除了康德说的头顶的星空与心中的道德，应该还要有极地的壮丽与动物们为生存所做的厮杀，这些都是能让人跳脱自己身为人的桎梏，去思考生存在这个星球上的我们，究竟是如何的存在，我们的文明及其附加，是否是在为这个星球锦上添花，亦或只是我们想当然尔？

看到猎猎寒风从冰原上吹过，时速甚至高达100米/h，一望无际的荒凉之地，很想亲身站在那边去感受这种极限气候；南极的黑夜，光怪陆离的极光，以及一望无际的星空，里面的每一颗闪亮的星，很想用自己的双眼，亲自去捕获如此的无言之美。

尤其是看到皑皑白雪中，为了生存还有嗷嗷待哺的六只小狼，母狼博尽性命和比自己大几倍的野牛搏斗，雪白的毛皮上是自己的鲜血，但是为了生存，不能止息！同样为了自己的生存，野牛也在努力的用角顶母狼。食肉动物最终战胜了吃素的。生活在极限环境，连生存都是在生死边缘的狼，只会埋头吃草撒蹄狂奔的野牛怎么敌得过。不论谁赢谁输，身为看客的我只觉得背脊发凉，充满伤感。

与动物为了生存，每一天的生死搏斗相比，人类如何不渺小？天天蛋疼的多愁善感，都只是杞人忧天，无病呻吟了

团队协作的虎鲸，北极熊的交配，企鹅的迁徙，深海里的情形，无一不是提醒着我们，在这个琐碎无聊痛苦烦闷充满欲望和失望的人类世界之外，还有着如此精彩也如此漠不相关的其他生物，在为它们的生存，做着血肉之争。

万物有灵且美，我们只不过是万物之一，也不应有权利，去伤害以及改变他们的生活，以及生存环境。

要时刻提醒自己，人类很渺小，里面的个体，也不过是一粒微尘而已。

1. to the ends of the earth

the icy world of arctic（北极的) and antarctic（南极的）are as alien to most of us as

the surface of another planet.

they are places of superlatives(最佳的)

It has the ice caps that hold nearly 80% of our planet's fresh water.

they are like the places borrowed from fairytales.

they are the places that feed our imaginations

that is the last wilderness ( [ˈwildənis] n.荒地, 废墟) of our planet.

Nowhere is colder, windier or more hostile (恐怖的) to life

the temperature can reduce to minus 70 degree centigrade.

a race to breed before the sun departs

polar bear, the most powerful land predator is on the prowl(正在独自寻觅)

he seems to relish (享受) her scent（气味）, even though she is miles away

grunt [grʌnt]v.嘟哝；作呼噜声 n.呼噜声，嘟哝
snort：v.哼着鼻子说，轻蔑(或气愤)地哼 n.鼻息声
growl [graul]v./ n.狂吠，怒吼；低声咆哮着说话，狺狺声

courting polar bears : 求爱中的北极熊

the mating moment might be the only tender encounter(遇见) in the male polar bears's

solitary life.

a rival suitor:
rival [ˈraivəl]
n.竞争对手 a.竞争的 vt.竞争；与…匹敌
suitor [ˈsu:tə, ˈsju:-]
n.求婚者，(法律)原告

courtship has to be put on hold(求爱的过程必须要先放到一边)

the male polar bear is almost spent after the courtship(not only for the mating, but

also for the bloody battles with other rival suitors )


shearwaters travel from australia to the arctic ocean and form the largest gathering

of birds in the world.

greenland is the largest island in the world, and in the middle of the island, the

ice is almost 2 miles thick. It is a bleak(凄凉的) quiet world.

sapphire-blue melt-lakes are the first sign that a dynamic process is under way.
sapphire [ˈsæfaiə]
n.青玉，蓝宝石 a.天蓝色的

when the water from the melt-lakes carves its way across the icy delta, it looks like

the blood flowing along the arteries of a stirring cold-blooeded monster
stirring [ˈstə:riŋ]
a.活跃的；热闹的

the melt water lubricates(润滑) the junction between the ice and the rock floor

beneath，leading the entire ice sheet sliding dowhill into the ocean.

this makes the glacier destroy everything on its drive downwards towards the sea,

even cutting its way through Greenland's great mountain ranges

this iceberg would dwarf the biggest mankind building.

the first land that can be reached from arctic is a bleak, treeless wilderness known

as tundra

The trees in the treelines is crushingly(艰难的) difficult.

it could take hundreds of years for a seedling to grow into a stunted(发育不正常的)

shrub（灌木）.

the wolves want to ambush the bison in the woods.


the wolf pack can feed on one cub bison for several days.

each crystal forms around a particle of dust.All have a six-fold symmetry.

