A flotilla of icebergs, some as jagged as fairytale castles and others as smooth as dinosaur eggs, calve from the ice sheet that smothers Greenland and sail down the fjords.

一队队冰块从覆盖格陵兰的冰盖上崩裂下来，有的像童话中的城堡一样凹凸不平，有的似恐龙蛋般光滑，它们沿着峡湾滑行而下。

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With personal anecdotes about Tolstoy conferences, ice-castles in st Petersburg and a summer spent in Samarkand, she also captures the way life can be as mystifying and profound as these books.

巴图曼写到了关于托尔斯泰学术会议的个人亲历的趣闻、圣彼得堡的冰城堡和在撒马尔罕度过的一个夏天，也捕捉到了生活可以像这些书一样既神秘又深奥的方式。

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The king gaped at its ice-cream peaks topped with diamond castles, its cake lowlands shining with gold cities, its crystal-bowled marshes of creamy rice pudding.

桌子上摆着一道餐后甜点，竟然做成了整个王国的样子：冰淇淋做的山峰和城堡，城堡顶端镶着钻石，城堡下面，用金子做的城市闪闪发光，水晶碗般的沼泽地，里面装满奶油、布丁和米饭。 国王盯着这一幕目瞪口呆。

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While most dads might be content to help their kids build snowmen, Utah father Brent Christensen builds ice castles.

BBC: Two castles, built icicle by icicle

Unlike other castles built from solid ice blocks, these are created only with icicles.

BBC: Two castles, built icicle by icicle