43 Over the South Pole

Over the South Pole

飞越南极

In 1929, three years after his flight over the North Pole, the American explorer, R. E. Byrd, successfully flew over the South Pole for the first time.

美国探险家R·E·伯德在飞越北极3年之后,于1929年第一次飞越了南极。

Though, at first, Byrd and his men were able to take a great many photographs of the mountains that lay below,

虽然开始时伯德和他的助手们拍下了飞机下面连绵群山的大量照片,

they soon ran into serious trouble.

但他们很快就陷入了困境。

At one point, it seemed certain that their plane would crash.

在有个地方,飞机似乎肯定要坠毁了。

It could only get over the mountains if it rose to 10, 000 feet.

只有在飞至10.000英尺的高度时,它才能飞过这些山脉。