Each snowflake is water waiting to be released in spring.

phantom:
 [ˈfæntəm]
n.鬼怪，幽灵，幻象

Taiga, the forest which contaisn one-third of all the trees on Earth.

starkly(完全) different

Penguins are found only in the Southern Hemishpere.

hoot
hoot [hu:t]
v.& n.鸣笛；狂笑
squawk
发牢骚

Gentoo penguins

humpbacks would travel 4000 miles from the equator to the antarctic to feed, to

hearvest the richest ocean in the world.

feel the lure of the world, but the explorers were confronted(遭遇) by the highest,

driest and coldest territory on Earth.

bellow：（seal）
bellow [ˈbeləu]
vi.咆哮 vt.大声喝道 n.喊声[-s]风箱

weddell seals are more docile and easier to tackle.

the whale pod: 鲸群

unleash(发泄) a powerful wave:

sideswipes create violent underwater turbulence.

lunge to the seal's tail

the most southen vocalno may even be a home for hitherto unknown life forms
hitherto [ˌhiðəˈtu:]
ad.到目前为止，迄今

the wind in the antarctic are the fastest on earth, they can reach 200 miles an hour

this sculptured spire is a remnant of a mountain, eroded from all sides by the

ferocious elements
ferocious [fəˈrəuʃəs]
a.凶猛的，残暴的；极度的，十分强烈的

the antarctic ice cap is 3 miles in depth and imprisons 70% of the world's fresh

water.

bone-chilling cold

ultimate in human endeavour(n.努力，尽力，尝试) and endurance


2. Spring

Adelie Penguin

 they come to the bare rock to breed.
pebbles are needed to build a decent nest.


the spring wind blowing from the center of the continent to the coast are very

ferocious(凶猛的，残暴的；极度的，十分强烈的) on the planet, which makes the spring

the deadliest season.

the den of the polar bear.


rise all the cubs to independence can be a rare achievement.

one cub is underweight(体重不足)，so it would be fortunate for it to survive.

the cub is a welcome snack, but the seals are the mainstay of his diet, cause spring

is the time for the seals to have pups(幼崽).

although it is more exposed up on the ice surface, but it is easier to see an

approaching bear.

nine out of ten polar bear hunts end in failure.

as spring advances, the ice of the northern river begin to stir.

 the dam bursts, and the river is unleashed.

millions of tons of ice grind their way downstream driven by the unstoppable force of

the meltwater.

the vast floods of the northern river in the arctic continent contains 10% of the

world's fresh water.

soon a huge area of ice, the size of australia would vanish and give their place to

the sea water.

it is not an easy job for the mother polar bear to catch a seal with the two cubs in

tow(拖拖拉拉的).

fearsome hunter


the mother can be nursing for 4 months without eatting once

narwhal , the unicore of the arctic ocean.

one side concedes(让步).

what is the use of tusk of the narwhals? it is still mysteric

bizzare creatures appear as if from nowhere.They eat the tiny planktons fuelled by

the increasing warmth of the sun and is fertilised by the nutrients brought down by

the great rivers and released from the melting sea-ice.

sea gooseberry(海醋栗) strain(拉紧) the water with their stinging filaments(细丝).
Their beating cilia(纤毛) scatter the sun's rays into dazzling burst of color.
 scatter [ˈskætə]
vt.撒(播)；使散开，驱散 vi.分(消)散

predatory sea slug flies through the water on translucent(半透明的) it is on the

trail of a swimming snail.

the most voracious of the plankton eaters are the arctic cod (鳕鱼)

for this short period the newly the combination of the strengthening sun flowing

rivers and the breaking sea ice, make the arctic ocean teem with life

 
by tracking the sun, arctic poppies罂粟 catch its rays around the clock.

the warmth in the flower is even more precious than nectar(甘露) if they are to stay

active in the cold.

woolly bear caterpillar does not need the warmth from the flowers to kick-start its

spring.

caterpillar [ˈkætəˌpilə]

n.毛虫，蝴蝶的幼虫

the caterpillar transform itself into a moth after it got enough reserves from the

plants.the caterpillar would freeze solid when winter comes, first its gut, then its

blood.


its days become frantic()
frantic [ˈfræntik]
a.慌乱不安的，紧张纷乱的；发疯似的 and it starts to weave a silk cocoon(蝉茧)
 



birds chirping
chirp [tʃə:p]
vi.发出啾啾声


the influx of life is good news for the local residents.

wolves howling
cubs yelping(咆哮)
growling

the wolf pack

vicious water wash the Georage island in the antarctic range.

the albatross needs 13 months to fledge (长出羽毛，成熟), after getting their fluffy

down, they would step up to the challenge of getting into the air.



as the winter storms subsides, life begin to return.

Macaroni Penguins (黄眉毛的企鹅)

the albatross's courtship has the most elaborate display

renew the bond after apart, and they can spend a further 50 years together, one of

the longest parterships in the animal world.

harem(闺房，后宫)， the harem of an elephent seal can contain 50 females, coveted（觊

觎） by others.
the rival is its equal.

when these titans crash, bones crunch.

the maiden(处女) flight is very crucial for the albatross.

the ocean beckon (召唤) the albatross.

