5,000 square miles of subpolar rainforest, 在這片五千平方英里的副極地森林中
the narrow strip between the icy alpine zone I've just left behind and the ocean -- that's where I'm heading. 這片狹長地帶連通了 我剛剛走過的冰山區(qū) 和我此行的目的地 海洋
It's a large area of wilderness,but it seems I'm not alone.Bear poo. 這是一片廣袤的荒野 但我似乎并非孤身一人 熊糞
And these Alaskan forests are just teeming with black bears. 阿拉斯加森林中常有黑熊出沒
These guys can grow up to 7 foot tall,900 pounds. 這些家伙可能有七英尺高 九百磅重
Even though that's smaller than grizzlies, 雖然不像灰熊那么龐大
in many ways, they're less predictable,which makes them also more dangerous. 但多數(shù)時候 它們更為神出鬼沒 這也使它們更具危險性
Black bears have also been known to track humans, 黑熊還以善于追蹤人類而聞名
so if you get a river like this and you can't get across, 所以如果遇到這樣過不去的湍流
crisscrossing's gonna help to break your scent trail.Okay, let's get down there. 來回穿梭可以破壞你的氣味留下的軌跡 好 咱們下去吧
Black bears kill more people in the U.S. than grizzlies. 更多的美國人死于黑熊 而非灰熊
So I want to make sure I'm not easy prey.And these fallen trees are key. 所以我要確保自己不要成為甕中之鱉 而這些倒下的樹木就是關(guān)鍵
Use this one to get across.You can see we're definitely getting further downstream. 利用這個渡過河去 能看出來 我們肯定到了更下游的地方
There's a huge amount more water going down this. Look. 下面的水流相當(dāng)湍急 看吧
Okay, let's edge out onto this.I want to test my makeshift bridge before committing. 好 我們小心點走上去 我要先試一下這座生死攸關(guān)的臨時木橋
The lock seem solid.But then disaster. 看起來挺牢靠的 但實際上差點玩完