[00:00:01]Their target lay beyond the mountains,

他们的目的地位于山脉另一侧

[00:05:09]over 3,000 metres above sea level, on the Antarctic Plateau.

坐落在海拔3000多米的南极冰原上

[00:12:05]An unbroken sheet of ice, larger than Western Europe,

这是一片面积超过西欧的完整冰盖

[00:19:39]this is the coldest, the windiest,

是地球上最寒冷 风力最大

[00:22:32]the most lifeless place on Earth.

生命最难以存活的地域

[00:27:43]Roald Amundsen's team narrowly defeated Scott's to become

罗尔德·阿蒙森的探险队小胜斯科特

[00:33:29]the first people to reach the South Pole

1911年12月14日 他们代表人类

[00:36:12]on the 14th of December 1911.

首次抵达南极点

[00:38:24]Nobody else successfully completed the journey

此后近50年间 终未有人

[00:44:17]for nearly 50 years after that.

再次成功完成这一壮举

[00:50:45]But, since 1957,

不过 自1957年起

[00:51:28]there has been a permanent base at the South Pole.

南极点便设立了一个永久性基地

[00:55:22]You can even land a plane on the ice runway.

甚至可以在这里冰质跑道起降飞机

[01:01:12]The early explorers would be

早期的探险家定会为

[01:02:58]astounded by the facilities at the South Pole today.

南极如今的设施大为惊叹

[01:10:15]Construction work isn't easy when the average summer temperature

在夏季平均气温仅为零下25度的环境中

[01:13:45]is minus 25 degrees Centigrade.

施工并非易事

[01:16:40]But, despite the difficulties,

然而 尽管存在诸多困难

[01:18:48]the most high-tech scientific research station

史上最为先进的科学研究站

[01:21:21]ever built was unveiled here in 2006.

还是于2006年在此顺利竣工

[01:30:52]The brand new Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station is designed to

全新的阿蒙森·斯科特南极站旨在

[01:35:06]cope with the world's most extreme conditions.

应对全球最为严苛的气候条件

[01:39:15]The building's sloping edge deflects the prevailing wind.

建筑外的斜边可以引导盛行风转向

[01:43:53]Beneath, there are stilts

下方设有桩柱

[01:45:28]that can raise the whole building a further eight metres

建筑整体被抬高八米

[01:48:36]to keep it above the accumulating snow.

使得底部可以远离积雪