10 Our Icelandic Adventure

Our Icelandic Adventure We never know where Wind Rider will take us next! This time we visited Iceland, which lies in the cold waters of the North Atlantic Ocean. It's a rocky island nation with lava fields, volcanoes, and hot springs (pools of water that are naturally heated by underground volcanic activity). Plenty of animals live there, from Atlantic puffins nesting on high cliffs to fluffy arctic foxes that hunt inland to beluga whales, which travel in groups called pods in the surrounding seas. Iceland has banned single-use plastics to help fight pollution and keep its beaches clean.

我们永远不知道风骑士接下来会带我们去哪里！这次我们去了冰岛，它位于北大西洋的冷水中。 这是一个多岩石的岛国，有熔岩场、火山和温泉（地下火山活动自然加热的水池）。 许多动物生活在那里，从在高高的悬崖上筑巢的大西洋海雀，到在内陆捕猎的毛茸茸的北极狐，再到在周围海域成群结队旅行的白鲸。 冰岛禁止使用一次性塑料，以帮助对抗污染，保持海滩清洁。

Sofia's Animal Facts We loved seeing Atlantic puffins, with their amazing colorful beaks and big orange feet... and we got up close to a beluga whale, too! Here are my top facts about puffins and beluga whales. Atlantic puffins are sometimes called the penguins of the north, sea parrots, or even clowns of the sea.

我们喜欢看大西洋海雀，它们有着令人惊叹的彩色喙和橙色的大脚…… 我们还接近了一头白鲸！以下是我关于海雀和白鲸的一些重要事实。 大西洋海鹦有时被称为“北方企鹅”、“海鹦鹉”，甚至被称为“海上小丑”。

Those beautiful beaks actually change color throughout the year. They are dull gray in winter, then turn bright orange and yellow in spring!

这些美丽的喙实际上在一年中会改变颜色。 它们在冬天是暗灰色的，然后在春天变成明亮的橙色和黄色！

Beluga whales are among the smallest types of whale. They have bumpy foreheads and are sometimes called white whales because of their color. Beluga whales are great communicators. They make chirps, clicks, and whistles to talk to each other, and they can also mimic sounds!

白鲸是体型最小的鲸类之一。 它们的前额凹凸不平，由于它们的颜色，有时被称为白鲸。 白鲸是伟大的沟通者。 它们发出啾啾声、咔哒声和口哨来相互交谈，它们还可以模仿声音！

While puffins and beluga whales are not endangered right now, they do face some threats, such as pollution of the seas with plastic and oil spills, sound pollution, which makes it difficult for belugas to communicate, and overfishing, which is when people take so much fish from the sea that there's not enough left for animals to feed on.

虽然海雀和白鲸现在还没有濒临灭绝，但它们确实面临着一些威胁，比如塑料和石油泄漏对海洋的污染，声音污染，这使得白鲸难以交流，以及过度捕捞，也就是人们从海里捕捞了太多的鱼，以至于没有足够的鱼供动物食用。