17 The South Pole

CHAPTER 17 The South Pole About eight o'clock on the morning of the 16th of March, the Nautilus entered the Antarctic polar circle. Ice surrounded us on all sides. I can't describe the beauty of what we saw. The ice was in such surprising shapes. Occasionally I would panic, thinking we were trapped inside the icy forts. But Captain Nemo always discovered a way out. On this day, however, the ice truly blocked our road. It was

第十七章南极3月16日早晨八点钟左右，诺第留斯号进入南极的极圈。 四面都是冰。 我无法形容我们所看到的美景。 冰的形状如此惊人。 偶尔我会惊慌失措，以为我们被困在冰封的堡垒里了。 但尼摩船长总能找到出路。 然而，在这一天，冰真的挡住了我们的路。 这是

not so much the iceberg itself, but a field of coldness that wouldn't let us through. But Captain Nemo wasn't about to stop. He kept forcing the ship against the iceberg. For two days the captain rammed the ice. Ice pellets were thrown high into the air. It fell like hail around us. But the mass of ice would not move. I was on the platform that night. Captain Nemo had been thinking about our situation for some time when he said to me, "Well, sir, what do you think of this?" "I think we are stuck, Captain." "So, Mr. Aronnax, you really think that the Nautilus cannot move?" the captain asked, looking for honesty. "Perhaps it could move," I said, "but not without great difficulty." The captain answered, "Personally, I think the ship can get out and can go even farther still." "Farther to the south?" I asked, looking at the

不是冰山本身，而是一片无法让我们通过的冰冷之地。 但是尼摩船长不打算停下来。 他不停地使船撞上冰山。 船长在冰上撞了两天。 冰粒被抛向高空。 它像冰雹一样落在我们周围。 但是大量的冰不会移动。 那天晚上我在站台上。 尼摩船长对我们的处境考虑了一会儿，然后对我说，“先生，您对这件事有什么看法？”“我想我们被困住了，船长。” “那么，阿龙纳斯先生，您真的认为诺第留斯号不能移动了吗？” “也许它能移动，”我说，“但不是没有很大困难。” 船长回答说：“我个人认为，这艘船可以出去，还可以走得更远。” “再往南一点？”我问，看着

captain. "Yes, sir, it shall go to the pole." "To the pole?" I asked, sounding like an excited child. "Yes," replied the captain coldly, "to the Antarctic pole." I got caught up in the excitement of our talk. "Let's go ahead!" I cried. "Let nothing stand in our way! Let us smash up this iceberg! Let us blow it up, and if it doesn't work, we'll give the Nautilus wings to fly over it!" "No, not over it, sir!" said Captain Nemo quietly. "Not over it, but under it!" "Under it!" I yelled. I understood. "I see we are starting to think alike," said Captain Nemo, smiling. "You are beginning to see the possibilities. Things that are impossible with an ordinary ship are easy for the Nautilus." We discussed for the next several moments the problems that we could meet in the hours to come.

队长。“是的，先生，它要到南极去。” “到南极去？”我问，听起来像个兴奋的孩子。 “是的，”船长冷冷地回答，“到南极去。” 我沉浸在我们谈话的兴奋之中。 “我们走吧！”我哭了。 “不要让任何东西阻挡我们！”让我们砸碎这座冰山！我们把它炸了，如果炸不成功，我们就给诺第留斯号装上翅膀，让它飞过去！”“不，不，先生！”尼摩船长平静地说。 “不是在上面，是在下面！”“在!”我喊道。 我明白了。“我看我们的想法开始一致了。”尼摩船长微笑着说。 “你开始看到各种可能性。 普通船所不能做的事，在诺第留斯号上是容易做到的。” 在接下来的几分钟里，我们讨论了未来几个小时可能遇到的问题。

"The only big problem I see," said Captain Nemo, "is that of being under the iceberg for days without coming up to get air." Of course this would be a life-or-death problem, one that needed careful planning. But by four o'clock that afternoon, Captain Nemo called for the closing of the platform. I took one last look at the huge iceberg we were going to cross. For a part of the night, we kept watch out the window. The sea was lit by the electric lanterns, but there was no ocean life present. We moved quickly. By about two in the morning, I went to sleep. The next morning, the 19th of March, I went to the saloon to check on the past hours' work. The instrument told me our speed had dropped way down. We were moving toward the surface. My heart began to beat fast. A shock told me that the Nautilus had struck the bottom of the iceberg. There were still about three thousand feet of ice above us.

