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Unit8Lesson32AntarcticExpedition

land:14millionsqkm(280,000sqkmice-free,13.72millionsqkmice-covered)

note:fifth-largestcontinent,followingAsia,Africa,NorthAmerica,andSouthAmerica,butlargerthanAustraliaandthesubcontinentofEuropeLocation:

continentmostlysouthoftheAntarcticCircleGeography:

thecoldest,windiest,highest(onaverage),anddriestcontinent;duringsummer,moresolarradiationreachesthesurfaceattheSouthPolethanisreceivedattheEquator;mostlyuninhabitablepenguinsealsalanganeexpeditionRoaldAmundsen,bornin1872nearOslo,Norway,lefthismarkasoneofthemostsuccessfulpolarexplorerseverborn.OnDecember14th1911,hestoodvictoriouslyattheSouthPole.Hereachedagoalthatwasthedreamofmanymen.Forthefirsttime,humanvoicesbroketheawesomesilenceoftheworldssouthernmostpoint.LtoR:Wilson,Evans,Scott,OatesandBowersRobertFalconScottwasbornatOutlandsonJune6,1868.HehadaracewithRoaldAmunsdentotheSouthPole,andheandhisfourcompanionsarrivedonemonthlaterthanRoald.Butunfortunately,ontheirwayback,allofthemdiedofhungerandextremelycold.LtoR:Wilson,Evans,Scott,OatesandBowersTrue(T)orfalse(F)1.ScottandAmundsenstartedtheirjourneysinthepolarspring.2.Scott’suseofmotorsledgesandponieswasasuccess.3.AmundsentravelledmorequicklythanScott.4.WhentheygottothePole,Scott’sexpeditionhadacelebration.5.CaptianOateswentforawalkandgotlostinasnowstorm.6.Scott’slastletterwastohiswife.TFTFFT1.prepareV.prepare…for…e.g.Pleaseprepareatablefordinner.Hopeforthebestandpreparefortheworst.Languagepointspreparationn.inpreparationfor为…作准备Theyputchairsintheschoolhallinpreparationfortheconcerts.Joeistraininginpreparationforthenextfootballmatch.inpreparation在准备中Plansforsellingthenewprodu