[00:00:04]Nobody has had a better view of the changes to the Arctic Ocean 没有人比阿拉斯加最北的巴罗镇人 [00:04:00]than the people of Barrow, the most northerly town in Alaska. 能更近距离地观测到这样的变化了 [00:07:36]The people here have always survived by hunting on the frozen sea 这里的人以在冰海上捕猎为生 [00:12:33]and they celebrate this at a festival every year. 他们每年过节都会为此庆祝 [00:15:09]The blanket toss was once 毛毯跳曾是 [00:18:46]the best way to spot distant animals to hunt, 看到远处猎物的最好方式 [00:21:27]as lifelong resident Lewis Brower explains. 在这住了一辈子的路易斯·布洛尔如是说 [00:25:14]When we throw ourselves up into the blanket, you know, 我们把自己从毯子里抛向空中的时候 [00:27:52]you get that much more of an 'Ahh' 就会因为看到很远的地方 [00:29:45]of seeing further and further out, 而尖叫不已 [00:31:45]so sometimes, you'll jump 15-20 feet in the air, 有时候 你会跳到十五到二十英尺高 [00:35:12]and hopefully, you're being caught right back into the blanket. 希望能够再安全掉回毯子里 [00:40:29]I'm OK! 我很好 [00:44:21]But the old way of life is under threat. 但传统的生活方式正面临着威胁 [00:46:50]When Lewis was young, 在路易斯小时候 [00:47:59]the sea stayed frozen to the horizon until July, 海平面一直冰冻到七月 [00:51:34]and some ice remained off-shore all summer. 有些岸边的冰 整个夏天都不化 [00:53:54]But now, it's breaking up in June 但现在 冰面在六月就裂开了 [00:56:27]and melting away completely for two or three months. 两三个月内就彻底融化 [01:01:01]I used to go out on the ice all the time 以前这个时候 [01:03:21]at this time of the year, 我常常到冰面上去 [01:05:06]but we can't do that any more, cos there's no more ice. 但现在不行了 因为冰没有了 [01:11:52]Lewis can also see that the loss of sea ice is affecting 路易斯也看到 融化的冰面 [01:15:34]the animals he hunts for a living. 影响了他们捕食的动物 [01:19:05]Since 2007, something very strange has been happening 从2007年起 巴罗镇附近的海岸线 [01:22:53]on this stretch of coastline, close to Barrow. 发生了奇怪的变化 [01:25:23]Mother walruses, confused by the lack of ice, 海象妈妈们被这缺冰少雪的海洋弄迷糊了 [01:32:52]are crowding onto the land with their pups. 纷纷带着自己的幼崽上岸来 [01:37:01]This very tight crowding isn't normal 他们这样集结在岸上并不正常 [01:39:26]and it's caused many youngsters to be crushed to death. 导致许多幼崽被挤死

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