After laying the egg, the female penguins leave the job of incubating(酿造) them to

the males while they go down the sea for fishing.

whale whining()

whine [wain]
v.哀号，号哭



3. summer

the melting ice sheet can be 150 miles long

as the season advances, the frozen surface of the ocean disintegrates.

a watery world

the polar bears will be dependent on their mother for 2 year 6 months before they

earn their own lives. + 10 months for the pregnancy.

the polar bear is hungry and searchs the ice maze(迷宫) for seals.（swims 50 miles a

day）

In the open water, the odds are in the seal's favor

the fur of the polar bear is so dense that the water is easy to shake off. and ice

absorbs water like a towel.

the red phalaropes flow all the way from the tropics to feed in these rich arctic

waters. the tiny creatures flourish in the arctic water.

tern： 燕鸥

the center of the colony is hardly tranquil place to rise the young.

have a feisty(谨慎) attitute to life
feisty ['faisti]
adj.易怒的, 活跃的

in a single raid, a bear can destroy hundreds of nests.

the terns can draw blood from the polar bear's muzzle.

the ducklings（小鸭子） begins their sprint(疾跑) to new life.

snowy owl finds plenty of lemmings for his mate.

scruffy young of owls (the owlet小猫头鹰) eat two lemmings a day.

these owlets keep their parents work around the clock

the owls use their talons to resist from the skua's attack.
 talon [ˈtælən]
n.猛禽的锐爪

skua ['skju:ə]
n.贼鸥

musk oxen are immensely powerful, and their sharp horns can kill.
immensely [iˈmensli]
ad.极大地，无限地

so killing a musk oxen is a formidable task
 [ˈfɔ:midəbəl]
a.可怕的；难以克服的，难对付的

a calf(小牛犊)

for the musk oxen, it is like one for all, and all for one, and this spirit makes the

wolf's attack futile
futile [ˈfju:tail]
a.无效的，无用的，无希望的

a parent penguin, back with food, must recognizes his chick's call amongst a chorus

of 400000 birds.

chorus [ˈkɔ:rəs]
n.合唱队；合唱；副歌 vt.齐声说，随声附和

penguins honk

honk [hɔŋk]
n.汽车喇叭声，雁叫声

when the tempture reach a sizzling 17 degrees centigrade, the penguins may get

heatstroke.
sizzle ['sizl]
v.(油煎食物时)发出咝咝声, 嘶嘶作响
v.使 ...烧得咝咝作响
v.表现极好
n.咝咝的声音

these penguins indulge themselves with the full treatment of the spa (with glorious

mud)
indulge [inˈdʌldʒ]
vt.沉溺(于)；纵容，迁就，肆意从事

for the fully feathered adult penguins, their way of staying out of the heatstroke is

cleaner and more invigorating, the bracing water of the ocean.
invigorate [inˈvigəreit]
v.鼓舞，激励

bracing [ˈbreisiŋ]
a.使心神清爽的

seal groans
groan [grəun]
vi./ n.呻吟，抱怨；(发出)呻吟般的声音

the sharp teeth of the seals inflict terrible injuries.
inflict [inˈflikt]
vt.(on)把…强加给，使遭受，使承担



both algae and krill flourish in the summer sun.

the humpbacks drive the krill to the surface and then strain it from the water with

the baleen(恶意的) sieves（筛子） in their mouths.


the male killer whale can have a long dorsal(背部的) fin as high as 2 meters.

they fan out across the strait（海峡） in search of their quarry(猎场)

the whale beach itself(搁浅).

as the minke whale tires, the battering and biting begins.
batter [ˈbætə]
v.连续猛击 n.(用鸡蛋等调制的)面糊

birds caw [kɔ:]
n.& vi.乌鸦叫(声)

whale squeal [skwi:l]
n.& v.长而尖的叫声

dinghy [ˈdiŋgi]
n.无篷小船，小艇


cautious [ˈkɔ:ʃəs]
a.十分小心的，谨慎的


3. autumn
tempers will flare:

over a half a ton of a bear slams into another.
slam [slæm]
v.砰地关上(放下)；猛烈抨击 n.砰的一声

fight to death over the mates: 为了交配争斗到死

maroon [məˈru:n]
v.使(人)处于孤独无助之境

being marooned on land, these bears are no longer able to catch the seals under the

ice, so they just scrape whatever they can find.

turn vegetarin.

polar bears delicately picking out berries from between the thorns when the ice is

gone. And they do not need to squabble over them, as there are plenty of berries.


squabble [ˈskwɔbəl]
n.吵嘴


these famous loners are revealing a social playful side in autumn.

boisterous [ˈbɔistərəs]
a.喧闹的

belugas, the white whales of the north.

the belugas rely on the open water to reach an ancient rendezvous
rendezvous
[ˈrɔndivu:]
n.约会地点

ride piggy-back
背驮式

ridding piggy-back， the baby beluga can be put on their mother's slipstream.

slipstream ['slipˌstri:m]
n.(飞机螺旋桨所形成的)滑流
v.(在前面的车辆形成的滑流里)驾驶或循环

thousands of belugas are being drawn to one special estuary in the Canadian Arctic

for persoanl hygiene.
estuary [ˈestʃuəri]
n.河口，三角湾

hygiene [ˈhaidʒi:n]
n.卫生，保健学

they flail around with enthusiasm and afte a body scrub.

