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• 1.Life in the Freezer 冰雪童话 - 1
• I am at the very center of the great white continent, Antarctica. The South Pole is about half a mile away. For a thousand miles, in all directions, t...
• 2.Life in the Freezer 冰雪童话 - 2
• Rivers of ice spill down from the icecap as great glaciers and creep slowly towards the edge of the continent and the sea. When you get beneath the sn...
• 3.Life in the Freezer 冰雪童话 - 3
• Huge though bergs may be, they are nonetheless usually on the move. But come the winter, sea ice forms around them and locks them solid. As winter pro...
• 4.Life in the Freezer 冰雪童话 - 4
• Humpback whales. During the brief summer they gorge themselves on krill. When the krill swarms are near the surface, the humpbacks collect them by lun...
• 5.Life in the Freezer 冰雪童话 - 5
• Other creatures benefit from the whales' industry-sea birds forage in their wake. As the whales drive the krill closer to the surface, it comes within...
• 6.Life in the Freezer 冰雪童话 - 6
• Fur seals also feed out in the open ocean, but they are able to dive to a hundred meters or more. The patchiness of the krill requires those that live...
• 7.Life in the Freezer 冰雪童话 - 7
• An adult wanderer may travel 5, 000 miles, sometimes to Brazil and back, in order to collect squid for its young. This enormous chick weighs 10 kilos,...
• 8.Life in the Freezer 冰雪童话 - 8
• Throughout the winter, adults come and go from their traditional breeding colonies. Antarctica is home to 2 million Kings. In this one colony alone, t...
• 9.Life in the Freezer 冰雪童话 - 9
• The male usually leads. If the female is sufficiently impressed, the pair seal their relationship with a vocal duet . King Penguin rookeries are very ...