斯皮尔德拉的虎鲸，挪威 Killer whales in the waters off Spildra, Norway (© Alex Mustard/Minden Pictures)

这些捕食者在做什么？ What are these predators doing?

世界野生动物日

今天是世界野生动物日，让我们来了解了解虎鲸（逆戟鲸）相关的知识吧。虎鲸是顶级掠食者，处于食物链的顶端。虎鲸拥有无与伦比的捕猎技能，但目前还没有任何有关虎鲸在野外杀人的记录。虎鲸的食物通常是海洋生物，如鱼、企鹅、鲨鱼和鲸鱼。不过“虎鲸”这个名字其实并不准确。虎鲸不是鲸鱼，而是海豚。

Killer whales in Spildra, Norway

Today is World Wildlife Day and there is perhaps no better occasion to brush up on your killer whale—also known as an orca whale—knowledge. Killer whales are apex predators, which means they are at the top of the food chain. Orcas exhibit unmatched hunting skills, but there have not been any documented cases of orcas in the wild killing humans. Their diet usually includes a smorgasbord of sea creatures, such as fish, penguins, and even sharks and whales. Did you know that the name ‘killer whale' is a misnomer? Killer whales are not actually whales but dolphins. It is believed they were nicknamed ‘killer whale' by Spanish sailors who saw them hunting whales.

Ureddplassen，挪威Helgelandskysten挪威风景线上的休息区 Ureddplassen, a rest area on the Helgelandskysten Norwegian Scenic Route, Norway (© Eyesite/Alamy)

公共休息室还是旅游景点？ A public restroom or a tourist spot?

Ureddplassen休息区，挪威

这里可以俯瞰峡湾、山脉和大海，这可能是世界上最好的休息场所之一。Ureddplassen休息区，也称为Uredd休息区，位于挪威Helgelandskysten国家风景公路的一段。Ureddplassen以其极简主义、未来主义的建筑和周围令人惊叹的景色为特色，提供了无与伦比的视觉体验。它有通向大海的大理石长椅和台阶，还有一个波浪形的公共卫生间，配有磨砂玻璃，在黑暗中亮得很漂亮。自揭幕以来，休息区迅速成为吸引当地人和游客的热门旅游目的地。在这里，他们还可以见证夏天午夜的太阳，在冬天饱览北极光。

Ureddplassen Rest Area, Norway

With sweeping views of fjords, mountains, and the sea, this is possibly one of the best places in the world to rest when you are on the road. Ureddplassen Rest Area, also known as Uredd Rest Area, is located on a section of the National Scenic Road Helgelandskysten in Norway. Characterized by its minimalist, futuristic architecture and breathtaking scenery all around, Ureddplassen offers a visual experience like no other. It has marble benches and steps leading out to the open sea, and a wave-shaped public restroom with frosted glass that lights up beautifully in the dark. Since its unveiling, the rest area has quickly become a popular tourist destination that draws in both locals and visitors. Here, they can also witness the midnight sun in the summer and feast their eyes on the northern lights in winter.

北极熊斯瓦尔巴群岛，挪威 Polar bear in Svalbard, Norway (© Dennis Stogsdill/Getty Images)

在北极附近打盹 Napping near the North Pole

元旦 / 斯瓦尔巴群岛的北极熊，挪威

如果你计划在新年第一天跳进冰冷刺骨的湖泊或海湾，那么你就会明白我们今天为什么要展示这张拍摄于挪威斯瓦尔巴群岛的照片。世界各地的人们常常在新年第一天像北极熊一样跳进水里。无论他们是为了慈善、忏悔，还是为了惊世骇俗，这都是迎接新年第一天的最好的方式。当然，对于北极熊来说，这可没什么特别的，不过是它们每天的日常而已。

New Year's Day

If your first scheduled activity of the day has ever involved intentionally jumping into an icy lake or a frigid bay, then you understand the relevance of today's image from the Svalbard Islands of Norway. Polar bear plunges, as these swims have come to be known, take place all over the world, often on New Year's Day. Whether people take the plunge for charity, penance, or shock value, there's no better way to put an exclamation point on the first day of the year. Of course, for actual polar bears, ice cold plunges are an everyday occurrence and won't elicit much more than a yawn.

