In 2008, the Phoenix Mars Lander sent back photos of ice chunks it had found after scooping up handfuls of soil, a huge discovery in the search for liquid water — a key ingredient for life.

2008年，凤凰号火星探测器传回的照片中有经过挖掘土壤而找到的冰块，这在寻找液态水的过程中是一项重大发现——也是生命存在的关键因素。

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Ice chunks carried downstream by floodwaters caused by volcanic activity lie on the Markarfljot river bank Friday April 16, some 120km east of the capital Rejkavik, Iceland. AP / Brynjar Gauti

星期五(4月16日)，被火山活动引发的洪水卷到下游的大冰块躺在在冰岛首都雷克雅未克以东约120公里处的马卡弗约特(Markarfljot)河岸上。

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Beijing has long been anticipating the ice chunks and subtly adjusting the rudder around inflation without steering the economic ship too far off course.

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But it had also dislodged vast chunks of ice from around the Pole and they had drifted south into our path.

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Best viewed from Zodiacs, passengers can watch as 10-storey high chunks of ice intermittently calve from the glacier facades and smash into the water below.

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