You see, the Orkney Islands are a sparsely-populated archipelago.

奥克尼群岛是个人烟稀少的群岛。

Where would you find the Orkney Islands?

奥克尼群岛在下哪个地方？

Orkney, which has three clusters of its own, looks Norse.

自身分布有三个基因群的奥克尼郡极像挪威。

In the Orkney stranding, 12 of the whales were still alive when they became beached.

在奥克尼的搁浅事件中，有 12 头鲸鱼在搁浅时还活着。

For too many years people have driven through Caithness to go to Orkney to see archaeology.

多年来，人们开车穿过凯思内斯去奥克尼看考古遗迹。

On March 15 we passed beyond the latitude of the South Shetland and South Orkney Islands.

3月15日，南设德兰群岛南奥克内群岛的纬度走过了。

Orkney was under Norwegian and Danish control for centuries until 1472.

在1472年之前，奥克尼群岛一直被挪威丹麦控制了几个世纪。

The area includes parts of the end of the Scottish peninsula as well as the Orkney Islands.

该地包括苏格兰半岛末端的部分地奥克尼群岛。

Which of these island chains is located the farthest north? Shetland Islands, Orkney Islands, Canary Islands or Azores.

下哪个群岛中最靠北？设得兰群岛，奥克尼群岛，加那利群岛还是亚速尔群岛。

Another version of a mermaid-like creatures, called Selkies, are found in the remote Orkney Islands, north of the Scottish mainland.

在苏格兰大陆北部偏远的奥克尼群岛，人们发现了另一种类似美人鱼的生物——塞尔基。

And, as the picture shows, sheep on North Ronaldsay, in the Orkney Islands of Scotland, still graze on the stuff.

如图所示，在苏格兰奥克尼群岛的北罗纳德赛岛上，羊仍然这种东西为食。

He said that Orkney needs new boats to keep its many islands connected.

他说，奥克尼群岛需要新船来保持许多岛屿之间的联系。

The British government said there was " no mechanism" to change the status of Orkney.

英国政府表示，没有任何机制可改变奥克尼群岛的地位。

The proposal from local government leader James Stockan got international attention with its mention of possibly restoring Orkney's " Nordic connections."

当地政府领导人詹姆斯·斯托坎的提议引起了国际社会的关注，因为该项提议提到了可能恢复奥克尼群岛的“北欧联系”。

Orkney's dramatic cliffs and rock formations seem to herald a different world.

奥克尼群岛引人注目的悬崖岩层似乎预示着一个不同的世界。

The Orkney Islands lay north of mainland Scotland and are home to about 21,000 people.

奥克尼群岛位于苏格兰大陆北部， 居住着大约 21, 000 人。

Since the November 2009, it's been powering 9000 homes in the Orkney Islands.

自2009年11月来，它一直在为奥克尼群岛的9000户家庭供电。

Others here have been debating the independence of Orkney.

这里有些人一直在讨论奥克尼群岛的独立问题。

But Stockan said Orkney gets less support from the Scottish government than other island communities in Shetland or the Hebrides.

但斯托坎说，与设得兰或赫布里底群岛的其他岛屿社相比，奥克尼群岛从苏格兰政府那里得到的支持较少。

Orkney's landscape is mostly flat and bald, with few trees and lots of tidy farms.

奥克尼的地貌大多平坦且光秃秃的，树木稀少， 但有许多整洁的农场。