纪录片《冰冻星球》 第78期 履于薄冰（10）（在线收听）

Alun Hubbard is a glaciologist,

这些瀑布叫做冰川锅穴

studying the enormous power

冰河学家艾伦·哈伯德

of these waterfalls, which are known as moulins.

研究的便是它们的巨大能量

We've got this amazing moulin going off here today.

今天我们找到了这个非凡的冰川锅穴

The water's overflowing from the lake, which is beginning to drain.

从湖里溢出来的水正在慢慢流干

Tonnes of water cas cading down this pipe that is, effectively,

无数吨的水从这里倾泻而下

plummeting to the depths of the ice sheet through

相当于是从一千米高的冰川上

over a kilometre of vertical ice.

骤然跌落至冰原最深处

Alun is here to study where the melt water goes

艾伦来这里是为了研究这些水流去了哪里

and what effect it has on the remaining ice.

以及剩下的冰川会受到什么影响

To do that,

为此

he needs to find a moulin that has recently run dry.

他要找到一个刚流干的冰川锅穴

Just a week ago, there was

仅一个星期前 这里有一个

a three-mile long, ten-metre deep lake here.

三英里长 十米深的湖

The weight of all that water cracked the ice beneath

这些水的重量把下面的冰都压碎了

and the lake drained in just a few hours

湖水倾泻而出

with incredible force.

几小时内就流干了