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近一百万年来 For mearly million' years
北极一直是由冰雪统治的王国 the Arctie has been a kingdom ruled by ice and snow,
一个巨大而冰冷的世界寂静而无情 oa vast, frozen world, eerily silent and unforgiving.
对于那些巴经在此 For the people of the Arctic
依靠冰一直是一种生活方式 relying on ice has always been way of life.
因纽特人对冰有着特殊关系 The Iauit have a special reladonship with ice shared
世界上只有极少数人才具有的 by few others in the world.
能够读取冰雪的状况 Being able to read the snow and ice conditions
往往意味着生与死之间的差别 can mean the difference between life and death.
我的朋友伊库克·安加地克胡克可以通过 My friend Illcook Angutikjuak can tell you
查看冰反射到云层中的形状 if there is open water 10 miles away just by lookingat
来告诉您10英里外是否有开放水域 the reflection the ice makes in the clouds.
他是他这一代人中最后几位掌握 He's one of the last of his generation with the knowledge
天气预报知识的人 to forecast the weather.
伊库克出生在一个海豹皮帐篷里 Ilcook was born in a seal-skia tent
他的大半生都生活在这片土地上 and spent most of his life living off the land.
这是种随季节迁徙的游牧生活 It was a nomadic life, driven by the seasons,
在一年中有九个月时间 in a world dominated byice and snow
被冰雪覆盖的世界里 for 9 months of the yeac.
伊库克学会了如何钓鱼和打猎以及建造冰屋 Ilcook learned how to fish and hunt, and build an igloo
到他十来岁的时候 By the time he was teenager,
他已经能够读懂冰 he was already able to read the ice.
18年前我到北极去研究 I came up to the Arctic 18 years ago to study
因纽特人对冰和气候变化的了解 what the Iaait know about ice and climnate change.
我爱上了这个地方和人民 I fell in love with the place and the people,
从此我一直在这里生活和工作 and I've been living and working here ever since.
莎丽·吉尔赫德博士注定要成为北极科学家 De. Shar Gearheard was destined to be an Arctic scientist.
作为南安大略省的一个孩子 As a child in Southern Ontario
她对北方很痴迷 she was fascinated with the north,
并如饥似渴地吸收她能找到的每一本书和电视节目上的知识 and devoured every book and TV special she could find.
好孩子 Good boys,,
北极男孩 Arctic boy.
我从未梦想我会拥有自己的狗队 I never dreamed I'd have my own dog team.
有一天一位朋友给我一只怀孕的雪橇狗并说 was given a pregnant sled dog by a frlend who said
你的团队将在2周内出生 "your team is going to be born in 2 weeks.
你最好准备一下 You'd better get ready.
在这里开始了我真正的教育 It was the start of my real education up here.
当我的狗快乐时我也很高兴 When my dogs are happy, I'm happy.
你好埃萨 , Esa.
你好博士冰怎么样了？ -, doctor. How the ice is?
莎丽和她的团队在巴芬岛克莱德河周围 Shari and her team have built a series of monitoring stations on the sea ice
的海冰上建立了一系列监测站 around Clyde river on Barffin Island
这是一个非常简单实用的技术 It's a very simple, but effective techoique.
伊库克会在海冰上钻孔 llcook chaills holes for the wires
放入电线冻在冰里 that are frozen into the sea ice.
埃萨·基德洛克把电线通上电流 Esa Kidlok sends an electric current throngh the wire.
加热的电线融化了它周围的冰块 The heated wire melts the ice around it.
他再拉起电线直到螺栓碰到冰的底部 He pulls it up until the bolt hits the bottom of the ice.
这会告诉我们冰层究竟有多厚 That tells us exactly how thick.
他们每个星期都回来进行测量 Every week they return to take measurements.
这是全球了解气候变化 It's part of a larger global effort
对北极影响的行动的一部分 to understand the pact of climate change on the Arctic
北极包括8个国家 The Arctic includes 8 countries
面积超过五百多万平方英里其中大部分是海洋 and over 5 million square miles, most of it ocean.
北极点周围的冰层已经形成了 The ice around the North Pole has built up
数千年并且一直保持冻结状态 over thousands of years, and remains frozen year round.
通过将太阳光的能量反射回太空 It keeps the Arctic cool even in summer
即使在夏季也维持着北极的凉爽 by reflecting the sun's energy back out into space.
在更多的南部地区比如巴芬岛的海岸 In more southern areas like the coast of Baffin Island,
每年冬天海洋都会再度冻结 the ocean freezes over again every winter.
