The Alps. One of the world's great mountain ranges.

阿尔卑斯山脉是世界最伟大的山脉之一

Its peaks reach almost three miles into the sky.

它大约有五千米高

It's a vertical landscape of snow and ice

垂直景观都是冰雪

where even waterfalls can freeze.

连瀑布都能冻上

If you want to understand the power of ice to transform our world.

如果你想明白冰川的力量是如何改变我们的世界

this is a great place to begin.

这是个很好的地方

This is amazing stuff, you know, because

这是神奇的原料，你知道的，因为

it's so solid and it can hold my weight.

它很坚固，它能承受我的重量

It really is surprising how solid ice is.

冰这么坚固这真的很神奇

or I hope it is.

或者我希望它这样

find it astonishing that hundreds of tons of cascading water

我发现数以百计的小瀑布水流

can be stopped dead in its tracks.

被神奇的凝固在这条道上

But this frozen waterfall is nothing compared to the ice that's all around me

不过这冰瀑布不能和我周围的冰相比

in the form of glaciers.

冰川形态

I'm climbing right next to one of the largest in France,

我正在爬的几乎是法国最大的冰川

the Argentere.

阿根蒂尔

Glaciers are ice at its most powerful.

冰川是冰最有力量的形式

They're nature's bulldozers,

它们是自然界的推土机

capable of completely reshaping the landscape.

能完全的重塑风景