the gravel acts as a loofah and thrashing their bodies across it helps to get rid of

their old skin. This treatment can keep them clean and streamlined.
\
gravel [ˈgrævəl]
n.沙砾，砾石
loofah ['lu:fə]
n. 丝瓜
thrash [θræʃ]
v.鞭(棒)打；连续拍击(挥动)；彻底击败


bliss [blis]
n.极乐，福气

before the guillemots can leave, their chicks must fledge.
guillemot ['gilimɔt]
n.海鸠之类的海鸟

stubby wings
粗短的翅膀

he falls short and survived the crashed landing.

the chicks are manna from heaven for an Arctic fox.

 manna ['mænə]
n.吗哪(圣经中古以色列人经过荒野所得的神赐食物), 精神食粮, 天赐, 木蜜,甘露

Aquatic landings are gentler for the seabirds and the fox can not reach them out

there.

the first storm from the autumn brings an unexpected bonanza for the few that remain.

bonanza [bəˈnænzə]
n.走运，发财

carcase [kɔ:ps]
n.尸体；被废弃的东西

the tastiest morsel of the carcase are often underwater.

 morsel [ˈmɔ:səl]
n.少量

socialable

everyday, over 20 000 square miles of water turn to ice as the cold spreads south.


after six months, the cubs have survived the hazards of melting sea-ice in spring and

lack of food in summer. and now they are in their element again.
hazard [ˈhæzəd]
n.危险，公害 vt.尝试着做；冒…风险


the bush plants stop to produce the green pigment that harnesses the sun's energy.

And red and yellow pigments build up in their leaves.

the tundra blazes with color and the whole landscape is transformed.
blaze [bleiz]
vi.熊熊燃烧；发光；迸发 n.火焰；光辉


the bull musk oxen breeds in the autumn. They graze the last of the summer grasses.

graze [greiz]
vi.吃青草 vt.放牧；擦伤；掠过 n.擦伤(处)

the resident must take the intruder's challenge.

intruder [inˈtru:də]
n.闯入者；打扰者

this clash of polar Titans could become a fight to the death.
clash [klæʃ]
vi.冲突；不协调；砰地相撞 n.冲突；不协调

the impact of a rush musk oxen is like a car crash at 30 miles an hour.


a heavy skull and a helmet of horn four inches thick, these musk oxen are like the

most professional fighting athletes.

the advantage between these two fighting musk oxen ebbs and flows.and they try to

finish the duel.

ebb and flow
兴衰，起伏
duel [ˈdju:əl]
n.决斗；争论

if one can turn the other and gore its flank, the fight is then over.
gore [gɔ:]
n.凝血，血污
flank [flæŋk]
n.肋，(动物的)侧边；侧翼 vt.位于…的侧面

the stakes rise as the risk of injury or even death increases.
stake [steik]
n.桩；利害关系，股份；赌注 vt.打赌

the rival is out-manoeuvred.: 对手黔驴技穷。

as the autumn approaching, the moisture in the air freezes and hoarfrost(霜)

decorates the leaves.

ice crystals are like diamonds, growing in every twig.
twig [twig]
n.细枝，嫩枝

glassy cathedrals form ad the remaining water becomes locked up as ice.

Caribu
caribou [ˈkæribu:]
n.北美驯鹿

hooves and ice are never meant to go together.
hoof [hu:f]
n.(马，牛等的)蹄

frisky [ˈfriski]
a.活泼的，快活的

decisive [diˈsaisiv]
a.决定性的；坚定的，果断的，决断的

a decisive victory for the big male.

autumn in antarctic can be a particularly savage and unpredictable time.


 The seal carcase is a price woth braving the surf for.

Giant petrels are the vultures of antarctic.

vulture [ˈvʌltʃə]
n.秃鹰，兀鹰

the word is out and the hords move in.


horde [hɔ:d]
n.群众，一大群

after the feast, it is time for a rinse and spin.

rinse [rins]
v.漂洗，冲洗 n.漂(冲)洗；染发剂
spin [spin]
v.旋转；晕眩；纺，织；甩干 n.旋转

a storm is an omen about the things to come.

omen [ˈəumən]
n.兆头

rear [riə]
n./ a.后部(面，方)(的) vt.养，种


work around the clock

buoyancy control is clearly a skill that needs practice.
buoyancy ['bɔiənsi]
n.浮力, 弹性,心情愉快

the great white wilderness is empty


squeeze through the narrow gaps

tobogganing
toboggan [tə'bɔgən]
n.长雪橇
v.乘长雪橇滑行, 骤跌

their colony is in the lee of icebergs trapped in the frozen ocean.

lee [li:]
n.避风处

newly formed pairs promenade together.
promenade [ˌprɔməˈnɑ:d, ˈprɔmənɑ:d]
n.& v.散步，开车兜风

courtship of emperor penguins demands that both partners strike and hold a variety of

poses.It is an important process, as the bond between the couple will have to be an

exceptionally strong one.

emperor [ˈempərə]
n.皇帝，君主

The final act lacks the elegance of the prelude.
prelude [ˈprelju:d]
n.序曲

incubate


ordeal [ɔ:ˈdi:l]
n.苦难经历，折磨，煎熬

survive in the most brutal conditions on Earth.

