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

奥克尼群岛是个人烟稀少群岛。

Where would you find the Orkney Islands?

奥克尼群岛在以下哪个地方？

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.

该地区包括苏格兰半岛末端部分地区以及奥克尼群岛。

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

以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奥克尼群岛，人了另一种类似美人鱼生物——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北罗纳德赛岛上，羊仍然以这种东西为食。

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，没有任何机制可以改变奥克尼群岛地位。

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

当地政府领导人詹斯·斯托坎提议引起了国际社会关注，因为该项提议提到了可能恢复奥克尼群岛“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悬崖岩层似乎预示着一个不同世界。

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月以来，它一直在为奥克尼群岛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其他岛屿社区相比，奥克尼群岛从苏格兰政府那里得到支持较少。

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

奥克尼地貌大多平坦且光秃秃，树木稀少， 但有许多整洁农场。