挪威斯瓦尔巴特群岛位于北纬74度至81度之间，气候相对温和，居民稀少，多为因纽特人。斯瓦尔巴特群岛素以绚丽的极光景观闻名，有大片的冰川和美丽的北极熊，吸引着大批冒险者探险和旅游，中国在群岛中设立黄河站，用于科学考察。
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.
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