingdom.
它的大小是英國的六倍
In the middle of the island, the ice is nearly two miles thick.
在島中央 冰層有三千米厚
It's a bleak, quiet world.
一個(gè)荒涼寂靜的世界
Sapphire-blue melt lakes
海水融化成的寶石藍(lán)湖泊
are the first sign that a dynamic process is underway.
表明一個(gè)變化正在悄然發(fā)生
Each lake forms in a matter of days,
每個(gè)湖的形成需要幾天時(shí)間
expanding until it's miles across
湖面慢慢擴(kuò)大 寬達(dá)幾公里
and starts to overflow.
最后開始溢出
The spill water then carves its way through the ice.
流水在冰面上開鑿出條條水道
