失踪的“北冰洋号”满载木料，从芬兰驶往阿尔及利亚。
The vessel, the Arctic Sea, was sailing from Finland to Algeria with a cargo of timber.
过去的18天内“北冰洋号”到底发生了什么事仍由许多疑问。
So many questions remain about what's been going on on board the Arctic Sea during the past 18 days.
“北冰洋号”的失踪还被推测为是受到了在当代欧洲海域绝迹已久的海盗袭击。
The Arctic Sea’s disappearance prompted speculation that it had fallen victim to an act of piracy, an unprecedented crime in modern times for European waters.
在过去的一个月中，俄罗斯和英国报纸已经出现了不少传闻，说“北冰洋”号秘密运载了一批S- 300防空导弹，目的地为德黑兰。
Over the past month, speculation has swirled in Russian and British papers that the Arctic Sea was carrying a secret consignment of S-300 anti-aircraft interceptors, destined for Tehran.
北冰洋的冰层覆盖面积以大约每十年百分之十一的速度往下掉——也就是说非常快。我们认为，到2030年前后，如果九月一号到北极去，你很有可能将不会见到任何冰。
Our thinking is that by 2030 or so, if you went out to the Arctic on the first of September, you probably won't see any ice at all.
他们释放了“北冰洋”号上的15名俄罗斯船员。
英国海岸护卫队后来猜测，那次来自“北冰洋”号的常规通讯可能来自劫匪，或者是船员在胁迫下完成的。
British coastguards speculated later that the routine communication from the Arctic Sea could have been made either by the hijackers or a crew member speaking under duress.
然而，他的陈述——详实可靠地描述了“北冰洋”号船上的普通生活——却给官方的版本捅了娄子。
Nonetheless, his testimony – with its credibly banal account of life on board the Arctic Sea – blows a hole in the official version of events.
“北冰洋”号究竟遭遇了什么不测？这艘高深莫测的货轮据称遭遇海盗劫持，然而不是在索马里波涛汹涌的外海，而是在风平浪静、风景幽雅的波罗的海欧盟水域。
What exactly happened to the Arctic Sea, the enigmatic cargo ship allegedly seized by pirates, not off the wild coast of Somalia but in the genteel EU waters of the Baltic?
律师说，巴尔捷涅夫对“北冰洋”号事件的描述截然不同。
Bartenev, his lawyer says, paints a completely different picture of events surrounding the Arctic Sea.
“北冰洋”号的船员两天前就发现了这艘配备重型武器的舰只。另外，根据巴尔捷涅夫的介绍，预示着凶多吉少的舰船外观促使他的新伙伴们又一次紧张地打开了伏特加。
The Arctic Sea's crew had spotted the heavily armed vessel two days previously and, according to Bartenev, its ominous appearance prompted his new companions to nervously break out the vodka again.
本月初，第一个爆料“北冰洋”号神秘“失踪”的记者，在接到深夜威胁电话之后逃离俄罗斯。
Earlier this month, the journalist who first broke the story of the Arctic Sea's strange "disappearance" fled Russia after receiving a menacing late-night phone call.
“北冰洋”号的船员已经被要求闭嘴噤声。
The crew of the Arctic Sea have been told to keep their mouths shut.
“北冰洋”号悄悄驶过英吉利海峡，在7月30日左右“失踪”，引发了一场国际疯狂大搜索。
The Arctic sea then slipped through the Channel and "disappeared" on or around 30 July, prompting a frantic international search.
八名武装“海盗”于7月24日晚间在瑞典海岸外夺取了“北冰洋”号。
Eight armed "pirates" seized the Arctic Sea in the late evening of 24 July, off the coast of Sweden.
谢尔久科夫说：“劫持者登上‘北冰洋’号，手持武器胁迫船员们按他们说的做。
The hijackers boarded the Arctic Sea, threatened the crew with weapons and demanded that their orders be followed.
根据巴尔捷涅夫的说法，当“北冰洋”号的船员把他的7位朋友从故障艇上拽上去的时候，他还留在小艇的驾驶台上。
According to Bartenev, the Arctic Sea's crew plucked his seven friends from their stricken boat while he stayed at the wheel.
究竟是谁“陷害”了“北冰洋”号上的八个人，巴尔捷涅夫的弟弟阿列克谢(alexey)昨天从塔林提供另一个更为平淡的解释。
Speaking from Tallinn, Bartenev's brother Alexey yesterday had another, more prosaic explanation for who "framed" the Arctic Sea eight.
昨晚Voitenko说道，“北冰洋”号失踪成为国际丑闻不足为怪。
Last night Voitenko said the fact the Arctic Sea's disappearance has grown into an international scandal was hardly surprising.
然后，法国官方在同一天宣布，塞内加尔西部的佛得角群岛海岸远处发现一艘“像是”“北冰洋”号的货船，尽管没有进一步的确认消息。
Then, French officials reported the same day that a ship "resembling" the Arctic Sea had been spotted off the Cape Verde islands, west of Senegal, though there was no immediate confirmation.
挪威籍的瑞加利亚号潜水平台周日架设在库尔斯克号潜艇所沉没的北冰洋巴伦支海中。
The Norwegian diving platform "Regalia" at the scene of the sunken Kursk submarine in the Arctic Barents Sea on Sunday.
按劫持者的命令，‘北冰洋’号被迫关闭了所有的通讯和导航设备，驶向非洲。
The Arctic Sea was heading to Africa with all of its communications and navigation equipment shut down, as ordered by the hijackers, "Serdyukov said."
据报道，在波罗的海已有武装分子登上“北冰洋”号货船。
The vessel, the Arctic Sea, was reported to have been boarded by armed men in the Baltic.
据报道，在波罗的海已有武装分子登上“北冰洋”号货船。
The vessel, the Arctic Sea, was reported to have been boarded by armed men in the Baltic.
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