不船长 No, Captain.
它慢下来了 She slow down.
好的全速前进 Okay, we'll full ahead.
不它 No, She is...
不它几乎停下来了 No, she almost stopped.
搁浅了 Beached,
破开30英尺厚的冰前进 Pushing through ice that's 30 feet thick,
这艘船在五天内仅仅行驶了400码 the ship has taveled just 400 yards in five day.
这是近千英里内仅有的一艘船 It's the only vessel for nearly a thousand miles,
他们只能自力更生 and they must manage on their own.
最后船成功突破了薄冰 Finally, the ship breaks throngh into thinmer ice.
M北极号是世界上 The MV Arctic is the lifeline for
最偏远的矿山的生命线 one of the most remote mines in the world
在致命的寒冬 Ice is just one of the challenges
冰仅仅是工作在遥远北方的挑战之一 of working this far north in the dead of winter.
温度可以降至零下50度以下 The temperature can drop below minus 50.
风可以达到飓风强度 Winds can reach hurricane strengths
时速高达每小时100英里以上 of a hundred miles an hour or more.
矿山和港ロ之间唯一的联系 The only connection between the mine and the port
是一条60英里的道路有时无法通行 is a 60 mile road that is sometimes impassible.
拉格伦镍矿是真正的冰矿 The Raglan Mine is truly the ice mine.
这里的冻土层深达1900英尺 The permafrost here is 1900 feet deep.
该矿是世界上镍含量最丰富的矿藏之一 The mine has one of the richest deposits of nickel in the world.
如果天气允许 Weather permitting
卡车将矿石运往等待的船舶 trucks take the concentrated ore to the warting ship.
根据海冰的状况返回魁北克市 The voyage back to Quebec Cit
的航程可能需要2周或更长的时间 can take up to 2 weeks or more, depending on the ice conditions5
伊库克一生都在使用传统知识 mikook's been using his tradidional knowledge his whole life
来预测天气 to predict the weather.
现在我们在一起设立气象站 Now we're working together to set up weather stations,
将他的技能与科学仪器相结合 combining his skills with the tools of science
今天我们要去我们最偏远的一个气象站 Today we're going to one of our most remote stations,
他说我们最好快点行动起来 and he says wed better get moving
谈到天气我百分百信任伊库克 When it comes to weather, I put my trust in Icook.
我们有3个气象站分布在海岸线上 We have 3 weather stadions spread out along the coastline
它们是这个星球上最偏远 and they are among the most remote
和最复杂的气象站 and sophisticated on the planet.
数据通过卫星上传到网站上 The data are uploaded by satellite to a website
克莱德河的人们 that people in Clyde River can check
可以在他们出发前查询相关数据 before they head out on the land.
风速计可以再使用一年 Anemometer can survived another year.
北极的天气瞬息万变 Weather in the Arctic can change quickly.
即使伊库克这样的老人已经注意到 Elders like Illcook have noticed that
最近它变得更加难以预测 lately it's become more umpredictable
这使得冰上旅行更加危险 which makes traveling on the ice even more dangerous.
格伦乌鸦今年又来了 Glen, Raven got here again this year.
是的可能很糟糕是的 Yeah, they can be very bad, Yeah.
我们有各种各样的访客 We get all kinds of visitors.
去年一只北极熊试图吃掉我们的晴雨表 Last year a polar bear trled to eat our barometer.
看起来不错 it looks good
继续吧 Gone on.
研究小组除了伊库克和埃萨外 As well as Icook and Esa,
还有凯利·埃尔德 the research team includes Kelly Elder
来自美国林务局 From the U.S. Forest Service
和科罗拉多州立大学的格伦·利斯顿 and Glen. Liston from Colorado State University.
仪器由太阳能提供电力 The instruments are solar-powered.
经过数月的黑暗之后 After months of darkness,
重现天空的太阳对气象站来说是个好消息 the return of the sun is good news for the weather station.
这对整个北极生态系统也至关重要 It's also of vital importance to the entire Arctic ecosystem.
海冰看上去似乎是瘠的且不透气的 The sea ice may look sterille and impermeable,
但阳光能穿透最厚的冰层 but the sun's rays can penetrate even the thickestice
为整个花园的生命带来能量 A whole garden of life feeds off that energy.
生长在冰层底部的 Growing on the underside of the ice,
微型藻类 microscopic algae are the foundation
是整个北极食物链的基础 of the entire Arctic food chain.
无数生物以藻类为食 The algae feed a host of creatures.
