- Via the pole is opening up.
的西北通道已经开始断裂 - The Arctic ice cap is melting.
北极的冰川开始融化 - Under the effect of global warming,
受全球变暖的影响 - The ice cap has lost 40% of its thickness in 40 years.
冰冠在40年间融化了40% - Its surface area in the summer shrinks year by year.
冰冠的面♥积♥每年夏天都在缩减 - It could disappear before 2030.
并且很可能在2030年之前完全消失 - Some predictions suggest 2015.
也有人预言到2015年冰冠就会消失