In the western portion of the bay, the ice begins to melt in late spring. The polar bears then go into hibernation, living off reserves of body fat until the sea freezes again.

在哈德逊湾的西部地区，冰雪在晚春就会开始融化，此时北极熊将进入夏眠，以消耗自身存储的脂肪为生，直到海面再次结冰。

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These sea gulls used to find food in the Bohai Bay sea area off Dalian city which was covered by heavy ice because of the cold weather.

这些海鸥过去是在大连市渤海湾海域觅食。因为最近低温天气，海面覆盖厚厚的冰层，所以它们才转移觅食地。

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The bears are slowly congregating along the coast, anticipating the winter freeze of Hudson Bay when they can get onto the ice and hunt their favorite meal of ringed seal.

这些北极熊在冬天慢慢地聚集到岸边，因为他们能在寒冷的冰层上猎到自己的美味——环斑海豹。

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The U.S. Navy has deployed two nuclear-powered submarines off the coast of Alaska close to a temporary camp constructed on the ice roughly 150 miles north of Prudhoe Bay.

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Unsurprisingly, Green Bay, Minnesota and Chicago lead the ice brigade, combining for nine of the 16 coldest games on record (though Minnesota dropped out of further contention when the hometown Vikings moved indoors in 1982).

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The high point of the journey came on the second afternoon of the trip, as the ferry approached the incredible ice walls of the Patagonian glaciers, entering a turquoise-tinted bay thick with floating icebergs.

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