walloping towards us
wallop [ˈwɔləp, ˈwɑ:ləp]
v.& n.重击，猛打

so there is a lot of adrenaline [ə'drenəlin]
n.肾上腺素(使激动兴奋等)
=adrenalin

hassle ['hæsl]
n.困难, 争吵
v.烦扰
penguins keep outsmarting us

outsmart [aut'smɑ:t]
v.比...更聪明,智胜

go scuba diving
scuba ['skju:bə]
abbr. 水中呼吸器 (=Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus)

enchanting [inˈtʃɑ:ntiŋ]
a.讨人喜欢的

belly flop


5. winter.

plunging temperature:
 plunge [plʌndʒ]
v./ n.(纵身)投入(水)；猛冲；猛跌，骤降

catch more insulation

predator can tackle them

yearling ['jiəliŋ]
n.一岁的动物, 一岁马

winter uses thick snow to smother the forest.

raven [ˈreivən]
n.渡鸦 vi.抢劫；贪食

can-opener

wolvorine has another name called glutton [ˈglʌtn]
n.贪吃者

snow can be an ally for some animals

insulator
insulator [ˈinsjuleitə]
n.绝缘体,绝热器

vole
vole [vəul]
n.田鼠

the weasel is the vole's nemesis
nemesis [ˈnemisis]
n.报应，天罚

 blanket

a time to scrape by, to wait.
scrape by
勉强通过

aurora

aurora [ɔ:ˈrɔ:rə]
n.极光(南北极夜晚所放彩光)

after travelling millions of miles in the space, solar winds, attracted by the

magnetic pull of the poles, collide with the earth's atmosphere.

Trillions of charged particles dance in the sky.

the Aurora Borealis
北极光
the northern lights
adj. 北的

in the south, it is the Aurora Australis, the southern lights.

the weddel seal would also remain in the antarctic continent in the winter.

they need to rasping away fresh build-ups with special wide-gaped jaws.


sponge [spʌndʒ]
n.海绵 vt.用湿海绵(或布)擦，揩

swirling patterns in the water reveal the presence of the constant danger in the

antarctic ocean in the winter times. That is made by brine, super-concentrated salt

water.
brine [brain]
n.盐水, 海水

the lethal cold of winter

the female penguins return sleek and fat after fishing all winter.
sleek [sli:k]
a.光泽的

the female's need for nurture remains strong, any chick that strays from its parent

is at grave risk of being kidnapped.
stray [strei]
vi.走失；走神 a.迷路的 n.走失的家畜
nurture [ˈnə:tʃə]
vt.／ n.养育，培育，滋养

the chaos may be a consequence of frustrated parental urge.
frustrate [frʌˈstreit]
vt.使沮丧，使灰心；挫败，使受挫折

choose between dexterity or warmth.

aerial team
aerial [ˈeəriəl]
a.飞机(航空)的；空中的 n.天线

Watching these two animals engaged in this massive life and death struggle was one

of the most powerful things I have watched in the wildhos.


all of them have been humbled by witnessing an extraordinary winter struggle for

survival.
humble [ˈhʌmbəl]
a.谦逊的；卑贱的；简陋的 vt.使谦恭


dexterity [dekˈsteriti]
n.纯熟，灵巧


6. the last frontier

hostile to life
hostile [ˈhɔstail]
a.敌对的，敌意的，不友善的；敌方的


Longyearbyen: the most northerly town on Earth.

the full moon shed the light into the darkness.

In Siberia, the Russian Arctic, the minerals have given rise to large cities.

Norilsk: the coldest city on Earth.

the benefits could outweigh the pain.

The Dolgan lives on the tundra of the Arctic region.and they are reindeer people
reindeer
[ˈreindiə]
n.驯鹿

the children has to be swen into their clothes to prevent instant frostbite.

The Dolgan use reindeer fur to insulate their huts.
insulate [ˈinsjuleit]
vt.使绝缘，使隔热，使隔音；隔离，使隔绝

round up their strongest animals with lassoes

lasso [læˈsu:]
n.套索(捕捉牛、马用)

Some Inuit men live in Chukotka(the northeastern corner of Russia)
they fight their way through a dangerous maze.
maze [meiz]
n.迷宫

the ice floes can crash their boat like eggshells

puffs of steamy air

puff [pʌf]
v.喘气；抽烟；喷出 n.(抽)一口烟；喘息

a tow-tonne seal with formidable tusks.
formidable [ˈfɔ:midəbəl]
a.可怕的；难以克服的，难对付的


walrus [ˈwɔ:lrəs]
n.海象
the parpoon sticks firmly in the walrus's thick layer of blubber and floats attached

to it prevent the animal from diving.
harpoon [hɑ:ˈpu:n]
n.(捕鲸的)鱼叉

blubber ['blʌbə]
v.哭号, 痛哭流涕
n.哭号, 鲸脂, 肥胖
adj.肿大的,肥厚的

parcel up the meat in bags made of the animal's skin.
parcel up
vt. 打包(捆扎)

walrus-skin boat

guillemot ['gilimɔt]
n.海鸠之类的海鸟

works his way back up the crumbling rock face.
crumble [ˈkrʌmbl]
vt.弄碎 vi.崩溃，瓦解

the frozen ground never thaws to allow these arctic peopleto grow plants.
thaw [θɔ:]
v.(使)融化；(使)变得友善 n.融化；缓和

the reindeer move in the summer not only to find fresh pasture, but also to avoid the

summer swarm of bloodsucking flies. The local herders drive their reindeers to the

sea to keep them healthy.

