Lesson4JourneytotheAntarcticland:14millionsqkm(280,000sqkmice-free,13
72millionsqkmice-covered)note:fifth-largestcontinent,followingAsia,Africa,NorthAmerica,andSouthAmerica,butlargerthanAustraliaandthesubcontinent(次大陆)ofEuropeLocation:continentmostlysouthoftheAntarcticCircleGeography:thecoldest,windiest,highest(onaverage),anddriestcontinent;duringsummer,moresolarradiation(辐射线)reachesthesurfaceattheSouthPolethanisreceivedattheEquator(赤道);mostlyuninhabitable(不适于居住的)penguinsealsalangane海燕explorationRoaldAmundsen,bornin1872nearOslo,Norway,lefthismarkasoneofthemostsuccessfulpolarexplorerseverborn
OnDecember14th1911,hestoodvictoriously(胜利地)attheSouthPole
Hereachedagoalthatwasthedreamofmanymen
Forthefirsttime,humanvoicesbroketheawesome(可怕的)silenceoftheworld'ssouthernmost(最南的)point
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