(单词翻译:单击)
With Admiral Byrd in Little America
与海军上将伯德同游小亚美利加
Coram Foster
作者:克拉姆.福斯特
At the bottom of the world, in the South Polar Regions, Admiral Byrd and his men lived for fourteen months
在世界的底端,也就是南极地区,海军上将伯德和他的队员居住了14个月之久 。
where no man had ever been able to stay more than a month or two.
此前还从来没有人能在那里待上一到两个月 。
During a part of this time it was impossible for them to leave or for anyone to get to them.
在其中的一段时间里,他们无法离开,别人也无法到他们那里去 。
Yet they listened to music and messages from all over the world,
然而他们可以听到来自世界各地的音乐和信息 。
and almost every day they sent out to the world the story of what they were doing.
而且,他们几乎每天都在向全世界讲述他们正在做的事情 。
At the Bottom of the World
在世界的底端
When the Byrd expedition sailed from New York City to Antarctica, it carried a library of a thousand volumes.
伯德探险队从纽约扬帆起航前往南极时,携带了由上千本书组成的一个图书馆 。
This library was for the most part a collection of adventure stories which Admiral Byrd had selected to give pleasure to his men through the long darkness of the antarctic night.
其中大部分书籍都是伯德上将特意为自己的队员挑选的历险故事,大家可以借此打发南极的漫漫长夜 。