A nice example is that dreaded polar ice cap.

这儿有一个很好的例子：对于可怕的极地冰帽。

Of course, in time the polar ice cap will melt.

当然了，极地的冰帽迟早也会融化。

2010 was an exceptional year for Greenland's ice cap.

2010年对格陵兰岛的冰帽来说是不同寻常的一年。

He said that further warming could trigger polar ice cap melting.

他说进一步的变暖可能触发极地冰帽融化。

When the annual snow is melted away, parts of the ice cap are exposed.

当全年的雪都融化时，部分冰帽就会暴露在外面。

Below that ice cap, no human, no robot had ever been in this place.

在那冰层以下，没有任何人，任何机器人曾经到过那里。

A small ice cap on top of Eyjafjallajokull has promoted such shenanigans.

艾雅法拉火山顶的小冰帽促成了这些恶作剧。

Didn't you see the entire North Polar ice cap melting before your eyes?

你们难道没有看到整个北极冰盖在你们眼前融化吗？

The other bright region in the image is the polar ice cap over the Arctic Ocean.

图中另一块明亮的区域则是北冰洋的极地冰冠。

The difficult journey was worth it when they reached the ice cap and saw the view.

他们一路艰难跋涉，但当他们爬上冰帽，看到美景时，发觉这一切都是值得的。

This year, the thick ice cap barely penetrates the bull 's-eye of the Arctic Circle.

今年，厚冰盖才刚刚穿过北极圈中心。

The northern ice cap on Mars is nearly divided into two by a huge division named Chasma Boreale.

火星北半球的冰冠几乎被宏伟的博勒拉峡谷一劈为二。

The maximum error between two model calculation is no more than 2% at each depth of the ice cap.

对比指出两种模型计算出的冰帽各深度冰龄最大误差不大于2％。

With the ice cap covering most of the island, the west coastal area is the only place habitable.

由于岛上绝大部分地区被冰盖覆盖，所以，西部沿海地区成了唯一可供人居住的地方。

The extent of the ice cap varies seasonally, and in September 2007 it reached its smallest recorded size.

冰盖的范围依季节变化，2007年9月到达有记录的最小面积。

Its four submarines, bought second-hand from Britain, can operate under the ice cap only for short periods.

那四艘从英国购得的二手潜水艇只能在冰盖停留一小会儿。

The Arctic ice cap fluctuates with the seasons, growing in the freezing winter and shrinking over the summer.

北极冰盖随季节而变化，在严寒的冬季增长而在夏季则会减少。

The active volcano has been cited as one that could see large eruptions if warming starts to melt its ice cap.

如果气候变暖导致埃里伯斯火山的冰帽融化，那么一次巨大的火山喷发将呈现在眼前。

The Quelccaya ice Cap, the largest body of ice in the tropics, feeds the streams and rivers of the valleys below.

凯尔·卡亚冰帽是热带地区最大的冰川体，它为下游山谷的溪湾和河流提供了水源。

Platteville, Colorado: I'm curious as to weather the polar ice cap melt has increased pressure o the earth's plates?

普莱维尔，科罗拉多州(Platteville Colorado) ：我很好奇极地冰盖的融化会不会增加地球版块的压力。

He voted against the McCain-Lieberman bill in 2005, but changed his mind after visiting Greenland to view the melting ice cap.

2005年他投票反对Mc Cain - Lieberman法案，但格陵兰岛之旅让他亲眼目睹了冰盖的融化、也使他对此问题有所改观。

The retreat of the polar ice cap is making the region easier to work in, and there is thought to be lots of oil and gas to tap.

北极冰盖的消融使得在该地区作业较为容易，而且该地区储藏有大量可开发的石油和天然气。

The melting ice cap looks almost certain to create a navigable Northwest Passage and unleash a scramble for undersea resources.

随着冰盖的消融，“打开”一条可航行的西北航线看似已成定局，对海底资源的争夺也一触即发。

The retreat of the polar ice cap is making the region easier to work in, and there is thought to be lots of oil and gas to tap.

北极冰盖的消融使得该区域更容易进入，人们认为那儿蕴藏着丰富的石油和天然气。

At high pressures such as under an ice cap, they reckon that rocks cannot expand to turn into liquid magma even if they are hot enough.

他们认为在冰帽的强大压力下，即使温度很高，岩石也不可能成为液体熔岩。

This year they noted that the Arctic ice cap had a late-winter growth spurt, reaching its maximum on March 31st, the latest date ever recorded.

今年，科学家们注意到晚冬时节北极冰盖突然迸出的现象，3月31日达到最高值- - -这是至今所记录的最新数据。