southern ocean

基本解释

Unlike the Arctic, where much of the sea ice is — at least for now — year-round, the Southern Ocean’s sea ice is thin and seasonal.
与大部分海冰（至少目前如此）都有一年左右的历史的北极有所不同，南大洋的海冰很薄且是季节性的。
A new study finds that global warming is responsible for snowfall that’s expanded the range of Southern Ocean sea ice, even as western Antarctic glaciers have disintegrated.
一项新的研究发现，全球变暖引起了降雪，从而令在南大洋海冰区域发生扩散，尽管南极西部的冰川已经解体。
In the foreground are scenes visible over a rocky coastline toward the Southern Ocean.
前景是一眼就能看见的南大洋布满岩石群的海岸线。

This year's hunt in the Southern Ocean has been punctuated by violent clashes between the Japanese fleet and radical conservationists.
Japan kills about 1,000 humpback and minke whales each year in the Southern Ocean as part of what it calls genuine scientific research.
In recent years environmentalists have attempted to disrupt Japan's annual whale hunt in the icy Southern Ocean.

In 2007 she published a study arguing that the uptake of carbon in the Southern Ocean had levelled out.
ECONOMIST: Climate change