1·But in 2008, Arctic sea ice extent was the second-lowest on record, with losses particularly acute in the Beaufort sea.
但是2008年是北冰洋海冰面积有记录以来倒数第二小的年头，波弗特海地区海冰面积更是锐减得厉害。
2·Only small villages are thinly scattered in this remote and inhospitable region of Arctic tundra bordering the Beaufort Sea.
这里与波弗特海接壤，偏远荒凉的地带稀疏地散落着几座小村庄。
3·Scientists studying bears around the Beaufort sea, north of Alaska, claim this endurance feat could be a result of climate change.
科学家们对美国阿拉斯加州波弗特海附近的北极熊进行了研究，宣称北极熊这次耐力之旅可能是由于气候变化的影响。
4·Since following his passions he has worked with the Southern Beaufort Sea population of polar bears in Alaska for three years.
自从决定顺着兴趣工作之后，他已经在阿拉斯加南波弗特海的北极熊保护区工作了三年。
5·Ice age data show that back in the 1970s and 1980s, old ice drifting into the Beaufort sea would generally survive the summer melt season.
冰川时期的数据表明，早在20世纪70年代和80年代，老海冰一旦流入波弗特海，一般就能安然渡过当年夏天的冰融季节。
6·Hydrographers have also recently surveyed the Coronation Gulf, Sachs Harbour, Holman Inlet, King William Island and areas in the Beaufort Sea.
水道测量家最近还调查了加冕海湾、高盛港湾、霍尔曼进口、威廉王岛和波弗特海区域。
7·Shell Oil, frustrated last year by lawsuits filed by environmentalists and Alaskan natives, is eager to start exploiting its leases in the Beaufort Sea.
壳牌石油公司急不可待地要在他们租赁的波弗特海区开始开采，去年，该公司因被环境学家和阿拉斯加土著居民所起诉而备受挫折。
8·In some parts of the Beaufort sea, north of Alaska and western Canada, ice that measured 3.3 m thick at the beginning of the summer measured just 50 centimeters by season's end.
在波弗特海的部分海域，阿拉斯加的北部和加拿大的西部，夏天开始时冰的厚度为3.3米，但到了季末仅仅为50厘米。
9·The Advanced land Imager on NASA's Earth Observing-1 satellite captured this image of a barrier island facing the Beaufort Sea, on the northern edge of Canada's Northwest Territories.
美国宇航局地球观测一号卫星上的先进陆地成像仪捕捉了这幅障壁岛的图像，它面对波弗特海，位于加拿大西北部的北岸。
10·British Petroleum built Northstar Island in the Beaufort sea six miles north of the Alaskan coast to siphon off the Northstar Oil Pool, which resides about 12,500 feet below the seabed.
英国石油公司建造了北极星岛，北极星位于阿拉斯加以北6英里的波弗特海上。