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Despite being close to the equator, these peaks are so cold at night
虽然位近赤道 这些山峰入夜后极为寒冷
that the wolves face a frost-covered dawn.
在破晓后 胡狼见到的是满地冰霜
Each pack is centred around a single dominant female.
每个狼群都由一个女族长主导
Normally it is only she who breeds.
通常也只有这只母狼会生产
This year she has produced six pups.
今年它生下六只小狼
But if she is to raise them all in this barren land,
但想在这片荒地 把全部孩子扶养长大
she will need the help of the entire pack.
它需要整个狼群的协助
Every morning, the pack sets off to hunt,
每天早上狼群都出门打猎
leaving her back among the rocks with the pups.
留下女族长在岩地照顾小狼
The pack's hunting ground is about five square miles of mountain top.
这个狼群的猎场 是面积约五平方英里的山顶
They guard it zealously,
他们认真看守
patrolling its frontiers every day.
每天巡视着这个地区
Wolves elsewhere co-operate
其他地区的狼群会通力合作
and use their united power to pull down big prey.
扑杀大型猎物
But there are no caribou or moose to be found up here.
但这座山顶没有驯鹿或麋鹿
