1、The Coldest Place On Earthby Tim VicaryChapter 1 Two ShipsThe race began in the summer of 1910.On June 1st, 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 R 。

2、obert 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 exciti 。

3、ng 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 wit 。

4、h 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 。

5、 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 mangot o 。

6、nto the ship, and talked and laughed quietly with his friends.The ships name was Fram, and the man was Roald Amundsen. The Fram was the most beautiful ship on earth, Amundsen thought. His friends were the best skiers on earth, too. One of them, Olav Bjaaland, smiled at him.North Pole, here we come,。

7、Captain, he said.Yes. Amundsen said. His friends could not see his face in the dark. Fram is going to the Arctic. Everyone on the Fram was ready to go to the North Pole, to the Arctic. Amundsen wanted to go there, too. But first he wanted to go south. His friends didnt know that.At midnight on June。

8、6th, the Fram moved quietly away from Amundsens house, out to sea.Chapter 2 The RaceThe Fram went to an island in the south of Norway. It was a very little island, with only one small wooden house, two trees and nearly a hundred dogs.Look at that! Bjaaland said. Its an island of dogs! There are dogs 。

9、 in the water, near the trees, on the house dogs everywhere! Two men came out of the house. Hassel! Lindstrom! Amundsen said. Its good to see you! How many dogs do you have for me? Ninety-nine, Roald, said Hassel. The best ninety-nine dogs from Greenland. And theyre very happy! They dont work;
they。

10、just eat and play all day! Theyre having a wonderful summer here! Good, good. Amundsen laughed. But thats finished now. Hey, Bjaaland! Stop laughing come down here and help me. Lets get all these dogs onto the ship! It was not easy. The dogs were fat and strong, and they didnt want to go on the ship 。

11、. But at last, after three hours hard work, allninety-nine were on the ship, and the Fram went out to sea again.The men were not happy. The weather was bad, the dogs were dirty, and some of the men were ill. They began to ask questions.Why are we bringing dogs with us? asked one man, Johansen. Were。

12、going thousands of kilometres south, past Cape Horn, and then north to Alaska. Why not wait, and get dogs in Alaska? Dont ask me, said his friend, Helmer Hanssen, I dont understand it. The men talked for a long time. Then, on September 9th, Amundsen called everyone to the back of the ship. He stood。

13、quietly and looked at them. Behind him was a big map. It was not a map of the Arctic. It was a map of Antarctica.Bjaaland looked at Helmer Hanssen, and laughed. Then Amundsen began to speak.Boys, he said. I know you are unhappy. You often ask me difficult questions, and I dont answer. Well, Im going 。

14、 to answer all those questions now, today.We began to work for this journey two years ago. Then, we wanted to be the first men at the North Pole. But last year, Peary, an American, found the North Pole. So America was first to the North Pole, not Norway. Were going there, but were too late. I dont u 。

15、nderstand this, Bjaaland thought. Why is Amundsen talking about the North Pole, with a map of Antarctica behind him?Amundsen stopped for a minute, and looked at all the men slowly. No one said anything.We have to go a long way south before we get to Alaska, he said. Very near Antarctica, you know. A 。

16、nd Captain Scott, the Englishman, is going to the South Pole this year. He wants to put his British flag there. An American flag at the North Pole, a British flag at the South Pole. Bjaaland began to understand. He started to smile and couldnt stop. He was warm and excited.Well, boys, Amundsen said。

17、slowly. Do we want the British to put their flag at the South Pole first? How fast can we travel? We have a lot of dogs, and some of the most wonderful skiers on earthBjaaland here is the best in Norway! So I have an idea, boys. Lets go to the South Pole, and put the Norwegian flag there before the。

18、British! What do you say? For a minute or two it was very quiet. Amundsen waited, and the men watched him and thought. Then Bjaaland laughed.Yes! he said. Why not? Its a ski race, isnt it, and the English cant ski! Its a wonderful idea, of course! Lets go! Chapter 3 The PoniesOn October 27th, the Te 。

19、rra Nova arrived in Wellington, New Zealand. When Scott came off the ship, a newspaper man walked up to him.Captain Scott! Captain Scott! Can I talk to you, please! he said.Scott stopped and smiled. Yes, of course, he said. What do you want to know? Are you going to win? the man asked.Win? Scott ask 。

20、ed. Win what? Win the race to the South Pole, of course, the newspaper man said. Its a race between you and Amundsen, now. Look at this! He gave a newspaper to Scott. Scott looked at it. It said: Scotts face went white. Give me that! he said. He took the newspaper and read it carefully. The newspape 。

21、r man watched him, and waited. Well, Captain Scott, he said at last. Whos going to win this race? Tell me that! Scott looked at him angrily. This is stupid! he said. Its not a race! I came here to learn about the Antarctic Im not interested in Amundsen, or in races! Then he walked back on-to his shi 。

22、p, withthe newspaper in his hand.Later that day, he talked to his men. He gave them the newspaper, and laughed.It doesnt matter, he said. Were in front of Amundsen, and we have more men, and more money. He has only eight men, and a lot of dogs. I know about dogs they dont work in the Antarctic. We h 。

