世界首例，冰島人給冰川辦了個葬禮

In 1901, a geological map of Iceland's Central Highlands depicted the Okjökull glacier as a large swathe of ice spanning 38 square kilometres.

1901年，一幅冰島中部高地的地質地圖描繪了覆蓋了38平方公里的一大片冰的Okjökull冰川。

By 1945 it had shrunk to just 5 square kilometres.

到1945年，它縮小到只有5平方公里。

Not long after 2005, it was all but gone.

2005年之後不久，它幾乎完全不見了。

In 2014, Okjökull lost its glacier status; now, it's just a shield volcano with no glacial cover at all.

2014年，Okjökull失去了冰川資格，如今它只是一座沒有冰川覆蓋的盾狀火山。

Unfortunately, this is very likely the direct result of climate change, and unless things change, this will not be the last glacier to have this fate.

不幸的是，這很可能是氣候變化的直接結果，而且除非情況改變了，否則這不會是有此命運的最後一片冰川。

A team of researchers and documentary makers have now highlighted this loss - as well as the losses to come - by creating a memorial for the lost Okjökull glacier (these days referred to simply as Ok, having lost the -jökull or "glacier" part of its name).

如今一隊研究人員和紀錄片製作者爲這座消失的Okjökull冰川建了一座紀念碑，以此強調這次以及未來的損失（目前人們只是稱它爲OK，它已經失去了它名字中的“-jökull”和“冰川”部分）。

On Sunday 18 August, Iceland held a ceremony to officially mark the glacier's passing and install a memorial plaque .

8月18日週日，冰島舉行了一個儀式來正式紀念這片冰川的逝去，併爲其設立了一座紀念碑。

The 'funeral' was attended by the researchers who initiated the project, along with Iceland's Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson.

參加此次“葬禮”的人有發起該項目的研究人員以及冰島的首相凱特琳·賈科伯斯道特爾和前聯合國人權事務高級專員瑪麗·羅賓遜。

The glacier was even issued a death certificate, according to AP.

據AP報道，這座冰川甚至還有死亡證明。

Andri Snaer Magnason, the author of the memorial, is not mincing words in the dedication on the plaque.

紀念碑的發起人安德里·斯耐爾·馬格南森並沒有在碑牌的題詞上閃爍其詞。

"Ok is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier.

“Ok是冰島第一片失去冰川資格的冰川。

In the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path.

在未來的200年裏，我們所有的冰川都有可能重蹈覆轍。

This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done.

這座紀念碑是爲了表示我們知道正在發生什麼，需要做什麼。

Only you know if we did it.

"只有你知道我們是否做到了。”

（翻譯：Dlacus）