Once-in-a-decade 'ice window' lake in Alaska 美國阿拉斯加州一湖泊凍結成十年一遇的 “冰窗”

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Once-in-a-decade ‘ice window’ lake in Alaska 美國阿拉斯加州一湖泊凍結成十年一遇的 “冰窗”

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This lake in Alaska is covered in thick ice that looks like glass.

美國阿拉斯加州的這個湖整個湖面都被厚厚的冰覆蓋，如玻璃一般透明。

Luc Mehl, Ice rescue instructor
“So usually, these lakes are all covered with snow by the time the water freezes. And I’ve been skating for about 12 years up here, and I’ve never seen it like that. So this was a very unusual, sort of unusual environmental conditions.”

盧克·梅爾冰水救援教練員
“通常，當湖水凍結成冰時，這些湖泊的表面都已經被積雪覆蓋瞭。我到這片區域來滑冰已經有12年瞭，我還從來沒有見過這樣的情況。所以這很不尋常，像是一種異常的環境條件。”

Luc Mehl, Ice rescue instructor
“The combination of being able to look down three or four metres and see what’s on the bottom – I’ve never experienced that in the 12 years that I’ve been doing this.”

盧克·梅爾冰水救援教練員
“可以看到湖面下3、4米深，還能清楚地看到湖底的物體，這是我在這裡滑冰12年來從未遇到過的情景。”

The rare phenomenon has revealed huge rocks at the bottom of Rabbit Lake in Anchorage, Alaska.

這個罕見的現象讓阿拉斯加州安克雷奇市的兔子湖底的巨大巖石一覽無餘。

Luc Mehl, Ice rescue instructor
“I think what was so special about this ice is that because it’s up in the alpine, it’s up in the mountains, the lake bottom doesn’t have any vegetation, and it’s rock instead of soil. And so, the water is really clear.”

盧克·梅爾冰水救援教練員
“我認為這片冰的獨特之處在於這個湖在高山區域，湖底沒有任何植被，而且底部都是巖石，不是土壤。因此，湖水格外清澈。”