例如虾和浮游生物 like shrimp and plankton, which in turn
而这些又是其他生物的食物 are food for other forms of life.
冷水含氧量丰富 Cold water holds more oxygen.
含氧越多生命就越多 The more oxygen, the more life there is.
北冰洋的部分区域 Parts of the Arctic Ocean
世界上最高效的生态系统之一 are among the most productive ecosystems in the world.
这里生活着许多 Many of the plants and animals
独一无二的植物和动物 that live here are found nowhere else on earth.
格陵兰鲨鱼是史前巨兽 The Greenland shark is a prehistoric giant
身长可达20英尺 that can reach 20 feet in length.
吸在鲨鱼眼部摇晃的是一种寄生虫 Dangling from its' eye is a parasite
它使鲨鱼几乎失明 that makes the shark almost blind.
作为回报寄生虫会反射光线 In return, the parasite reflects light,
这会成为鲨鱼猎物的诱饵 which may act as a lure for the shark's prey.
独角鲸是生活在北极的一种奇兽 One of the strangest wonders of the Arctic is the narwhal.
这个神秘的生物因为 This mysterious creature has been called the
它的长牙而被称为海中的独角兽 unicorn of the sea because of its tusk,
它实际上是一种 which is actually an elongated tooth
长达10英尺的牙齿 that can reach 10 feet in length.
通常只有雄性才有长牙 Usually only the males have a tusk,
这可能是繁殖季节的 which may be used for dominance displays
显著特征 during the breeding season.
独角鲸是真正的冰鲸 Narwhals are true Ice Whales,
在寒冷的北极水域生活 living out their entire lives in cold Arctic waters.
在冬天他们聚集在洋流的侵蚀 In the winter, they gather near open leads in the ice
形成的冰层缝隙中 caused by currents.
好奇的白鲸是北极地区最常见的鲸鱼 The curious beluga is the most abundant whale in the Arctic,
以数百个小群体的方式旅行 travelling in pods that can number in the hundreds.
它们好交际并且非常吵闹 Belugas are sociable and very vocal.
他们使用丰富多样的声音 They use a huge repertoire of sounds
来相互沟通 to communicate with each other.
白鲸非常适应这些寒冷的水域 The beluga is highly adapted to these frigid waters.
他们的体重接近一半是由鲸脂 Nearly half their body weight is made up of blubber,
完美的北极保温材料组成的 the perfect Arctic insulator.
当春天来临冰层开始破裂时 When spring comes and the ice starts to break up,
鲸鱼聚集在浮冰边缘处 the whales gather to feed at the floe edge
浮冰漂到开阔水面的地方 where ice meets open water.
这里的洋流把凉爽、营养丰富的海水带到表面 Here currents bring cooler, nutrient-rich water up to the surface.
春天是北极最大的栖息动物 Spring is the time when the largest of the Arctic inhabitants,
北极露脊鲸开始每年迁徙的时候 the bowhead whales, begin their annual migration.
它们旅行数千英里 They travel thousands of miles,
聚集在巴芬岛南端的坎伯兰峡湾 congregating in Cumberland Sound at the south end of Baffin Island.
在这些受保护的峡湾中 In these protected fjords,
它们进食并生育下一代 they feed, and give birth to their young.
北极露脊鲸是冰鲸之王 The bowhead is the king of the ice whales.
他们可以轻松击碎一英尺厚的冰 They can smash through ice a foot thick,
利用大块浮冰群来躲避虎鲸的追杀 using the ice pack to escape from killer whales.
它们身长60英尺重达100吨 They can reach 60 feet in length, and weigh hundred tons.
可以活二百年 They can live for 200 years
比地球上其他任何哺乳动物都长寿 longer than any other mammal on Earth,
巨大的鲸鱼摄食微小生物 Huge whales dine on microscopic creatures
吞食数百万的虾和浮游生物 devouring millions of shrimp and plankton.
他们拥有巨型过滤器 They have giant filters-
600块鲸须板每个都有十英尺长 600 baleen plates, each over 10 feet long,
都长在动物王国中最大的嘴巴里面 inside the largest mouth in the animal kingdom.
一个世纪前它们濒临灭绝 A century ago they were driven to the edge of extinction,
因为鲸须和鲸脂而被大量捕杀 slaughtered for their baleen and blubber.
今天它们因为一个截然不同的原因而被追捕 Today, they are hunted for a very different reason.
