每年的八月，胡拉姆都会带着一个研究小组前往位于北极圈极北端的挪威斯瓦尔巴特群岛（Svalbard archipelago）。
Each August he leads a team to Norway's Svalbard archipelago, far north of the Arctic Circle.
一周后，在高纬度北极的学生报告说，斯瓦尔·巴特群岛的冰川(自1926年以来，曾经以每年平均20米的速度后退)如今在以每年40米的速度后退。
A week later students in the high Arctic reported that a glacier in Svalbard that had been retreating at an average annual rate of 20 metres since 1926 was now retreating by 40 metres a year.
“仿佛欧洲向北移了20度，爱尔兰移到了斯瓦尔·巴特群岛。”萨斯喀彻温大学的比尔·帕特森说。
"It was as if Europe had been shifted 20 degrees north and Ireland moved to Svalbard," said Bill Patterson of Saskatchewan University.
一项对挪威北极区域斯瓦尔·巴特群岛长达16年的调查发现，这里的驯鹿体重下降了12%，这一数字让人震惊。
A 16-year survey on the arctic Norwegian island of Svalbard found the reindeer there have declined in weight by an alarming 12 percent.
在挪威和北极之间的半途上有的一群岛屿，称为斯瓦尔·巴特群岛。在冬季微弱阳光的照耀下，岛上的雄性北极熊仔在对打。
Young male polar bears SPAR under the low light of winter in Svalbard, a cluster of islands halfway between Norway and the North Pole.
一项对挪威北极区域斯瓦尔·巴特群岛长达16年的调查发现，这里的驯鹿体重下降了12%，这一数字让人震惊。
A 16-year survey on the arctic Norwegian island of Svalbard found the reindeer1 there have declined in weight by an alarming 12 percent.
一项对挪威北极区域斯瓦尔·巴特群岛长达16年的调查发现，这里的驯鹿体重下降了12%，这一数字让人震惊。
A 16-year survey on the arctic Norwegian island of Svalbard found the reindeer1 there have declined in weight by an alarming 12 percent.
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