The strait’s status in turn affected ocean currents, which affected the rate of ice sheet melting during the last glacial period.

在上次冰河时代，白令海峡这种周期性的开闭，影响了洋流，进而影响冰盖融化的速度。

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Such as, there are the sky blue lakes on the ice sheet of west Greenland everywhere, the glacial recession is very obvious and there are many icebergs in the Ilulissat Fjord.

考察研究表明，全球气候变暖对北极格陵兰冰盖西部影响很大：冰盖融化形成的天蓝色冰湖比比皆是，冰川退缩显著，在峡湾中的冰川退缩后形成了奇特的冰山群。

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The combination of a huge ice-sheet and the dramatic sounds of a fast-moving glacial ice-stream calving into a fjord covered by icebergs makes for a dramatic and awe-inspiring natural phenomenon.

巨大的冰盖，加上冰流迅速移动，在冰山覆盖的峡湾内崩裂发出的巨响，形成了令人敬畏的自然现象。

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This research could help scientists find out more about possible life in Lake Vostok, the largest of over 70 sub-glacial lakes on the White Continent, which lies more than four km beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet.

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