在探险进行数天后，寻找阿梅莉亚·埃尔哈特失踪飞机的团队正面临恶劣天气的挑战，并争分夺秒地试图识别一个可能最终解开飞行员失踪之谜的神秘物体。
Days into their expedition, the team searching for Amelia Earhart’s missing plane is battling severe weather — and racing to identify a mysterious object that could finally solve the aviator's disappearance.
普渡大学在周四的更新中宣布，由于风浪过大使得乘坐交通船前往尼库马罗罗岛变得过于危险，17人组成的探险队被迫暂停了野外作业。
Purdue University announced in a Thursday update that the 17-person expedition was forced to pause field operations after winds and rough seas made it too dangerous to reach Nikumaroro by transport boat.
该团队正在调查塔拉亚物体（Taraia Object），这是岛屿泻湖中的一个视觉异常，研究人员认为它可能是埃尔哈特驾驶的洛克希德Electra 10-E飞机的残骸。
The group is investigating the Taraia Object, a visual anomaly in the island's lagoon that researchers believe could be the wreckage of Earhart's Lockheed Electra 10-E.
巨型食肉螃蟹具备强大夹击力，正在偏远岛屿上使阿梅莉亚·埃尔哈特的探险工作变得复杂化。普渡大学表示，尼库马罗罗附近的风和粗浪“使得条件变得不安全”。
GIANT MEAT-EATING CRABS WITH CRUSHING GRIP COMPLICATE AMELIA EARHART EXPEDITION ON REMOTE ISLAND Winds and rough seas near Nikumaroro "made conditions unsafe," Purdue University said.
“尽管周四因天气原因推迟，探险仍在按计划进行，团队计划再进行两天的野外作业 — — 并且预计将在团队必须离开环礁并返回基里巴斯塔拉瓦之前，发布关于塔拉亚物体鉴定的更新。”大学表示。
"Despite Thursday’s weather delay, the expedition remains on schedule, with two more days of field operations planned — and an update on the identification of the Taraia Object expected — before the team must depart the atoll and return to Tarawa, Kiribati," the university said.
由于尼库马罗罗岛比美国东部时间早17小时，更新可能早在周六就发布，尽管普渡大学未给出具体发布时间。
Because Nikumaroro is 17 hours ahead of Eastern time in the United States, an update could come as early as Saturday, although Purdue did not give a specific release time.
考古学家在船只失踪之谜中发现意外转折，线索却无法拼凑完整。大学还表示，团队已开始对塔拉亚物体收集数据，但警告说目前还为时过早，无法得出结论。
ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNCOVER UNEXPECTED TWIST IN SHIPWRECK MYSTERY AFTER CLUES DON'T ADD UP The university also said the team had begun collecting data on the Taraia Object, but it cautioned that it was too early to draw conclusions.
“我们理解大家对我们在尼库马罗罗所做工作的巨大兴趣，并感谢大家的耐心等待，”考古遗产研究所执行主任、探险队领导者之一里克·佩蒂格雷在一份声明中说。点击此处“这是一个复杂的科学过程，”他补充道。
"We understand the tremendous interest in what we’re doing at Nikumaroro, and we appreciate everyone’s patience," Rick Pettigrew, executive director of the Archaeological Legacy Institute and a leader of the expedition, said in a statement. CLICK HERE TO "This is a complex scientific process," he added.
您不会仅仅到达一个地点就立刻辨认出那里有什么。我们必须仔细收集数据，进行分析，并得出可靠的结论。埃尔哈特于1937年7月2日失踪，当时她正试图成为首位环球飞行的女性。
"You don’t simply arrive at a site and immediately identify what’s there. We have to carefully collect the data, analyze it and reach sound conclusions." Earhart disappeared on July 2, 1937 while attempting to become the first woman to fly around the world.
她和她的领航员弗雷德·努南在离开新几内亚的拉埃前往豪兰岛的途中，在旅程的最后几段中失踪。
CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS She and her navigator, Fred Noonan, vanished during one of the final legs of their journey after departing Lae, New Guinea, for Howland Island.
埃尔哈特失踪时年仅39岁——当时她是世界上最著名的人物之一。
Earhart was just 39 years old when she vanished — one of the most famous people in the world at the time.
普渡大学于2025年2月参与了最新的搜索行动，当时探险队领队里克·佩蒂格雷向普渡大学研究基金会提出调查塔拉亚物体的请求。
Purdue became involved in the latest search in February 2025, when expedition leader Rick Pettigrew approached the Purdue Research Foundation about investigating the Taraia Object.
普渡大学发言人特雷弗·彼得斯之前曾告诉福克斯新闻数字版，如果塔拉亚物体确实是埃尔哈特的飞机，团队希望在获得适当许可后，于明年进行一次全规模的考古发掘。
Purdue spokesperson Trevor Peters previously told Fox News Digital that, if the Taraia Object is Earhart's airplane, the team hopes to conduct a full-scale archaeological excavation next year with the proper permissions.
“残骸的最终保管一直是与[基里巴斯]共和国进行讨论的话题，虽然目前尚未最终确定，但ALI[考古遗产研究所]和普渡大学研究基金会共享一个梦想：将飞机送回普渡大学展出，这符合阿梅莉亚的原始愿望。”他补充道。
"The eventual curation of the wreckage has been the subject of discussions with [the Republic of] Kiribati, and although nothing has been finalized, ALI [the Archaeological Legacy Institute] and the Purdue Research Foundation share a dream of returning the plane to Purdue to be displayed, consistent with Amelia's original wishes," he added.