Brandt, 49, has been a hunter since age 14, and said roughly 20 years ago, when winter sea ice became too thin to support dogsleds, seal hunting ceased to be a sustainable way of life here.

49岁的布兰德从14岁就开始打猎，他说，大约20年前，当冬天海上的冰变得太薄，不再能够承受狗拉雪橇以后，猎海豹不再是这里一种持续的生活方式。

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A skilled hunter and fisherman, he worked his way expertly and cautiously across the glittering ice.

他以一个有经验的渔民和猎人所具有的老练和谨慎，从那闪闪发光的冰面上爬过。

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A hunter told me that he once saw a fox pursued by hounds burst out on to Walden when the ice was covered with shallow puddles, run part way across, and then return to the same shore.

一个猎者曾告诉我，一次他看见一只狐狸给猎犬追赶得逃到了瓦尔登湖上，那时冰上浮了一泓泓浅水，它跑了一段又回到原来的岸上。

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We saw and heard about the impacts, from slumping land due to the melting of permafrost to hunter stories about the northward migration of species and the challenge that early ice break up poses for transportation.

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