Please tell me again, what is so glamorous about climbing to the top of a glacier?

请在告诉我一遍，爬到冰河的顶部都有什么吸引人的？

In the Canadian capital, Ottawa, spring melt turns the Rideau river into public enemy number one.

在加拿大首都渥太华，春季冰河的融解使都河成为全民头号公敌。

I don't know, Alice said. But I can see glacial ice. It must near the top.

我不知道，答道。但是我看到了冰河的冰。这说明我们接近山顶了。

The Yam period coincided with the end of the last ice age.

“甘薯”时期正好赶上最后一冰河世纪的末期。

Glaciers can erode landscapes swifter than rain and rivers.

冰河侵蚀地形的速度， 远快於雨水和河流。

Feel the bitter chill of global ice ages.

感受全球性冰河时期的酷寒。

There have been at least four major ice ages.

至少有要的冰河时代。

So, at the end of the ice age there would have been enormous changes in animal and plant life.

所以在冰河世纪的末期，动植物发生了巨大的变化。

And some of them outlived the Ice Age extinction.

其中一些物种在冰河时期的灭绝中幸存下来。

Holocene started about 11,700 years ago at the end of an ice age.

全新世开始于大约11700年前冰河时代的末期。

Ice Age 2 would be the sequel to Ice Age.

《冰河世纪 2》将是《冰河世纪》的续集。

We know that happened at the end of the last ice age.

我们知道这曾发生在最后一冰河时代的末期。

Lakes likely formed there at the end of the most recent ice age.

湖泊很可能是在最近的冰河时代末期形成的。

In addition, there is an extensive glacier system, endless forests, and innumerable lakes throughout this highland area.

此外，还有一广大的冰河系统、无止尽的森林和数不尽的湖泊遍布在这高原带。

These changes help us understand details about the development of Ice Ages.

这些改变帮助我们了解冰河时代的发展详细情况。

Most likely got stuck here during the ice age.

很有可能是在冰河时代的时候被困在了这里。

I study the cave art of ice age Europe.

我研究冰河时代欧洲的洞穴艺术。

One little girl on a melting ice river, among the greatest mountains on Earth.

在地球最高的山脉之中，一小女孩蹒跚于正在融化的冰河之上。

But also I think those Ice Age conditions were critical as well.

但我认为当时冰河时代的客观条件也是极为关键的。

Here ideal conditions for fossilization created a hidden store of ice age evidence.

这里的环境极其适合化石的保存，储存着很多冰河时代的痕迹。