伯纳德勒布朗是加拿大渔业和海洋部的 Bernard LeBlanc is a marine biologist with
海洋生物学家 the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
自从50年前禁止捕鲸以来 The Bowhead whale has rebounded since the ban on
北极露脊鲸数量已经反弹 whaling was put in place 50 years ago
我们还不清楚有多少鲸鱼在那里 We're not sure yet how many whales are out there
鲸群的健康程度如何 and how healthy the population is.
在浮冰中找到它们会很困难 It's going to be difficult finding them in this ice
我使用古老的技术来完成高科技研究 I'm using old technology to do high tech research.
箭头装有活检空心管可穿透皮肤 The arrows are fitted with hollow biopsy tubes that can penetrate the skin
并提取微量的鲸脂样本 and extract tiny samples of blubber.
这些能分析鲸鱼的身份和性别 That tells me the identity and sex of the whales,
根据这些资料我可以计算出有多少只鲸鱼 and from that I can figure out how many there are.
箭头通过弩来近距离发射 The arrows are shot from a crossbow at close range.
而他的助手苏珊安特波拉是一名新手 and his assistant, Susan Antpolar, is a rookie.
在陆地射中固定的目标是很容易的 It's easy to hit a stationary target on dry land.
从移动的船上射中鲸鱼表面就是另一回事了 Hitting a surfacing whale from a moving boat is another matter.
我们结伴而行因为乘坐木船靠近冰冷水中 We travel in teams because being in wooden boats in icy water near
如此大而难以预测的动物 such big and unpredictable animals
是非常危险的 can be very dangerous.
我们的因纽特人司机有着多年的经验 Our Inuit drivers have years of experience
他们知道如何对付周围的这些鲸鱼 around these whales and they know how to handle themselves.
希望水面保持平静我们才会有最好的机会 The best chance we have is to hope that the water stays calm,
通过喷气来找到上浮的鲸鱼 allowing us to spot the blows that signal a surfacing whale.
鲸鱼通常只会上浮几次来呼吸 The whales usually only surface a few times to breathe,
然后才开始持续一个小时的潜水 before going for a dive that can last up to an hour.
伯纳德负责射第一箭 The first shot goes to Bernard.
他靠近目标 He gets close,
但在到达弩的射程前鲸鱼就下潜了 but the whale dives before he's within crossbow range.
现在是苏珊的机会了 Now it's Susan's chance.
她的第一箭未命中 Her first arrow misses.
她只有一次机会了 She may only get one more shot
在鲸鱼开始深潜之前 before the whale goes into a deep dive.
在接下来的两周内伯纳德和他的团队 During the next two weeks Bernard and his team
将分析来自一百多头鲸鱼的样本 will analyze samples from more than a hundred whales.
他的研究表明 His research suggests
北极地区现在有超过二万只北极露脊鲸 that there are now over 20,000 bowheads in the Arctic.
总而言之这对冰鲸之王来说 All in all, it's a remarkable comeback story
是一个了不起的回归故事 for the King of the Ice Whales.
因纽特人及其祖先依赖海洋哺乳动物为生 The Iauit and their ancestors depended on macine mammals.
动物身体的每一部分都被利用上 Every part of the animal was used
食物、衣服、取暖和照明 for food, clothing, heat and light.
什么都不浪费 Nothing was wasted
家庭总是在迁移过程中 Farilies were always on the move
仰仗他们的狗来 relying on their dog teams
搬运他们所有的生活用品 to caiery everything they needed for survilval.
冰雪是他们的高速公路 The ice was their higaway.
他们尽可能地长时间呆在冰上 They stayed on the ice as long as they could,
直到冰面破裂 right untdl breakup.
在春天冰层看起来很稳定但它很快就改变了 In the spring the ice may look stable, but it can change quickly.
即使是最好的猎人也会遇到麻烦 Even the best hunters can get into trouble.
当伊库克年轻时 When Illcook was younger,
他可以在冰上狩猎直到7月下旬 he could hunt on the ice until late July,
但情况已经改变了 but things have changed
结冰期比过去短了一个多月 The ice season is over a month shorter than it used to be
随着春季冰雪在 As the springice surrenders
夏日的阳光消融古老的迁徙开始了 to the summer's sun, an ancient migration begins.
鸟群正返回它们的家园 They're home to one of the largest colonies
世界上最大的厚嘴海鸥的栖息地 of thick billed murres in the world.
成千上万的鸟儿聚在一起 Hlandreds of thousands of them gather together,
上千年来鸟群的到达总是在冰雪融化的时候分秒不差 their anrival amed over millenia to coincide with breakup.
