南极

But whereas the Alps' snowcaps are just deep enough for skiing, Antarctic mountains are swallowed up by their caps, and lie buried beneath an ice sheet that is five kilometers thick.

不过阿尔卑斯山顶积雪的深度仅够滑雪，南极大陆的山脉却被积雪吞噬，深埋在厚达五公里的冰层下。短文节选，本篇始于第1405期：南极大陆

Through comparing the data of sea ice around South Pole continent, temperature in Australia, a determined and egregious causality between the Australia snow and the sea ices around South Pole continent against Australia is found, and sea ices in Drake Passage play an important in global climates changes.

通过对澳大利亚气温资料和环南极海冰资料对比验证，我们发现澳大利亚夏季大雪与对面南极大陆海冰增加在时间上有一一对应关系。

Other renowned Antarctic explorers included Ernest Shackleton (1874 - 1922), who faced his biggest challenge on the Endurance expedition, where the ship became frozen in ice and was eventually crushed.

阿缪德森，时间是1911年。其它著名的南极探险家包括欧内斯特。谢克尔顿（1874-1922），他在&南极坚忍探险&中遇到了最大的挑战，船只被冻住并且最后损毁了。

Fortuna Bay sits between craggy peaks and glaciers on South Georgia. In 1916 Ernest Shackleton and his men trekked by this stretch of water toward the island's whaling stations, where they found salvation after being stranded in Antarctica for nearly two years.Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in,"Shackleton: Epic of Survival," November 1998, National Geographic magazine

意译：命运女神海湾位于多峭壁的山顶和冰河之间，位于美国南部乔治亚洲。1916年英国南极探险家沙克尔顿·欧内斯特和他的其他男子们艰苦跋涉一段水路到达一个岛屿的捕鲸站，在那里他们建立救助点，从开始是生活在南极州感到束手无策的困难将近两年。

When air temperature at peninsular is in its lower stage, the sea ice near peninsular is normally more heavy, air temperature in middle and East Pacific sea surface temperature is higher, which is connected with ElNino.

当南极半岛地区气温偏低时，南极半岛周围海冰偏多，罗斯海外围海冰偏少，赤道中东太平洋海温偏高，可能出现ElNino。

DUBLIN - Two Irishmen are seeking to become the first people to cross the Antarctic on sledges pulled by large kites.

都柏林：两位爱尔兰人正打算成为靠大型风筝拉雪橇而穿越南极大陆的第一人。59岁的布莱恩·卡宁汉姆与52岁的杰米·杨于上周日飞到了南极点，准备从周一开始自南极点到南极洲边缘爱国者山的1000公里的旅程。

Consider Scott and his team, who struggled to the South Pole only to discover their honour of being the first to reach the Pole was lost forever. Amundsen had beaten them by about a month.

想想史考特和他的队友们，他们千辛万苦到了南极，却发现他们原来不是第一个到达南极的，阿蒙森已比他们早一个月到。

A region of Antarctica near the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.

格雷厄姆地：接近南极半岛顶部的南极地区。

Over the past 50 years the fastest rise in temperatures on Earth has been on the Antarctic Peninsula, in the west of the continent; this has been matched only in Alaska.

五十多年来，地球上温度升高最快的是南极半岛，它位于南极大陆的西部；只有阿拉斯加可以与此相比。

Although cruise ships plan their itinerary so as to keep out of each other's sight, there are generally 20 to 30 boats heading to or from the Antarctic peninsula on any one day, according to Steve Wellmeier of the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators.

尽管为了避免冲突，每个客船都有自己的日程表，但是任何一天都有大约20到30艘来往于南极半岛的船。这个数据是由南极旅行社国际协会的史蒂夫·维尔梅尔提供的。

But we don't care about Battlegrounds.

但我们并不在乎沙场中的显露。

Ah! don't mention it, the butcher's shop is a horror.

啊！不用提了。提到肉，真是糟透了。