Captain Scott Journey to the South Pole

Captain Scott, journey to the South Pole.

斯科特船长的南极探险之旅

Captain Scott Captain Robert Falcon Scott was a naval officer and explorer. In June 1910, Scott and a team of men left Britain for Antarctica. At that time, no one had ever reached the South Pole in Antarctica, and Scott wanted to be the first.

斯科特船长 罗伯特·福尔肯·斯科特是一名海军军官 同时也是探险家。1910年6月，斯科特和一支探险队离开英国前往南极。当时 还没有人抵达过南极点，斯科特想要成为第一个做到这件事的人。

Scott's boat reached the Antarctic in January 1911. It had to get there in the Antarctic summer so the ship could break through the ice to get to land. After setting up camp, the men had to wait through the long, dark Antarctic winter. Only in the following summer would it be warm and light enough to set out for the South Pole.

斯科特的船在1911年1月抵达南极。 他们必须赶在南极的夏天抵达，这样船只才能冲破冰层 登上陆地。 搭建好营地后，队员们就得熬过漫长又黑暗的南极冬季。 要等到来年夏天，天气足够温暖、光线足够充足，他们才能出发前往南极点。

Base Camp Scott and his team set up a base camp. They had brought a wooden hut with them, cut into sections, which they put together. The walls were packed with seaweed to keep out the wind and cold. Even in the Antarctic summer, the temperature is only 2 degrees Celsius, just above freezing.

大本营 斯科特和他的队员们搭建了一处大本营。 他们事先带来了拆成小块的木屋，现在把它组装了起来。 墙缝里塞满了海藻，用来抵御风寒。 哪怕是南极的夏天，气温也只有2摄氏度，刚好比冰点高一点点。

While they were waiting for the Antarctic summer, Scott and his team studied penguins.

在等待南极夏天到来的日子里，斯科特和队员们研究起了企鹅。

Setting out. During the long Antarctic winter, when the temperature had dropped to minus 40 degrees Celsius, Scott sent out a group of four men with two motor sledges to drop food and fuel along their route.

出发。 在漫长的南极冬季里， 气温降到了零下40摄氏度， 斯科特派了四名队员，带着两台机动雪橇 沿着行进路线沿途放置食物和燃料。