BBC紀錄片《冰凍星球》最后的邊疆第11期:難以存活的地域

[00:00:01]Their target lay beyond the mountains, 他們的目的地位于山脈另一側(cè) [00:05:09]over 3,000 metres above sea level, on the Antarctic Plateau. 坐落在海拔3000多米的南極冰原上 [00:12:05]An unbroken sheet of ice, larger than Western Europe, 這是一片面積超過西歐的完整冰蓋 [00:19:39]this is the coldest, the windiest, 是地球上最寒冷 風力最大 [00:22:32]the most lifeless place on Earth. 生命最難以存活的地域 [00:27:43]Roald Amundsen's team narrowly defeated Scott's to become 羅爾德·阿蒙森的探險隊小勝斯科特 [00:33:29]the first people to reach the South Pole 1911年12月14日 他們代表人類 [00:36:12]on the 14th of December 1911. 首次抵達南極點 [00:38:24]Nobody else successfully completed the journey 此后近50年間 終未有人 [00:44:17]for nearly 50 years after that. 再次成功完成這一壯舉 [00:50:45]But, since 1957, 不過 自1957年起 [00:51:28]there has been a permanent base at the South Pole. 南極點便設(shè)立了一個永久性基地 [00:55:22]You can even land a plane on the ice runway. 甚至可以在這里冰質(zhì)跑道起降飛機 [01:01:12]The early explorers would be 早期的探險家定會為 [01:02:58]astounded by the facilities at the South Pole today. 南極如今的設(shè)施大為驚嘆 [01:10:15]Construction work isn't easy when the average summer temperature 在夏季平均氣溫僅為零下25度的環(huán)境中 [01:13:45]is minus 25 degrees Centigrade. 施工并非易事 [01:16:40]But, despite the difficulties, 然而 盡管存在諸多困難 [01:18:48]the most high-tech scientific research station 史上最為先進的科學研究站 [01:21:21]ever built was unveiled here in 2006. 還是于2006年在此順利竣工 [01:30:52]The brand new Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station is designed to 全新的阿蒙森·斯科特南極站旨在 [01:35:06]cope with the world's most extreme conditions. 應(yīng)對全球最為嚴苛的氣候條件 [01:39:15]The building's sloping edge deflects the prevailing wind. 建筑外的斜邊可以引導盛行風轉(zhuǎn)向 [01:43:53]Beneath, there are stilts 下方設(shè)有樁柱 [01:45:28]that can raise the whole building a further eight metres 建筑整體被抬高八米 [01:48:36]to keep it above the accumulating snow. 使得底部可以遠離積雪

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