- compacted to form permanent ice sheets several kilometers thick.
压缩成了几千米厚的永久性冰层 - Here, in this silent realm,
在这个寂静的国度 - life was frozen out of existence.
冰冻导致生命无法存在 - But south of the ice sheets,
但是在冰层以南 - a new world was created
一个新世界诞生了 - where life could thrive.
生命在这里兴旺发展 - Circling almost the entire Northern Hemisphere,
围绕几乎整个北半球