[00:00:21]This town was built here in Svalbard,

这座小镇建在斯瓦尔巴特群岛上

[00:03:09]only 700 miles from the North Pole,

与北极点相距仅1130公里

[00:05:31]to support a mine.

为矿区而建

[00:09:33]The Arctic is rich in coal, oil and minerals.

北极储有丰富的煤炭 石油和矿物

[00:19:35]In Siberia, the Russian Arctic,

在俄罗斯的北极 西伯利亚

[00:22:09]the mineral wealth has given rise to large cities.

丰富的矿物质推动了大城市的发展

[00:30:34]This is Norilsk, the coldest city on Earth.

这里是地球上最寒冷的城市 诺里尔斯克

[00:33:20]Temperatures regularly drop to below minus 50 degrees Centigrade.

气温一般维持在零下50摄氏度

[00:43:14]Fuel freezes in the tanks of the trucks,

卡车油箱里的燃料结了冰

[00:46:02]and has to be melted in a rather alarming way.

只能用一种令人胆寒的方式解冻

[00:55:15]Ships are frozen into the rivers

一年中有九个月

[00:57:12]for nine months of the year.

船舶被冻在河里

[01:00:34]The ice must be cut away from their hulls

船身上的冰层必须被切掉

[01:02:54]because steel becomes brittle

因为随着积冰变厚

[01:05:06]and vulnerable to the thickening ice.

钢铁会变得脆弱易碎

[01:10:24]Like all Arctic cities,

与其它北极城市一样

[01:12:23]Norilsk depends on a power plant

诺里尔斯克依靠发电站

[01:15:01]which heats everybody's home.

向各家各户送暖

[01:17:46]Waste heat from the plant

发电站的废热

[01:19:24]even keeps a lake ice-free all winter.

甚至可使一片湖整冬不结冰

[01:22:54]Even at air temperatures of minus 50,

即便是在零下50度的气温下

[01:24:49]the Norilsk Walrus Club come here every day.

诺里尔斯克海象俱乐部仍每天前来冬泳