pasture [ˈpɑ:stʃə]
n.牧草地，牧场 vt.放牧

cargo
walrus' meat has been fermenting in its skin bags for two months.
ferment [fəˈment]
v.& n.使发酵，骚动

the herders barter reindeer skins for walrus meat
barter [ˈbɑ:tə]
vi.交易
 
a fry-up of guillemot eggs is all the better when shared with old friends.

the arctic people have devised ways to deal with the hostile and changing conditions,

which have stood the test of time.

devise [diˈvaiz]
vt.发明，策划，想出

patrol [pəˈtrəul]
v.巡逻，巡查 n.巡逻，巡查；巡逻队

the men are totally dependent on the stamina of their dogs, which will keep on

running all through the bitter cold of the winter.

stamina [ˈstæminə]
n.耐力


crevasse [krə'væs]
n.裂缝, 破口, 崩溃处

the Aurora Borealis were dancing spirits. Now we know it is caused by electrically

charged particles streaming from the sun attracted by the magnetic pull of the

Earth's poles.

understanding the aurora is vital
vital [ˈvaitl]
a.生死悠关的，极其重要的；充满生机的

Alaska use rockets to study the Lights.

the smoke is blown by fierce winds,which are generated by the aurora.

how this unearthly spectacle affects our atmosphere.
spectacle [ˈspektəkəl]
n.(大规模)场面；壮观[ pl.]眼镜

they monitor the aurora to help protect us from its effects.

99% of the land in Antarctica are permanently blanketed by ice.Antarctica is so

utterly remote and inhospitable.

splendor [ˈsplendə]
n.壮丽

the lure of adventure still draws intrepid travellers today.
intrepid [inˈtrepid]
a.勇敢的

scenery in Antarctica is magnificent and dramatic.
magnificent [mægˈnifisənt]
a.壮丽的，宏伟的；华丽的；极好的
dramatic [drəˈmætik]
a.戏剧的，戏剧性的 n.( pl.)戏剧作品，戏曲

international treaty


nimble [ˈnimbəl]
a.灵活的；机智的

creep above -30 degrees centigrade.
creep [kri:p]
vi.爬行，匍匐；蹑手蹑足地走，缓慢地行进


Steam from the vents of the vocalno is constantly sculpting this labyrinth that

extends deep under the ice.

labyrinth [ˈlæbərinθ]
n.迷宫

scientists work on the very rim of Erbus crater
rim [rim]
n.(圆形物体的)边，缘 vt.绕...边缘
crater [ˈkreitə]
n.火山口；坑(如陨石坑，弹坑等)

cling film
n. 食品薄膜

Scott hauled their sleds over 100 miles up a glacier, the Beardmore.

haul [hɔ:l]
vt./ n.(用力)拖，拉；(用车等)拖运，运送

the Antarctica plateau,covered by an unbroken sheet of ice larger than Western

Europe, is the coldest, the windiest, the most lifeless place on Earth.

plateau [ˈplætəu]
n.高原；(上升后的)稳定时期(或状态)

stargazer
stargazer ['stɑ:ˌgeizə]
n.空想家,占星师,天文学家, 看星星的人

open up the last frontier

take their lives in their hands everyday to find the food.
intestine [inˈtestin]
n.肠

the cliff can be treacherous
 treacherous [ˈtretʃərəs]
a.背叛的；危险的

If he fell on that, it is absolutely horrendous.
horrendous [hɔˈrendəs]

sketchy [ˈsketʃi]
a.粗略的
a.可怕的，令人惊惧的

most hardcore thing


7. on thin ice

Norwegian team
yearly health check

anaesthetic injection from a dart gun without hurting the bear.
adj.麻醉的
n.麻醉剂, 麻醉
=anesthetic(美)
anesthetic [ˌænisˈθetik]
n.麻醉剂

lolling about unconscious on the ice is not a good sign for the polar bears.
loll [lɔl]
v.懒洋洋地坐或卧


the condition of the local bear deteriorate
deteriorate [diˈtiəriəreit]
vi.恶化，变坏


apprehensive [ˌæpriˈhensiv]
a.忧虑的

the pup of the ringed seal

As the ice dwindles, so the bear's chances of a successful hunt.

it is a case of sink or swim.


blanket toss
(类似跳床的扔毯子)

For the animals and people, it will be those who can adapt who will thrive in a

changing Arctic.

As the ice can reflect 90% of the sun's energy, it is called albedo effect. That is

why we see the heat haze in the Arctic even when the air feels cold.

