The joint venture calls for the companies to explore three sections in the Kara Sea, an icebound coastal backwater north of central Russia.

该合资企业要求这两个公司探索喀拉海（Kara Sea）的三个部分，喀拉海位于中俄罗斯的北部，是一个冰封的沿海的闭塞地区。

The researchers created a computer model simulating the impact on weather patterns of a gradual reduction of winter ice cover in the Barents-Kara Sea, north of Scandinavia.

研究人员制造了一个电脑模型，用来模拟在斯堪的纳维亚北部的巴伦支海不断减少冬季冰雪覆盖的情况下，对气候类型产生的影响。