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Episode 1 (58’18”) - To the Ends of the Earth Over one third of our planet is frozen, the icy Arctic and Antarctic, alien to us, places of superlatives最极端的程度, ice cap冰盖, nearly 80% of our planets fresh water, encircle the entire globe, last true wilderness, this series, survival against all the odds (尽管形势不利) [To the Ends of the Earth] capped with ice (snow-clad)被雪覆盖的, hostile, rays that do strike the surface are mostly reflected back, no sun here at all for half the year, unrivalled in its harshness, minus 70 degrees centigrade (Celsius vs. Fahrenheit), the extreme swings变化 between the seasons. By summer, the sun no longer sets and works its magic for 24 hours a day, the ice extends its grip, the sun illuminates predator (predator game), on the prowl徘徊, male polar bear, willing females are few and far between (far between) 稀有 cubs, relish散发 her scent even a mile away, exciting prospect (of promising prospect), clearly giving off the right signals, tread in the compacted snow nerve-racking 伤脑筋的( = distressing, // racking) encounter, courting in privacy, prying 打听的(inquiring) eyes the male’s solitary life, courtship has to be put on hold, roar female polar bears are high-maintenance, battles take their toll (= cost, expense) on him, he is almost spent, she will give birth to his cubs alone, in 9 months time an area of sea ice the size of Europe melts, short-tailed shearwaters humpback whales from equator, tails are 5 metres across, downward momentum to swallow swarms of krill 磷虾and herring鲱鱼 below, feast of epic proportions Greenland, the largest island in the world, giant ice sheet, 6 times the size of UK nearly 2 miles thick, bleak, sapphire蔚蓝色-blue (vs. ruby红宝石), in a matter of days, the spill water, icy delta, arteries of a cold-blooded monster, plunges down an open shaft 竖井, vertical mile, sliding downhill into the ocean, glacier, titanic force, lubricate the ice so that the ice sheet is now on the move, descent crevasses裂缝, creaking, ominous sign, ruptu