午夜的太阳，挪威斯瓦尔巴群岛 Midnight sun in Svalbard, Norway (© Nature Picture Library/Alamy)

无尽的夏夜 Endless summer

Midnight sun

Don't lose your sunglasses! At least not during this time of year in Svalbard, Norway, when the sun crests the horizon and never dips below it again for more than five months. From about April 19 to August 23, it's nothing but sunshine on this island above the Arctic Circle, more than 500 miles north of mainland Norway. It's not quite a day at the beach, with average summertime high temps of 39 to 45 degrees Fahrenheit (toasty compared to average wintertime temps of 5 to 9 degrees). And who knows how far it is to the nearest Ray-Ban store?

Norway is one of eight nations in the Northern Hemisphere that experience the phenomenon known as the 'midnight sun' (but the only one that lays claim to the name 'Land of the Midnight Sun'). Parts of the United States (Alaska), Canada, Iceland, Finland, Sweden, Russia, and the Kingdom of Denmark (Greenland) also see the sun at local midnight during the summer months. In these northernmost climes the path of the sun is often cause for celebration. Svalbard celebrates Sun Festival Week when the sun first emerges in early March. St. Petersburg, Russia, is renowned for its White Nights of endless twilight, and Midsummer is a huge outdoor party in many northern nations. You'll want to get your sunshine while you can, because the endless dark of the polar winter lasts just as long.

午夜的太阳

别把太阳镜弄丢了！至少在挪威斯瓦尔巴特岛每年的这个时候，太阳升到地平线上，并且在五个多月内再也不会下降到地平线以下。从大约4月19日到8月23日，在挪威大陆以北500多英里的北极圈上空的这个岛屿上，除了阳光什么都没有。海滩上的天气不太好，夏季的平均高温为39到45华氏度（相比之下，冬季的平均温度为5到9华氏度）。谁知道离最近的Ray Ban商店有多远？

挪威是北半球经历“午夜太阳”现象的八个国家之一（但也是唯一一个声称拥有“午夜太阳之地”名称的国家）。美国（阿拉斯加）、加拿大、冰岛、芬兰、瑞典、俄罗斯和丹麦王国（格陵兰岛）的部分地区在夏季也会在当地午夜看到太阳。在这些最北端的气候中，太阳的路径往往值得庆祝。斯瓦尔巴特庆祝太阳节周，太阳在3月初首次出现。俄罗斯圣彼得堡以其无尽暮色的白夜而闻名，而仲夏是许多北方国家的大型户外派对。你会希望尽可能地享受阳光，因为极地冬天无尽的黑暗也会持续同样长的时间。

裂缝中的谢拉格伯顿石，挪威谢格拉山 The Kjeragbolten boulder on Kjeragin Rogaland, Norway (© Angel FAyE/Getty Images)

在岩石之间... Between a rock and a hard place

Kjeragbolten boulder on Kjerag in Norway

If you have nerves of steel, you'd enjoy the precarious, one-of-a-kind photo op that is the Kjeragbolten boulder. Visitors climb up Kjerag, a mountain on the southwest coast of Norway, for the chance to clamber onto the stranded rock and have their daredevil pic snapped for posterity. Indeed, Kjeragbolten is so popular that you might have to wait an hour for your turn—plenty of time for second thoughts and jitters.

So how did Kjeragbolten become wedged in a crevice on Kjerag, with a clear 791-foot drop below? Experts say that after millions of years of glacial activity the ice finally receded to the valley, leaving the famous rock in the mountain's grip. Today the piece of geological history invites brave adventurers and steady-handed photographers. If adrenaline rushes aren't your thing, don't worry: The mountain itself offers perfectly safe, breathtaking views of the valley and fjord below.

