Estimates kept growing, until researchers could determine how thick the ice sheets - and it looks like it could tally in the billions of tonnes of water - in ice sheets and bound up in minerals.

估算值一直在增长，直到研究人员可以判断冰层的厚度——总量似乎能达到数十亿吨水——以冰层夹杂着矿石的形式存在着。

Ice still fringes much of the land, but it is thinning. In many places, particularly around Banks Island, the land-bound sea ice is blue, pointing to thin ice or the presence of water on the ice.

在很多地方，尤其是班克斯岛周边，陆地边沿的海上浮冰是蓝色的，表明冰层较薄或浮冰上有水。

No matter what part of the world you live in, these days, you're bound to encounter some very unusual ice creams.

在当下我们生活的时代，无论你生活在世界哪个角落，一定遇到过口味非常奇特的冰淇淋。

The wood was got together, and when she was fast bound to the stake, and the fire began to burn round about her, the hard ice of pride melted, her heart was moved by repentance, and she thought.

行刑人堆好了木柴，王后被紧紧绑在木桩上，烈火开始在她的四周燃烧起来。这时，骄傲的坚冰开始融化，她的心中充满了悔恨。

But it also threatens their environment, their homes and, for those whose traditions rely on the ice-bound wilderness, the preservation of their culture.

但是这也威胁着他们的环境和家园，因为他们的文化依托于这片冰雪覆盖的荒凉之地——他们文化的保存地。