厚嘴海鸥是真正的冰鸟 The Thick Billed Murre is urne Ice Bird,
在浮冰边缘表现最好的北极繁殖者 an- Arctic- breeder that does best at the-loedge
他们喜欢的食物是北极鳕鱼 Their preferred food is Arctic Cod
躲藏在冰层下面的裂缝中 which hide in cracks beneath the ice.
它们通常被称为北方的企鹅 They're often called the penguins of the north,
但这些鸟可以飞 but these birds can fly.
飞翔 sort of
在所在会飞的鸟类中 They have the smallest wings per body mass of any @lying bird
它们拥有最小的翅膀…不确定的 which makes take offs.uncertain,
尤其是带着一肚子的鱼 especially with a bellyful of fish.
每一季海鸥只抚养一只雏鸟 Murres raise only one chick per season,
父母们轮班来照顾雏鸟 both parents working shifts to keep the chick alive.
在雏鸟的翅膀完全发育之前 Even before their wings are fully developed,
雏鸟会从悬崖上跌下来然后坠入海中 they will leap off the cliff, and plummet to the sea
北极夏天很短 The Atcuic summer is short.
到整个候鸟群离开 it won't be long before the whole colony departs to
前往遥远南方的越冬地整个期间并不长 their wintering grounds further south.
冬天首先来到陆地 Winter comes first to the land.
开阔的海洋将夏季的热量保持得更长一些 The open ocean holds the summer's heat longer.
这需要相当长的降温 It takes considerable cooling
在海冰再次形成之前 before the sea ice forms again.
因纽特人把秋季叫做等待的时候 The Inuit call fall the time of waiting.
秋季对其他北极居民来说 Fall is the time of waiting
也是等待的时候 for other Arctic residents as well.
在哈德逊湾南岸 On the south shore of Hudson Bays
北极熊也在等待再次结冰 the Ice Bears await the return of freeze up.
它们的饮食中有90%是在海冰上捕获的海豹肉 Ninety percent of their diet is seall meat caught on the sea ice
距离他们最后一餐已经有4个月了 and it's been months since their last meal.
哈德逊湾是世界上最密集的北极熊栖息区域 Hudson Bay has the highest concentration of polar bears in the world
雄性在打斗中争夺统治地位 The males compete for dominance in sparring matches
断断续续地可以持续数日 that can last, on and off, for days.
通常一个回合会以击倒对方的传统方式结束 Usually asbout ends in the traditional way with a pinning
但有时看起来更像是职业摔跤 out sometimes it looks more-like tag-team wrestling,
只是为了吸引旁观者的注意而已 with bystanders drawn into the action
在马尼托巴省的丘吉尔镇 In the town of Churchill, Manitoba,
10月31日是鲍勃温莎一年中最忙的一天 October 31st is the busiest day of the year for Bob Windsor,
身为环保官员和头号北极熊巡逻队员 Natural Resources Officer, and number one bear patroller.
我在路上了 I am on my way
我怀疑这是我昨天遇到的那只熊 I wonder if it is the same bear I saw yesterday.
你要通知所有的居民 You let the residents they all to know
今晚鲍勃的任务就是看到万圣节平安度过 Bob's task tonight is to see that halloween goes off without a hitch
在这个熊和人一样多的地区绝非易事 -no mean feat in an area that has almost as many bears as people.
这个秋季鲍勃已经接到了200多起熊事件 This fall, Bob's had over 200 bear incidents already
仅在过去4天就有12起 12 in the past 4 days alone.
其中一只熊甚至留下了它的名片 One of them even left its calling card
在鲍勃的卡车引擎盖上留下了一个大熊掌凹痕 in the form of a large dent on the hood of Bob's truck.
万圣节刚刚开始鲍勃就发现 The last thing Bob needs is another bear
另一只熊所以他请求增援 with Halloween just hours away, so he calls in reinforcements
螺旋桨发出的噪音和气流 The noise and the blade wash
赶走了这只熊沿着结冰的河流离开 persuade the bear to move away, out onto the river ice.
随着午夜时分的到来 As the wltching hour approaches,
在小镇的边界布满了监视哨 lookouts are posted around the town's perimeter.
我们要去那儿呀？街上走走 Where are we going now?-further into the street.
为了安全起见鲍勃有一个规则 To be on the safe side, Bob has one rule
再见鲍勃 Okay see you later, Bob
严禁穿着北极熊服饰 No polar bear costumes allowed.
小心那些熊 Watch out for those bears.
