It had been assumed that the ice extended westward from the Alaskan/Canadian mountains to the very edge of the continental shelf, the flat, submerged part of the continent that extends into the ocean.

人们过去曾猜测，冰山从阿拉斯加和加拿大山脉向西延伸到大陆架的最边缘，也就是大陆架扁平的、延伸到海洋中的水下大陆那部分。

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Lying on the northern edge of the north China Plain behind mountains and facing the sea in front. Beijing has a strategic geographical location and it was called ShenJing in ancient times.

北京地处华北平原北部的边缘，背山面海，地势险要，古称神京。

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Countries, according to him, spread across this flat world as they appear to do on a map, with Antarctica as a ring of mountains strung around the edge.

照他的意思，这个大圆盘上各国的分布就像地图上那样，不过南极是环绕在圆盘边缘的一圈群山。

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