Aboard an icebreaker, a writer got a closer look at the Arctic's 'Sea Change
A bilingual Dutch story with sentence-by-sentence English translation. Level: INTERMEDIATE (CEFR). Tap any word in the DuoBook reader for an instant translation.
Rana stond op het dek van de grote ijsbreker.
Rana stood on the deck of the large icebreaker.
Het schip bewoog langzaam door het bevroren Arctische water.
The ship moved slowly through the freezing Arctic water.
Ze keek hoe het dikke poolijs in de zee smolt.
She watched the thick polar ice melt into the sea.
Nieuwe scheepvaartroutes openen zich door deze verandering.
New shipping lanes are opening because of this change.
Wereldmachten strijden nu om controle over de regio.
Global superpowers now compete for control over the region.
Rana schreef een boek over deze groeiende politieke belangen.
Rana wrote a book about these growing political stakes.
Ze maakt zich zorgen over de toekomst van dit kwetsbare milieu.
She feels worried about the future of this fragile environment.
De reis laat de wereld zien hoe het noordpoolgebied verandert.
The journey shows the world how the Arctic is transforming.
Vocabulary (Dutch)
- Icebreaker
- Ijsbreker
- Melting
- Smeltend
- Shipping lanes
- Scheepvaartroutes
- Superpowers
- Wereldmachten
- Stakes
- Belangen
- Fragile
- Kwetsbaar
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