冰河时期（Ice Age）又称冰川期，指地球在某些年代里陆地和海洋都被冰层覆盖的时期。这些冰封地带比现在受冰封的地域广阔得多。
现在的研究表明，在最后一次冰河时期的尾声阶段，阿拉斯加东南部沿岸的内大陆架的相当大的区域并未被冰覆盖。
Research now indicates that sizable areas of southeastern Alaska along the inner continental shelf were not covered by ice toward the end of the last Ice Age.
小冰河时期的气候事件不仅仅促进了现代世界的成形。
The climatic events of the Little Ice Age did more than help shape the modern world.
事实是，克雷蒙小提琴由生长在小冰河时期的树木制成，当时整个欧洲的气温明显低于正常水平。
Turns out the Cremonese violins were made from trees that grew during a Little Ice Age, a period when temperatures across Europe were significantly lower than normal.
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