As the melting ice allows access to the Arctic, Russia will become richer still in fossil fuels.
随着冰层融化，进入北极区变得容易，使得俄国拥有更多的化石燃料。
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Owing to fossil-fuel emissions, there is now one-third more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere than at any time in at least a million years, as the latest ice drilling in Antarctica has revealed.
Marika Holland: I think it’s a strong suggestion that reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, fossil fuel burning can actually have an impact on Arctic sea ice cover, that not all hope is lost.