海底兩萬(wàn)里 第444期 第27章 南極(1)

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I RUSHED UP onto the platform.

我飛跑到平臺(tái)上去。

Yes, open sea!

是的！自由通行的海。

Barely a few sparse floes, some moving icebergs; a sea stretching into the distance; hosts of birds in the air and myriads of fish under the waters, which varied from intense blue to olive green depending on the depth.

近邊只有一些散亂的冰塊和浮為的冰層，遠(yuǎn)方一片大海，空中是群鳥(niǎo)世界；水底下有千億萬(wàn)的魚(yú)類(lèi)，水的顏色隨深淺的不同，現(xiàn)出從深濃的靛藍(lán)至橄覽的青綠。

The thermometer marked 3 degrees centigrade.

溫度表指著攝氏三度。

It was as if a comparative springtime had been locked up behind that Ice Bank, whose distant masses were outlined on the northern horizon.

對(duì)被關(guān)在這冰山后的天氣來(lái)說(shuō)，這好像是相對(duì)的春天，遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)的冰群在北方天際露出面影。

Are we at the pole? I asked the captain, my heart pounding.

我們是在南極嗎？我問(wèn)船長(zhǎng)，同時(shí)心跳動(dòng)不止。

I've no idea, he answered me. At noon we'll fix our position.

我不知道。他回答我。中午我沒(méi)來(lái)測(cè)量方位。

But will the sun show through this mist?

可是，太陽(yáng)能穿過(guò)這些云霧嗎？

I said, staring at the grayish sky.

我眼看著灰色的天空說(shuō)。

No matter how faintly it shines, it will be enough for me, the captain replied.

只要露出一點(diǎn)就夠了。船長(zhǎng)回答。

To the south, ten miles from the Nautilus, a solitary islet rose to a height of 200 meters.

距諾第留斯號(hào)南方二海里，有一座孤立的小島浮出，高兩百米。

We proceeded toward it, but cautiously, because this sea could have been strewn with reefs.

我們向小島走去，但很小心，因?yàn)檫@海中可能各處都有暗礁。

In an hour we had reached the islet.

一小時(shí)后，我們到達(dá)小島。

Two hours later we had completed a full circle around it.

又過(guò)兩小時(shí)，我們就繞了小島一周。

It measured four to five miles in circumference.

它周?chē)暮＠镏廖搴＠镩L(zhǎng)。

A narrow channel separated it from a considerable shore, perhaps a continent whose limits we couldn't see.

一條狹窄水道把它跟一片廣大陸地分開(kāi)，或者這是一個(gè)大洲，我們還不能望見(jiàn)它的界限。