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The giant iceberg split off the Antarctic ice shelf in 2017. Named by scientists as A68a, it has since drifted towards South Georgia, a remote British island in the south Atlantic.

这座巨大的冰山于2017年从南极冰架崩离。这座被科学家命名为A68a的冰山随后向南大西洋上的偏远英属岛屿南乔治亚岛漂去。

Satellite images show it is still largely intact, some 150 kilometers long and 48 kilometers wide.

卫星图像显示它基本完好无损，长约150公里，宽约48公里。

It's on course to hit South Georgia in around 30 days. Its shallow depth means it could drift very close to the island.

它将在约30天后抵达南乔治亚岛。吃水浅意味着它可能会非常靠近岛屿漂流。

This video from the organization Penguins International shows the island's huge penguin colonies.

这段来自国际企鹅组织的视频展示了岛上庞大的企鹅群落。

Key feeding grounds for penguins and seals could be blocked off, says scientist Geraint Tarling of the British Antarctic Survey.

英国南极调查局的科学家杰兰特·塔林指出，企鹅与海豹的关键觅食区域可能遭到阻断。

That means they have to go a lot further, they need to go around the iceberg, or to actually go further to find sources of food.

这意味着它们必须走得更远。它们需要绕过冰山，或者真的要走得更远才能找到食物来源。

And that time is quite critical at this particular period of their life cycle.

在它们生命周期的这个特定时期，这段时间相当关键。

They have to get back to their chicks and pups in short amounts of time so that they don't starve in the interim.

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