挪威Kjerag上的Kjeragbolden巨石

如果你有钢铁般的勇气，你会喜欢这张不稳定的独一无二的照片，那就是Kjeragbolten巨石。游客们爬上挪威西南海岸的一座山Kjerag，以便有机会爬上搁浅的岩石，并为子孙后代拍摄他们的大胆照片。事实上，Kjeragbolten是如此受欢迎，以至于你可能需要等一个小时才能轮到你，这给了你足够的时间重新思考和紧张。

那么，Kjeragbolten是如何被卡在Kjerag的一个裂缝中，并在下面有一个791英尺的明显落差的呢？专家说，经过数百万年的冰川活动，冰最终退到山谷中，留下了山上的著名岩石。今天，这段地质历史邀请了勇敢的冒险家和稳健的摄影师。如果你不喜欢肾上腺素的刺激，别担心：这座山本身就为你提供了非常安全、令人叹为观止的山谷和峡湾景观。

半球形的谢尔亨里克森天文台，挪威斯瓦尔巴群岛 Kjell Henriksen Observatory in Svalbard, Norway (© Vincent Fournier/Gallery Stock)

Kjell Henriksen Observatory

While these domes look like they should be in a movie set depicting a galaxy far, far away, they're actually part of a scientific research station here on planet Earth. Kjell Henriksen Observatory is named for a Norwegian scientist whose research focused on polar lights. The aurora borealis is frequently seen here, deep within the Arctic Circle on Norway's remote Svalbard territory. And the observatory is specially designed to observe the aurora. Since it opened in 2008, the observatory has become a destination for atmospheric scientists, who can rent one of these thirty glass-topped rooms built to house high-end optical instruments.

基尔·亨利克森天文台

虽然这些圆顶看起来像是在电影场景中描绘了一个遥远的星系，但它们实际上是地球上一个科学研究站的一部分。基尔·亨利克森天文台是以一位挪威科学家的名字命名的，他的研究集中在极光上。在挪威偏远的斯瓦尔巴特地区的北极圈深处，经常可以看到北极光。天文台是专门为观测极光而设计的。自2008年开放以来，天文台已成为大气科学家的目的地，他们可以租用这30间玻璃顶房间中的一间，这些房间是为安装高端光学仪器而建造的。

奥勒松，挪威 Ålesund, Norway (© AWL Images/Offset by Shutterstock)

Happy Syttende Mai!

If you have Norwegian roots, May 17, aka Syttende Mai, is a day to celebrate. On this day in 1814, the Constitution of Norway was signed, declaring Norway an independent kingdom. Today we honor this stunning country by flying over the town of Ålesund, nestled amid the mountains and fjords in the western part of the country. This seaport stretches across several islands linked by bridges and is known for its charming Art Nouveau architecture. In ordinary years, Ålesund draws hordes of tourists and serves as a gateway for visitors to explore the bird island of Runde as well as Geirangerfjord, considered one of Norway's most beautiful fjords.

祝你快乐！

如果你有挪威的根，5月17日，又名Syttende Mai，是一个值得庆祝的日子。1814年的今天，挪威宪法签署，宣布挪威为独立王国。今天，我们飞过这个令人惊叹的国家Å莱松，坐落在该国西部的群山和峡湾之中。这个海港横跨几个岛屿，由桥梁连接，以其迷人的新艺术主义建筑而闻名。平日里，Å莱松德吸引了大批游客，成为游客探索伦德鸟岛以及被认为是挪威最美丽峡湾之一的盖兰热峡湾（Geirangerfjord）的门户。

斯瓦尔巴德全球种子库, 其闪闪发光的外墙由艺术家戴维·桑尼设计, 斯瓦尔巴特群岛, 挪威 Svalbard Global Seed Vault with a glittering facade designed by artist Dyveke Sanne, Svalbard, Norway (© Pal Hermansen/Minden Pictures)

Even nature needs a backup plan…

This glittering monolith of cold metal is a lot like that still-sealed emergency survival kit languishing in your basement since 1999: Reassuring to have around, but a bummer when you actually have to use it. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault—better known by its cute nickname, the 'Doomsday Vault'—was established on this far-northern Norwegian isle in 2008 to archive frozen genetic copies of seeds already housed in seed banks around the world: a backup of all the backups. Kept at -0.4 degrees F within the Seed Vault, precious botanicals from food to fibers to flowers are safe from disasters, even of the apocalyptic variety. Lucky us: It'll take a healthy diet of veggies to fight off the zombies.