晚安温莎先生 Good night, Me, Windsor
今晚在丘吉尔一切顺利但像熊一样 APs well tonight in Churchill, But like the bears,
鲍勃希望早点结冰 Bob's hoping for an early freeze-up
尽管他尽了最大努力但每年 Despite his best efforts, every
秋天一些熊都会设法闯入城镇 fall some bears manage to enter town
被麻醉并投入监 and have to be tranquilized and hauled off to jail.
北极熊拘留中心 The Polar Bear Holding Facility
最多时一度有28名囚犯 has had up to 28 inmates at one time.
它们被关在隔离牢房里 They're kept in isolation cells
直到他们可以重新在海岸线上放归 until they can be relocated up the coast.
我想它的体重超过一千磅了 ooI think her weighs more than a thousand pounds.
丘吉尔镇的结冰期越来越短 The ice season has been getting shorter and shorter in Churchill
不少熊死在距离可以捕食海豹不到一个月的时间内 and the bears have lost close to a month of seal hunting,
对于那些依赖冰生存的熊来说这是一个令人不安的趋势 a disturbing trend fora bear whose survival depends on ice.
我们得把它放在那里的某个地方 We have to put her there somewhere.
行了戴夫 Yes, that will-work, Daye..
所采取的照顾措施与过去比已大相径庭 The care that is taken is in stark contrast to the old days.
五十年前熊被认为是一种威胁 Fifty years ago the bears were considered a menace,
数以百计的熊被猎杀 and hundreds were shot.
老兄它太重了 Man, she's heavy.
一小时后麻醉剂的效力慢慢消失了 After an hour the tranquilizer is wearing off,
鲍勃知道他只剩下几分钟来安全撤离 and Bob knows he has only a few minutes of safety left.
又一次成功的放归 Another successful relocation.
北极熊一直是北极的象征 The polar bear has always been the symbol of the Arctic.
现在它已成为气候变化的表象 Now it's become the face of climate change,
以及由此产生的威胁 and the threat it poses.
但冰上的真实故事仍在续写 But the real story is written in the ice.
北冰洋每年冬天仍然冻结 The Arctic Ocean stll freezes over every winter.
但每个夏季融化的冰量一直在增加 But the amount of ice that melts each summer has been increasing.
在过去的50年中北极地区已经升温近4华氏度 In the past 50 years the Arctic has warmed by nearly 4 degrees Farenheit,
升温速度比全球平均水平高出3倍 a rate 3 times higher than the global average
冰雪王国正在退缩 The kingdom of ice is in retreat.
自二十世纪八十年代以来全年冻结的海冰量 Since the 1980's, the amount of sea ice that remains frozen year round
减少了近70% has shrunk by nearly 70%.
如果目前的趋势继续下去 If current trends continue,
整个北冰洋有一天可能在夏天无冰 the entire Arctic Ocean could one day be ice free in summer.
伊库克尽可能长的时间 Illcook spends as much time as possible
待在冰上捕鱼和打猎来养活他的家人 on the ice, fshing and hunting to feed his family.
这是他最快乐的地方 This is where he's happiest.
因纽特人总能适应变化 The Inuit have always-adapted to change.
在了解冰层发生的影响方面 Eders like Illcook are important leaders
像伊库克这样的老人是重要的带头人 in the effort to understand what's happening to the ice.
当我刚到这里的时候我看到的冰就是冰 When I first came up here, I sawice as just ice
结冰的海洋 frozen ocean.
与伊库克和他的家人一起 Being with IMcook and his family.
我了解到冰远不止这些 I've learned that ice is much more than that
它是人们寻找食物的地方 It's where people find food
也是他们团聚的地方 it's where they get together.
诞生歌曲和故事 Ice inspires songs and stories.
它有声音口味气味和纹理 It has sounds, tastes, smells, and textures.
冰不仅仅是冰 Ice is not just ice..
在这里它是生活的全部 Here, it's a whole way of life.
北极似乎是一个严酷而荒凉的地方 The Arctic can seem a harsh and inhospitable place
对于那些毫无准备冒然进入北极的人来说 to those who venture into it unprepared.
它仍然是这个星球最后的狂野边界之一 It remains one of the planet's last wild frontiers
一个永恒的奇观世界 dia timeless world of wonders
用冰来雕塑和封存的 -sculpted and preserved by ice.
对于生活在北极的人类和生物来说 For the people and creaturres of the Arctic,
在他们的灵魂深处 iis something mauch more profound
北极是他们的家园 It's their home.