Nobody yet knows the answer.
沒人知道答案
This is just one of the many strange mysteries
這里有眾多神秘待解之事
that draw people to work in a place
吸引人們來此危險之境探究
that is so hostile to human life.
以上只是其中之一
While some scientists come to Erebus
一些科學家來到埃里伯斯火山
to explore its bizarre ice caves,
探索它奇異的冰洞
others visit the volcano
另一些人則去了火山
to study the innermost workings of our planet.
研究我們星球最深處的情況
Erebus is one of the most active volcanoes on Earth,
埃里伯斯地球上最活躍的火山之一
but even so,
但即便如此
volcanologists work on the very rim of its crater.
火山學家仍舊在火山口邊緣工作
They stand in the bitter cold, while 100 metres below them
他們身處苦寒之中 而腳下一百米處
is a lava lake where temperatures are over a thousand degrees centigrade.
卻是一個溫度超過一千攝氏度的熔巖湖
This is a rare glimpse of
一般情況下很難見到
the molten rock that lies beneath the earth's crust.
這種位于地殼下的巖漿