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简 介 　 　　当今，南极有一座房子，叫阿蒙森—斯科特南极站。室内暖融融的，无论夏冬，人们都可以在那儿生活、工作。飞机毫不费力地便能飞抵或是飞离南极站。从这儿到世界其它地方，要不了多少小时。但是从南极站出来走上500米，那儿的南极洲便再次成为地球上最寒冷、最空旷的地区。 　　在1911年，当时的南极既没见过飞机也没建有住房。除了茫茫大雪、冰封天地与凛凛寒风外，一无所有。没有英国国旗，没有挪威国旗。但是，有几个人缓慢地向南走着，横穿冰封大地。斯科特率领的人配备了小马，而阿蒙森率领的人配备了狗与滑雪板。当时的温度为－30℃或者更糟。这些人忍受着疲倦、饥饿和寒冷……他们中谁将是到达南极的第一人呢？ 　　目前，在阿蒙森—斯科特南极站内，墙上写着一些字，是斯科特队长于1912年写在日记里的一句话： 　　“天啊，这地方太可怕了！” 　　本文的作者蒂姆·维卡里是经验丰富的教师和作家。他现今在英国北部的约克生活工作。 　　　 　 　　　 Chapter 1 Two Ships 　 　　The race began in the summer of 1910． 　　On June lst，in London，a black ship，the Terra Nova， went down the river Thames to the sea．Thousands of people stood by the river to watch it．They were all excited and happy． 　　On the Terra Nova，Captain Robert Falcon Scott smiled quietly．It was a very important day for him．He was a strong man，not very tall，in the blue clothes of a captain．He was forty-one years old，but he had a young face，like a boy．His eyes were dark and quiet． 　　One man on the ship，Titus Oates，smiled at Scott． 　　What an exciting day，Captain！he said．Look at those people！I feel like an important man！ 　　Scott laughed．You are important，Titus，he said．And youre going to be famous，too．We all are．Do you see this flag？He looked at the big British flag at the back of the ship，and smiled at Oates．That flag is coming with us，he said． 　　In the Antarctic，Im going to carry it under my clothes． Were going to be the first men at the South Pole，and that flag is going to be first，too！ * * * * * 　　Five days later，on June 6th，a man opened the door of his wooden house in Norway．He was a tall man，with a long face． He waited outside the house for a minute．Everything was very quiet．He could see no houses，only mountains，trees，and water．It was nearly dark．The sky was black over the mountains． 　　The man smiled，and walked quickly away from the house，down to the sea．In the water，a big wooden ship waited for him．The man got onto the ship，and talked and laughed quietly with his friends． 　　The ships name was Fram，and the man was Roald Amundsen．The Fram was