CNN News: 南極洲的干燥山谷

What is the driest place on Earth?

地球上最干旱的地方是哪里?

Sahara Desert, Atacama Desert, Pelican Point, Namibia, or Dry Valleys, Antarctica?

撒哈拉沙漠，阿塔卡馬沙漠，鵜鶘角，納米比亞，還是南極洲的干燥山谷?

As their name suggests, Antarctica’‘s Dry Valleys have extremely low humidity and almost no snow or ice to cover them.

正如他們的名字所表明的那樣，南極洲的干燥山谷濕度極低，幾乎沒有冰雪覆蓋。

AZUZ: An international campaign has been launched to create a massive sanctuary, a protective area in the oceans around Antarctica. But that would make fishing there illegal. And that’‘s part of the reason why efforts like this have failed in years past.

在南極洲周圍的海洋保護區(qū),一項國際運動已經(jīng)啟動，以建立一個巨大的避難所。但這將使捕魚非法。這也是為什么類似項目在過去幾年失敗的部分原因。

According to the environmental group Greenpeace, the international fishing industry has been using these waters to catch krill. These animals are like tiny shrimp. They’‘re an important food source for the animals around Antarctica. The krill are also important to people as they can be used in oils, supplements and pet food.

據(jù)環(huán)保組織綠色和平組織稱，國際捕魚業(yè)一直在利用這些水域捕獲磷蝦。這些動物就像小蝦。它們是南極洲周圍動物的重要食物來源。磷蝦對人們來說也很重要，因為它們可以用于油、補充劑和寵物食品。

We don’‘t know yet whether the international community will agree to establish a new sanctuary but we did get a close-up view of Antarctica.

我們還不知道國際社會是否會同意建立一個新的避難所，但是我們確實看到了南極洲的近景。