But hey, doomsday can wait. Today is Seed Swap Day, an event encouraging horticulture buffs to propagate positivity by trading their favorite species and strains. So, no matter how green your thumb, try to get your hands on some new seeds today—let's plant a future where this Arctic chamber can stay good and sealed.

即使是自然界也需要备份计划…

这颗闪闪发光的冰冷金属巨石很像自1999年以来一直在地下室里煎熬的那个密封的应急救生包：有人在身边让人放心，但当你真的不得不使用它的时候，它却让人扫兴。斯瓦尔巴特全球种子库（Svalbard Global Seed Vault）因其可爱的绰号“末日宝库”（The Doomday Vault）而闻名于世，该库于2008年在挪威这个遥远的北方岛屿上建立，目的是将已经存放在世界各地种子库中的种子的冷冻基因副本存档：所有备份的备份。保存在-0.4华氏度的种子库，珍贵的植物从食物到纤维到花都是安全的，即使是世界末日的品种。幸运的我们：这将需要一个健康的素食饮食来击退僵尸。

但是，世界末日可以等。今天是种子交换日，这是一个鼓励园艺爱好者通过交易他们喜爱的品种和品种来传播积极性的活动。所以，不管你的拇指有多绿，今天就试着去收获一些新的种子，让我们种下一个未来，让这个北极小屋保持良好和密封。

亨宁斯韦尔渔村的体育场，挪威诺尔兰郡 Fishing village of Henningsvær with Henningsvær Idrettslag Stadion, Nordland, Norway (© Viktor Posnov/Alamy)

My my, it's Syttende Mai

Home to only about 500 folks, the far-flung village of Henningsvær, Norway, is recognized for its historic charm and as part of the Lofoten archipelago's important cod fishery. And thanks to the recent boom in drone photography, the Arctic hamlet with the unlikely soccer field has come to be regarded among the most scenic on Earth. The Henningsvær Idrettslag Stadion (in our photo's lower right) lies at Henningsvær's southern tip, on flat ground hewn out of the rocky outcrop. Look closely at the hills around the stadium and you'll see wooden racks for drying cod—a reminder that even though there's space for fun on these tiny islets, the business of fishing is still very much a key part of life here.

We're visiting Norway today because it's May 17, or Syttende Mai, to Norwegians and observant Midwesterners. It's the date in 1814 when the Norwegian national assembly enacted the nation's constitution—one of Europe's earliest. Though Norway would be paired with Sweden under a common crown until 1905, the document declared the self-direction of Norway's people, many of whom now celebrate Norwegian Constitution Day's dawning with a traditional salmon-and-eggs breakfast—and maybe a glass or two of champagne.

At the Kistefos Museum's sculpture park in Norway, The Twist bridges the Randselva River via a multipurpose walkway (© Laurian Ghinitoiu)

What a twist

No, it's not a sci-fi movie set—but maybe it should be. The Twist seems like an intrusion from the future amidst the dense woods and preserved historic buildings of Jevnaker, Norway, home to the Kistefos Museum's sculpture park. The Twist is a bridge, but also an art gallery. Its unique construction features straight slats set at increasing angles as one moves toward the center—'like a stack of books,' as its architects at the Bjarke Ingels Group describe it—to create a 90-degree turn where a wall becomes the ceiling and vice versa.

Situated about an hour's drive from Oslo around a defunct wood pulp mill on the Randselva river—which the Twist spans—Kistefos boasts a collection of works by Anish Kapoor, Claes Oldenburg, and other notable artists. The Twist, which opened in fall 2019, will be a space for rotating (pun intended) art exhibitions and even music performances. Its 2020 season won't kick off until May 24, so it's not too late to book that flight to Norway.