No one knew what was there. It was utterly unmapped at the time. We knew more about the surface of the moon Scott, as many of you will know, was beaten to it by Roald Amundsen and his Norwegian team, who used dogs and dogsleds. Scott's team were on foot, all five of them wearing harnesses and dragging around sledges, and they arrived at the pole to find the Norwegian flag already there,
人们对那里一无所知 从未有人他上过那片土地 我们对南极洲了解甚少 甚至不如我们对月球表面的了解。 如你们所知 斯考特失败了 败给了利用狗拉雪橇的罗尔德·亚孟森和他的挪威团队 斯考特和队员们靠双脚徒步前进 他们五个人背着吊带拖着雪橇徒步前进 而当他们到达南极时 却发现挪威旗帜早已捷足先登