国家地理2004一月篇

January 25, 2004
　　Victoria Land, Antarctica
　　1997
　　Maria Stenzel
　　
　　A geologist hikes above a lake covered by some 19 meters [62 feet] of ice. Despite Antarctica‘s extreme temperatures, the lake is perpetually liquid, its freezing point lowered because of its high salinity—seven times that of sea water.
　　
　　Scientists have found 2,800-year-old microbes in the ice above the lake. They came to life when thawed. Studying this lake‘s ecosystem could yield clues about life on Mars, where frozen surface water is speculated to hold life-forms.
　　

January 26, 2004
　　Kaikoura Canyon, New Zealand
　　1997
　　Maria Stenzel
　　
　　The Maori people named their fishing ground here for the abundant crustaceans hiding in the shallow waters—kaikoura means feast of crayfish. Other hunters, like this octopus, are also attracted to the crustacean feast.
　　
　　(Text adapted from Deep Mysteries of Kaikoura Canyon, June 1998, National Geographic magazine)
　　

January 27, 2004
　　Australia
　　1989
　　Sam Abell
　　
　　A species of kingfisher, the blue-winged kookaburra delivers a shrieking cackle reminiscent of manic laughter two types of kookaburras inhabit Australia.
　　
　　—From the National Geographic book Wild Shores of Australia, 1996

January 28, 2004
　　Yar Sale, Yamal Peninsula, Siberia, Russia
　　1996
　　Maria Stenzel
　　
　　Nenets women wear their finest coats at the annual spring festival in Yar Sale. A woman‘s coat pattern identifies her as a member of a certain clan.

January 29, 2004
　　Marsabit District, Kenya
　　1998
　　Maria Stenzel
　　
　　An Ariaal girl lugs well water back home in the Marsabit District, which lies within the driest region of East Africa

January 30, 2004
　　Near Perth, Australia
　　
　　Sam Abell
　　
　　The lights of the world‘s loneliest city shimmer to life as the last of the sun‘s rays recede over the Indian Ocean. Separated by 2,000 miles [3,219 kilometers] of desert and mountains from Australia‘s eastern cities, Perth evokes a frontier feeling—a sense that the bush is never far away—that belies its modernistic skyline and air of prosperity.
　　

January 31, 2004
　　Near Ayparahui, Bolivia, South America
　　1998
　　Maria Stenzel
　　
　　The wind-whipped desert landscape surrounding the town of Ayparahui offers little sustenance to its inhabitants.
　　

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