密歇根新闻广播 密歇根摄影记者捕捉到五大湖的融化

 

Michigan photojournalist captures the thawing¹ of the Great Lakes

In the latest edition of National Geographic², you'll find a big spread dedicated³ to exploring how ice coverage⁴ has dramatically decreased on the Great Lakes over the past 40 years. The photos you'll see, of not-so-solid lakes, and people navigating⁵ warmer Michigan winters, were taken by Detroit photojournalist Amy Sacka.

The shrinking ice cover is a problem for people who make their living from Michigan’s notoriously cold and snowy winters, as well as those who enjoy ice fishing, snowmobiling, and other winter activities. Sacka spent this past winter photographing the lives of some of those people.

Sacka first photographed the Great Lakes in winter for National Geographic a few years ago. A native Michigander, Sacka won a grant from the magazine after submitting photos of her father ice fishing, something he’s done since she was a kid. She remembers that “winter mornings were his” as she was growing up, where he’d return with a haul of fish before she even woke up. She travelled 10,000 miles documenting the frozen landscape and the people who populated it.

But when she went out to photograph lake ice again this past winter, she came up short. Even Lake Superior was left unfrozen. Those photos — published in the most recent edition of National Geographic — showcase a warmer Michigan, and tell the story of the people whose lives are drastically different because of it.

The lack of snow means snowmobilers don’t go out and the cabins and hotels that usually cater⁶ to them are left empty. Sacka spoke⁷ with ice fishermen who, like her father, remember a time where they could drive their car out onto the ice to get to their spot.

“It’s the fabric⁸ of our culture that, for me, is the most important thing, or the thing that I’ve seen so dramatically affect who we are as Michiganders and our identity,” Sacka said. “To see someone like my dad not be able to do what he really enjoys doing and to hear people talk about how they’re worried about not being able to pass this tradition down, that is just really sad.”

This article was written by Stateside production assistant Olive Scott.

1 thawing   

n.熔化，融化v.（气候）解冻( thaw的现在分词 )；（态度、感情等）缓和；（冰、雪及冷冻食物）溶化；软化

参考例句：

• The ice is thawing. 冰在融化。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• It had been snowing and thawing and the streets were sloppy. 天一直在下雪，雪又一直在融化，街上泥泞不堪。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

2 geographic   

adj.地理学的，地理的

参考例句：

• The city's success owes much to its geographic position. 这座城市的成功很大程度上归功于它的地理位置。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Environmental problems pay no heed to these geographic lines. 环境问题并不理会这些地理界限。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

3 dedicated   

adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的

参考例句：

• He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
• His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。

4 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

5 navigating   

v.给（船舶、飞机等）引航，导航( navigate的现在分词 )；（从海上、空中等）横越；横渡；飞跃

参考例句：

• These can also be very useful when navigating time-based documents, such as video and audio. 它对于和时间有关的文档非常有用，比如视频和音频文档。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• Vehicles slowed to a crawl on city roads, navigating slushy snow. 汽车在市区路上行驶缓慢，穿越泥泞的雪地。 来自互联网

6 cater   

vi.(for/to)满足，迎合；(for)提供饮食及服务

参考例句：

• I expect he will be able to cater for your particular needs.我预计他能满足你的特殊需要。
• Most schools cater for children of different abilities.大多数学校能够满足具有不同天资的儿童的需要。

7 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

8 fabric   

n.织物，织品，布；构造，结构，组织

参考例句：

• The fabric will spot easily.这种织品很容易玷污。
• I don't like the pattern on the fabric.我不喜欢那块布料上的图案。