地方官员、活动分子一起为冰川的死亡举行葬礼

地方官员、活动分子一起为冰川的死亡举行葬礼

It was a funeral for ice.

这是冰的葬礼。

With poetry, moments of silence and political speeches about the urgent need to fight climate change, Icelandic officials, activists and others bade goodbye to what once was a glacier.

冰岛官员、活动人士和其他人用诗歌、默哀时刻和有关抗击气候变化的迫切需要的政治演讲，向曾经的冰川告别。

Icelandic geologist Oddur Sigurðsson pronounced the Okjokull glacier extinct about a decade ago. But today he brought a death certificate to the made-for-media memorial.

冰岛地质学家奥杜尔·西格森(OddurSigur_sson)10年前宣布奥乔卡尔冰川灭绝。但今天，他带着一张死亡证明来到为媒体制作的纪念碑前。

After about 100 people made a two-hour hike up a volcano, children installed a memorial plaque to the glacier, nicknamed "OK".

大约100人徒步两小时爬上一座火山后，他们在冰川上竖起了一块纪念牌，昵称为“OK”。

This was Iceland's first glacier to disappear. But Sigurdsson said all of the nation's ice masses will be gone in 200 years.

这是冰岛第一个消失的冰川。但是西格德森说，美国所有的冰群将在200年内消失。

Icelandic Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir called the glacial loss a consequence of the climate crisis.

冰岛总理雅各布·蒂尔(katr_n jakobsd_ttir)称冰川损失是气候危机的结果。