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几年来,科学家们猜测白令冰川一直在后退,正在促使海湾底部巨大的冰山“崩解”成不断加深的湖.1992年海湾考察队领导人布鲁斯·莫尔尼亚说,美国地质调查局进行的研究表明,这个北美第二大的海湾“可能处于创造阿拉斯加新海湾的过程中”.人们认为被称为封闭海滩的细长砂带是海湾危险冰山和阿拉斯加海湾海运航道附近的唯一天然屏障.油船利用这些海运航道运输在瓦尔德兹港装载的石油.费尔斑克斯镇的冰川学家丹尼斯·特雷斑特警告说:“如果这个封闭海滩组合体消失,白令系统将变成跟雅库塔特湾或多冰湾相似的巨大地区.这将完全改变阿拉斯加的海岸线.”
For years, scientists have speculated that the Bering Glacier has been retreating and is causing the giant icebergs at the bottom of the Gulf to “collapse” into ever-deepening lakes. Bruce Mornia, head of the Gulf Expedition in 1992, said the United States Geological Survey conducted Research shows that the second largest bay in North America “may be in the process of creating a new Alaskan Bay.” Slim belts, known as enclosed beaches, are thought to be the only natural barrier near the Gulf Iceberg and the Alaskan Bay Seaway. Oil tankers use these ocean lanes to transport oil loaded in Port Valdez, and Glacier Dennis Trabote of Fairchow warned: “If this enclosed beach complex disappears, the Bering system will become” Yakutathai Bay or more icebergs similar huge area.This will completely change the coastline of Alaska. "