[00:00:01]Every summer, over 40 million penguins

每年夏天 超过四千万只企鹅

[00:04:05]take to the Southern Ocean to feed.

涌入南冰洋觅食

[00:12:17]They're joined by thousands of whales.

随之一起的还有数千头鲸鱼

[00:15:12]Minkes are the most numerous.

绝大部分是小须鲸

[00:17:09]They all come here to harvest the richest ocean on Earth.

它们来到这地球上最丰饶的海洋

[00:28:55]Southern humpbacks

南方的座头鲸

[00:29:05]have travelled 4,000 miles from the equator

从赤道出发 长途跋涉四千英里

[00:38:00]to get here in time for the Antarctic summer.

以赶上南极的夏天

[00:46:21]Each year, the sea ice that surrounds Antarctica melts,

每年 环绕南极的海冰融化时

[00:49:51]effectively halving the size of the continent

大洲的面积将会减半

[00:52:44]and exposing rich waters around its coastline.

沿海岸线的丰饶海水重见天日

[00:59:06]It's the most spectacular seasonal change

这是我们地球上

[01:01:30]occurring anywhere on our planet.

最壮观的季节转换

[01:08:00]The remnants of the sea ice are occupied by sunbathing seals

沐浴着阳光的海豹慵懒地躺在浮冰上

[01:12:08]that have been here all winter.

整个冬季它们都在这

[01:17:17]But new arrivals are following the retreating ice edge.

但随着冰雪融去 有新客到访

[01:20:20]And they have come here to hunt.

它们来此捕食