新西蘭冰山吸引大量游人英語美文

　　Icebergs become tourist attraction off New Zealand coast 新西蘭冰山吸引大量游人

　　WELLINGTON (AFP) - Two icebergs drifting off the New Zealand coast have attracted massive interest from sightseers(觀光客)as well as sparking fresh warnings(新的警告)to shipping after their 13,500 kilometre journey from Antarctica.

　　The icebergs were about 100 kilometres (60 miles) off the Otago coast in the south-east of the country Wednesday, the closest sighting off New Zealand for 75 years, The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) said.

　　Helicopters have been taking scientists and sightseers out to view the massive slabs(厚片)of ice. One is about 500 metres (1,600 feet) long, 50 metres wide and 60 metres high, while the other has a 100 metre high peak and is about 300 metres long.

　　The icebergs, accompanied by smaller chunks of ice, are considered unlikely to come close to land.

　　"From what we saw, they are melting fairly(相當地)quickly and they are drifting a mile or two a day," Craig Purdie of Otago University told Radio New Zealand Thursday.

　　He added the icebergs were drifting further east away from the coast, although they could be affected by changing winds.

　　NIWA marine physicist Dr Mike Williams said the icebergs had drifted 13,500 kilometres from the Ronne Ice Shelf on the far side of Antarctica. Their journey started six years ago when a massive iceberg 167 kilometres long and 32 kilometres wide broke off the ice shelf.

　　Fishermen spotted the two icebergs on Tuesday night and Maritime New Zealand issued a fresh warning, although the area is not a busy shipping lane.

　　Note:

　　周二晚上，新西蘭漁民在附近海域發現兩座冰山。這兩座冰山從北極漂行13500公里來到這里，正在逐漸融化，吸引了眾多好奇者前來參觀

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