The whole Arctic works as a huge reflector bouncing back the sun's heat into space.

The whole Arctic absorbing heat rather than reflecting it, makes it the region the

size of North America.


rumble [ˈrʌmbl]
vi./ n.(发)隆隆声(行进) vt.察觉，识破

the running water flowing from the sappphire-blue lakes come to an abrupt end.
 
abrupt [əˈbrʌpt]
a.突然的，意外的；唐突的，鲁莽的

Mulin is a pipe through the thick ice sheet which flows lots of water through.
tonnes of water cascade down this pipe that is effectively plummeting to the depths

of the ice sheet through over a kilometer of vertical ice.

moulin [mu:'læn]
n.冰川壶穴


they travel back in time, 40 meters down, they reach the ice that formed from the

snow that fell 10, 000 years ago, in the last ice age.

swamp most of the world's low-lying islands.


the study of the ice retreat was unwittingly begun on an expedition led by the great

earliest expleror Ernest Shackleton

in tribute to Schackleton and his boatmen

the penguins number are in decline.

a one kilogram of pentolite explosive can be used to generate a shockwave.
pentolite ['pentəlait]
n. 烈性炸药

record the echoes that come back from underneath the ice.

I gauge when the river is going to hit here.
gauge [geidʒ]
n.测量仪表；直径；规格 vt.估计；计量



8. sciences at the end of the earth.

the vegetables are grown using a system of hydroponics
hydroponic [ˌhaidrə'pɔnik]
adj. 水栽法的

Inside here is a comfortable 25 degrees Celsius
 

meteorology

meteorology [mi:tiəˈrɔlədʒi]
n.气象学

specimens
specimen [ˈspesəmən]
n.标本，样本

transantarctic

the appalling surface of the transantarctic mountains in the antarctic region.
appalling [əˈpɔ:liŋ]
a.骇人的，可怕的

plateau

the achievement was tainted by the fact that the Norwegian team got there first.

Scott and others perished on their return journey.

the dome was superseded. Its panels dismantled and removed without trace in 2010.

supersede [ˌsu:pəˈsi:d, ˌsju:-]
vt.取代

modern ground-penetrating radar which can effectively see through the ice.
penetrate [ˈpenitreit]
v.透(渗)入；刺入，刺穿；洞察，了解

E1
海狮追逐企鹅，翻滚翻滚（¯﹃¯） 截取视频：http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzUxODMzODI0.html

虎鲸捕猎时的合作精神

花絮：
水下工作室

E2
某只企鹅在筑窝时去偷另外一只天然呆企鹅窝里的石头，对方完全没察觉 Σ(｀д′*ノ)ノ

北极熊妈妈让小海豹跑掉了，站在冰窟窿前郁闷发呆 （；´д｀）ゞ

小北极熊在妈妈捕猎时总是发出声响被妈妈训斥 (>_<)

一只毛毛虫需要经过春天爬出来猛吃-冬天被冻住-解冻-继续爬出来吃的14年循环才长成一只灰不溜秋的蛾子Σ( ° △ °|||)︴
 
霓虹灯般的水母

居然有水蜗牛存在，长了对翅膀在水里飘啊飘

美丽的白狼和翻滚嬉戏的小狼群

花絮：
“企鹅高速公路”，摄影师吐槽企鹅使用不同的交通规则（英左美右）下水╮(￣▽￣)╭
抢镜头的白企鹅

E3
夏天动物们的消暑方法，企鹅的SPA

花絮：
在破冰间的船上拍摄，主动出现在摄像机前的北极熊（；´д｀）ゞ

E4
小鸟试飞，小企鹅学游泳

花絮：挡住企鹅出水的工作人员，被企鹅压倒了（¯﹃¯）

E5
灵巧的伶鼬(>_<)
 
海底的死亡冰柱┌(。Д。)┐

北极光\(^o^)/

可怜的冻死的小企鹅（┬＿┬）

花絮：
零下50度，风俗160公里/小时，直升机航拍 狼VS野牛
“你会为此悲伤，当你知道在这两个顽强的生命中，会有一个死去。”

E6
因纽特人 驯鹿皮制衣服 海象皮制船 采摘悬崖上的海鸟蛋

格陵兰岛的丹麦巡逻队 爱斯基摩犬

潜水机器人

冰雪下的洞穴网

南极科考站

海豹脂肪可以用来燃烧取暖，也可用来修补船

E7
姜还是老的辣，成功预测冰河崩塌

第一集：爷爷的BBC腔………………北极熊。猫头鹰！！！（原来猫头鹰的腿好粗的）世界上木有两片雪发是相同的哟。天然呆海狮追天然呆企鹅的那段真是………………在南极用直升机翻越山脉再进入冰盖的那段真是…………十星

第二集：闹起来的那对小北极熊………………北极罂粟，死而复生13次变成了蛾子还是丑丑的北极蛾子……捉鸭子的北极狼爸爸尼玛为什么会长得像韩少…………猫头鹰！！！！！……当企鹅走路的时候表去打扰他！他会摔倒！~然后脑袋撞个包………………白企鹅不是企鹅…………风向始终是正确的，有的信天鸥飞不起来是因为太笨………彩虹…………鲜艳的发光的变色的水母…………

