The team knew where to find leopard seals,
拍摄团队知道 哪里可以找到豹斑海豹
but finding the other top predator was going to be another matter entirely.
但是寻找第二种顶尖掠食动物 又是另外一回事了
Very little is known about Antarctic killer whales.
我们对虎鲸的所知有限
Time to bring in reinforcements.
该是寻求外援的时候了
HMS Endurance, the Royal Navy's ice patrol ship.
援军是英国皇家军舰坚忍号 皇家海军的巡逻舰
She surveys Antarctic waters and the crew see changes every year.
坚忍号勘测南极海域 船员观察到这里的冰层每年都在变化
The latest chart of this area,
根据最新的海图
we are now six miles inside an ice shelf,
我们目前的位置 是海棚内陆六英里处
which just goes to show how much retreation
可以观察到过去五,六年来
of this ice shelf has occurred over the past five or six years.
这个冰棚退却的程度
Would you get complications...?
我们会遇上哪些阻碍呢
Series producer Martha Holmes and cameraman David Baillie were on board
节目制作人玛莎霍姆斯 和摄影师大卫贝利在飞机上
to find and film the killer whales from the air.
他们要从空中寻找虎鲸 并进行拍摄
Endurance carries two Lynx helicopters
坚忍号运送两架山猫直升机
used to assist the British Antarctic Survey
它们的任务 是协助英国南极勘测
and the Hydrographic Office.
和海军海道测量局
On this trip, some time on one of the helicopters
这一趟行程中 他们将一架直升机
is assigned to the Life team.
指派给“生命脉动”团队