The continental sheet sent out a vast – and final – armada of floating ice, which covered much of the northern seas.

最后，一个巨大浮冰脱离了大陆，它覆盖了大部分的北部海域。

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When the ship was halfway on its voyage toward America, both the captain and the sailors noticed suddenly that some icebergs were floating down from the Northern Atlantic.

当船向美国方向航行至中途时，船长和水手们都突然注意到有冰山从大西洋北部漂移过来。

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Northern Lights just an elaborate mausoleum, or perhaps a floating lab for an experiment in zero-gravity mummification.

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On September 29th, Jim Swimm, who lives in northern Manhattan, was taking a lunchtime walk in Inwood Hill Park when he saw a body floating in the Hudson.

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