But in 2008, Arctic sea ice extent was the second-lowest on record, with losses particularly acute in the Beaufort sea.

但是2008年是北冰洋海冰面积有记录以来倒数第二小的年头，波弗特海地区海冰面积更是锐减得厉害。

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Only small villages are thinly scattered in this remote and inhospitable region of Arctic tundra bordering the Beaufort Sea.

这里与波弗特海接壤，偏远荒凉的地带稀疏地散落着几座小村庄。

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Scientists studying bears around the Beaufort sea, north of Alaska, claim this endurance feat could be a result of climate change.

科学家们对美国阿拉斯加州波弗特海附近的北极熊进行了研究，宣称北极熊这次耐力之旅可能是由于气候变化的影响。

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The rig had been working in the Beaufort Sea, off Alaska's North Slope.

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The next morning, during the chartered flight north to where the ship is floating on the Beaufort Sea, she considers her choices.

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Shell Oil, frustrated last year by lawsuits filed by environmentalists and Alaskan natives, is eager to start exploiting its leases in the Beaufort Sea.

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