[00:00:22]Andy Smith is flying down the Peninsula to study

安迪·史密斯正朝半岛飞去

[00:03:36]this phenomenon first hand.

准备第一时间研究这种现象

[00:06:34]We're flying to a place called Wilkins Ice Shelf.

我们正飞往一个叫做威尔金斯冰架的地方

[00:10:38]It's an ice shelf that, over the last couple of years,

近几年来

[00:13:01]has shown a very sudden and dramatic break-up.

这个冰架突然出现大量破裂

[00:19:52]The Wilkins Ice Shelf is a two-hour long flight south

从研究基地起飞 需两小时

[00:23:12]from his research base,

才能到达威尔金斯冰架

[00:25:09]but Andy can start to see the evidence of ice shelf break-up

但在离目的地很远的地方

[00:28:25]a long way before he gets there.

安迪便看到了冰架裂开的迹象

[00:31:19]As we're heading further south,

当到达更南端的地方时

[00:33:01]we can see more and more icebergs in the ocean.

就能看到越来越多的海上冰山群了

[00:35:48]And most of the big ones will be ones

大多数大型冰山

[00:37:22]that have broken off the ice shelves in this area.

都是由附近的冰架断裂形成的

[00:40:25]Once we cross the mountains,

一旦越过山脉

[00:47:35]we should be able to see Wilkins Ice Shelf

就能看见威尔金斯冰架

[00:49:55]and then it's not far then to the ice front,

再走不远就能看到

[00:51:59]here, where it's collapsing.

正在崩塌的冰崖