过年时和家人追着看的，连一向只爱看文艺片的老妈也喜欢上了看这部片子，老妈本来是不喜欢动物的，可是也爱上了里面的各种可爱动物。

从这部片子里，也了解和知道了很多不知道的事情，感觉自然界真的是好博大，好神秘。

看完这部片子，你会不由自主地赞叹造物主，赞叹生命。在冰雪覆盖的极地，每一个物种的生存都是极其艰难的，可它们依然顽强地活着。不管寿命是长是短，它们都以它们的毅力与智慧生活在这个星球。

看完片子，也不得不赞叹拍摄工作者们所付出的努力和艰辛。他们真的是在博命工作，因为有了他们的付出，我们才能看到这么一部精彩的片子。

请你，一定不要错过，这么好的一部片子。它无关政治，无关名利，它会带你去到一个全新的世界，而这个世界，就在你我共同生活的星球。

       仅对最精华的部分——第一集进行一点评论。
    BBC的纪录片一贯保持着高水准，其作品一直广受好评，这部新作品延续了这种优良传统，十分出色，展现出了BBC在纪录片制作方面的深厚功底，个人认为其无愧于豆瓣的9.8的超高评分，可以说代表了自然类纪录片中的最高水准。
    首先在镜头的处理上，该片中展现了许多航拍的镜头，而且非常喜欢选择极为浩大的场景进行表现，就像在《地球脉动》中的感觉，场景都是选择视野非常开阔的环境下进行拍摄，景色的感觉都是十分壮观，这种对于浩大的展现体现出了很强的力量感，很有气势，让人不由感到自身的渺小，进而被其征服。其在气魄上的压倒性的表现使它的景色都有一种令人窒息的美感，这种感觉给我的印象与《泰坦尼克号》的感觉相似，它的对于力量的展现令观众十分钦佩，完全被震撼。对于这种感觉的成功表现说明了这部作品绝对是一部大制作，因为很多壮观的镜头是需要大量的投入才能拍出来的，比如说对于火山的拍摄，这种镜头不是想拍就能拍出来的，是需要多方面的支持与配合的。这种如同好莱坞大片的豪迈为其成为纪录片中的极品打下了坚实的基础。
    但这部作品绝不仅仅是一次简简单单的烧钱游戏，其在细节的处理上证明了BBC在纪录片领域的领先地位，其在细节镜头的选取上以及音乐和旁白的配合上同样十分出色，使整部作品在大气的基础上又不失严谨与缜密，比如说在雌性北极熊刚出场时，背景音乐瞬间变得轻快，给人以轻松之感，而此时在雄性北极熊的镜头的选取上也体现出了其可爱的一面，整体感觉轻松而又愉悦，当两者相遇时，音乐开始放缓，表现得十分温馨，但两者最终别离时，镜头选择的是雄北极熊独自行走的背影，对于细节的拿捏极为出色。另外在企鹅与海狮的场景中，音乐一直非常轻快，并且镜头的处理上选择了慢放的效果，将两者的行动时的笨笨的感觉展现得淋漓尽致，没有让人们感受到这是一种残酷的捕杀的行为，表现得十分轻松，另外个人认为在企鹅第一次跑掉的时候的那句“猎手与猎物的技术都如此拙劣很罕见”的很有英式幽默的调侃的旁白可以说是点睛之笔，再看当时的两者的样子，确实感觉十分有趣。另外在一些展现大自然的磅礴气势的镜头中的背景音乐的选取都十分精准，在表现它的气势的方面可以说是锦上添花。这些对于细节的出色的把握不是随便砸钱就能砸出来的，它展现了BBC在纪录片领域的深厚的功力。
    我们还应该看到一些其他的方面，比如说新的科技在纪录片领域的成功运用，这种使用促成了该片成为一部优秀的纪录片，比如说在一些场景上，它首先进行长时间拍摄，然后进行快放，给人展现出动态的效果，再比如大量的慢镜头的运用，以及在拍摄雪花的形成以及一些动物有关的场景时，这时必须要得到功能强大的设备的支持，这些都说明了科技的重要性，科技的进步促进人们拍出更好的作品。另外，在拍摄时，工作人员的对于自然的保护与尊重确实值得学习，我们仅仅是自然的记录者，所以要尊重自然。
    最后我要说的是BBC作为一个为公众服务的电视台，它的作品更多地表现出来自然的美好与壮丽，在一些镜头的处理上有这样一种倾向，它很多篇幅在展现自然的强大以及其富有力量的美，在一些比较残酷的事情上的处理则非常人道，比如说海豹被捕的场景就处理得非常委婉，镜头选择的是海豹一点点进入海中，之后就没有了，没有过分地体现出血腥与残忍的一面，将自然表现得十分美好，有助于人们形成对于自然的热爱以及保护大自然的想法，很有教育意义，起到了公共电视台应尽的义务。
    宏大的制作，又不失对细节的把握，《冰冻星球》实属一部佳作。
    以上仅是个人的一些观点。