They are now on an Australia ice breaker.

他们现在正身处一艘澳大利亚破冰船上。

However, there is a common misconception about ice breakers.

然而，人们对破冰船存在一个常见的误解。

The thing is, ice can break the ice breaker.

问题是，冰可以打破破冰船。

That's why ice breakers have the double hull.

这就是破冰船采用双层船体的原因。

Many people still wonder why other ships can't do the same and how ice breakers really work.

许多人仍然想知道为什么其他船只不能做到同样的事情以及破冰船的真正工作原理。

Still to do their job, ice breakers require an immense amount of diesel fuel.

为了完成其工作，破冰船需要大量的柴油。

And another example, I'm not even going to pretend that I have a fancy ice breaker, so I'll just introduce myself.

再举一个例子， 我甚至不会假装我有一个花哨的破冰船，所以我只会介绍自己。

After more than a week, marooned in Antarctice pack ice, the team of scientists and tourists were airlifted to a nearby Australia ice breaker are now heading into open seas.

一个多星期后, 受困于浮冰的科学家和游客团队被空运到附近现在即将驶入公海澳大利亚破冰船。

It's the only country with a fleet of nuclear ice breakers to open up and control Arctic trade routes that could make trade between Asia and the west much faster and cheaper.

它是唯一拥有核破冰船队的国家，能够打开并控制北极贸易航线，从而使亚洲和西方之间的贸易更快、更便宜。

Both of these features allow the ice breaker to " assault" the ice and avoid the broken ice, which can apply immense pressure to the hull.

这两个功能都允许破冰船“攻击” 冰并避免破碎的冰，这会对船体施加巨大的压力。

Russia has more arctic military bases than the U.S. and dozens more ice breaking ships, perhaps as many as 40. And how many ice breakers do we have available?

俄罗斯拥有比美国更多的北极军事基地和数十艘破冰船，可能多达 40 艘。我们有多少艘破冰船可用？

If you noticed, other ships like cargo or passenger type vessels have more pointy and hydrodynamic designs that allow them to cut through the water like a knife through butter with as little friction as possible with ice breakers.

如果您注意到，其他船舶（例如货船或客船）具有更尖的流体动力学设计，使它们能够像刀切黄油一样切开水面，并且与破冰船的摩擦尽可能小。