因为寒冬和饥荒,只有约一半的人熬过冬天,存活下来.

Nearly half of them died from sickness and starvation because of the harsh winter.

等储备耗尽以后，守夜人军团可以使用布拉佛斯人的贷款，从南方采购充足的食物熬过冬天，不管这个冬天到底有多么漫长。

Braavosi coin would allow the Night's Watch to buy food from the south when their own stores ran short, food enough to see them through the winter, however long it might prove to be.