一块面积达到100平方英里的浮冰岛已经从格陵兰两大冰川之一崩离,用科学家的话来说,这块浮冰岛的崩落是近50年北极同类事件中最大的一个。
An ice island with an area of 100 square miles has broken off from one of Greenland's two main glaciers in what scientists say is the biggest such event in the Arctic in nearly 50 years.
最近一次如此大的浮冰岛的形成发生在1962年,当时加拿大的沃德亨特冰架崩解形成个小岛。
The last time such a large ice island formed was in 1962 when the Canadian Ward Hunt Ice Shelf calved an island.
在大冰山和海岸之间的海水中漂浮着很多浮冰。
Chunks of sea ice float in the water between the smooth iceberg and the coast.
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