“我看唯一的大问题，”尼摩船长说，“就是在冰山下面好几天不出来呼吸空气。” 当然，这将是一个生死攸关的问题，需要仔细规划。 但到了下午四点，尼摩船长吩咐关闭平台。 我最后看了一眼我们将要越过的巨大冰山。 有一段时间，我们在窗外守望。 海面被电灯照亮，但没有海洋生物。 我们行动迅速。大约凌晨两点，我睡着了。 第二天，3月19日早晨，我到酒馆去检查过去几个小时的工作。 仪表告诉我我们的速度下降了很多。 我们向水面移动。 我的心开始加速跳动。 一种震动告诉我，诺第留斯号撞在冰山底部了。 在我们上面还有大约三千英尺厚的冰。

Several times that day, the Nautilus tried again and again. It wasn't even close to breaking through such a mass of ice. It was now time to begin worrying about the oxygen on board. Our air supply should have been refilled four hours ago. I didn't suffer much, but Captain Nemo still had no plan on exactly when to use the extra oxygen he had stored on board. My sleep was painful that night. I tossed and turned. I awoke several times. In the middle of the night, I noticed that the Nautilus was only fifty feet under the iceberg. I watched the instrument as it kept telling us that we were rising closer and closer toward the surface of the ocean. We could see the gleaming of the sun through the ice before we were actually at the top. What a wonderful sight it was to see. At six o'clock in the morning, Captain Nemo appeared at the door. "The sea is open!" was all he said.

这一天，诺第留斯号试了好几次。 它离冲破这么大的冰层还差得远。 现在是时候开始担心船上的氧气了。 我们的空气供应四小时前就该补充了。 我并不觉得很难受，但是尼摩船长仍然不知道什么时候用他储存在船上的氧气。 那天晚上我睡得很痛苦。 我辗转反侧。我醒了好几次。 半夜里，我看见诺第留斯号在冰山下面五十英尺的地方。 我注视着仪器，它不停地告诉我们，我们正越来越接近洋面。 在我们真正到达山顶之前，我们就能看到透过冰层的阳光。 这是多么美妙的景象啊！ 早晨六点钟，尼摩船长出现在门口。 “大海是开放的！”他只说了这么一句话。

I rushed onto the platform. Yes! The open sea, with just a few scattered pieces of ice and moving icebergs—a long stretch of sea, a world of birds in the air, and fishes of all colors under those waters. It seemed like spring the way we were shut up behind this iceberg. "Are we at the pole?" I asked the captain with a fast-beating heart. "I don't know," he replied. "At noon I will take our readings with the sun." "But do you think the sun will show itself through this fog?" I said. "It will be fine," Captain Nemo answered. By ten A.M., we were ready for a visit to the island. We took the rowboat to shore. Conseil was going to jump onto the land, when I held him back. "Sir," said I to Captain Nemo, "you are the one who deserves to be first upon this land." "Yes," said the captain. We could tell he liked the attention. He gazed at the island as

我冲到平台上。 是的!辽阔的大海，只有几块零散的冰块和移动的冰山——一片长长的大海，空中有鸟儿的世界，水里有各种颜色的鱼。 我们被关在冰山后面，感觉就像春天一样。 “我们在北极吗？”我问船长，心里怦怦直跳。 “我不知道，”他回答说。 “中午的时候，我要和太阳一起看书。” “但是你认为太阳会透过这层雾出现吗？”我说。 “那就好了。”尼摩船长回答。 到上午十点，我们已经准备好去参观这个岛了。 我们把划艇划到岸边。 康塞尔正要跳上岸来，我拦住他。 “先生，”我对尼摩船长说，“您应该是第一个来到这片土地上的人。” “是的，”船长说。我们可以看出他喜欢被关注。 他凝视着这个岛