23、ave sixteen men and the new motor sledges they are much better. And tomorrow the ponies are coming. We need ponies, motor sledges, and good strong British men thats all. Forget about Amundsen! Hes not important! Scott asked Oates to look after the ponies, but he did not let Oates buy them. When Oate 。

24、s first saw the ponies, in New Zealand, he was very unhappy. Most of the ponies were old, and some of them were ill.Theyre beautiful ponies, Titus, Scott said. They come from China theyre wonderful ponies! Oates looked at them angrily, and said nothing. Then he asked: Where is their food, Captain? H 。

25、ere! Scott opened a door.Oates looked inside. He thought for a minute. We need more food than this, Captain Scott! These ponies are going to work in the coldest place on earth they need a lot of food more than this! Scott smiled quietly. We cant take more food on this ship, Titus.Where can we put it 。

26、? But it doesnt matter, old boy. Theyre very strong ponies, you know. The best ponies on earth. Later that night, Oates wrote a letter to his mother. There are nineteen ponies on the Terra Nova now, he wrote. All the ponies are in a small room at the front of the ship. We eat our food in the room un 。

27、der the ponies, so our table is often wet and dirty. Scott makes a lot of mistakes, I think, and Antarctica is a very dangerous place.Chapter 4 Food DepotsThe two ships, Terra Nova and Fram, arrived in Antarctica, in January 1911, at the end of summer. The Englishmen and the Norwegians wanted to sta 。

28、y on the ice all winter. They wanted to be ready to go to the South Pole at the beginning of the next Antarctic summer.The dogs pulled the Norwegians sledges. They ran quickly over the snow and pulled the big sledges from the ship onto the ice. The men ran beside them on skis.They put a big wooden h 。

29、ouse on the ice. The house was full of food, and skis, and sledges. They called it Framheim. Outside the house, the dogs lived in holes under the snow. When the house was ready, the men made their first journey south.Before the winter, they wanted to take a lot of food south, and leave it in depots. 。

30、 For the long journey to the Pole, they needed a lot of food, and they couldnt carry it all with them. On February 10th, five men, three sledges, eighteen dogs, and half a tonne of food left Framheim and went south.It was easy. The weather was warm for the Antarctic, between (minus) -7 (degree) Cent 。

31、igrade and -17 Centigrade. The snow was good, and the dogs and skis went fast. They went fifty or sixty kilometres every day. After four days they reached 80 South, and made the first depot.Amundsen made his depot very carefully. It was very important to find it again, next summer. So he put a big b 。

32、lack flag on top. Then he put ten flags to the east of the depot each flag half a kilometre from the next and ten flags to the west. So there were flags for five kilometres to the left of the depot, and five kilometres to the right.Then they went back to Framheim, and took some more food south, this 。

33、 time to 82 South.(degrees)This time it was harder. The temperature was sometimes (minus)-40 Centigrade, and there were strong winds with a lot of snow. The dogs and men were very tired, and the tents and boots were bad. At the second depot, they put out sixty flags, to help them find it again.They。

34、came back to Framheim on March 23rd. It was nearly winter in the Antarctic. Their ship Fram was far away now, near South America. They were alone on the ice.*Oates went with Scott to make the first British depot. They left Cape Evans on January 25th. There were thirteen men, eight ponies, and twenty 。

35、-six dogs. The dogs were faster than the ponies they ran quickly over the top of the snow, but the ponies feet went through it. Every morning the ponies started first, and the dogs started two hours later, because they ran faster. At night, the dogs made warm holes under the snow, but the ponies sto 。

36、od on top of the snow. It was -20 Centigrade. (minus) (degrees)After fifteen days Oates talked to Scott. There was a strong wind, and the two mens faces were white with snow.Three of these ponies are ill, Captain, Oates said. They cant go on.Dont be stupid, Oates, Scott answered. Theyre good strong。

37、animals the best ponies on earth. Not these three, Oates said. Theyre ill, and unhappy, and now they cant walk. Lets kill them, and leave the meat here, in the snow. We can eat it, or the dogs can. Of course not! Scott said angrily. These ponies are our friends, they work hard for us. I dont kill my 。

38、 friends! Three days later, two of the ponies were dead.Scotts men were slower than Amundsens;
it took them twenty-four days to get to 80 South. They made a big depot there, and put one large black flag on top of it. Then they went back to Cape Evans. (degrees)Their camp was on an island in the ice, 。

39、 and the sea ice moved sometimes. There were holes in the ice, and black sea water under it. One day seven ponies went through the ice into the sea, and died. One motor sledge also went into the sea.Chapter 5 A Long Cold WinterIt was dark for four months. Outside the wooden house at Framheim, it was 。

40、 often -60 Centigrade. The dogs lived in warm holes under the snow. The men stayed in the house, and worked in their rooms under the snow. (minus) (degrees)The skis and sledges came from the best shops in Norway, but Bjaaland wasnt happy with them. He changed a lot of things on the skis and sledges. 。

41、 Soon the sledges were stronger than before. The skis were better and faster, too.All the Norwegians worked hard. They looked after their dogs, and worked on their equipment the sledges, skis, tents. Every day they thought about their journey to the Pole, and talked about it. And every day, Amundsen 。

42、 thought about Scott. One day, in midwinter, he talked to his men.Lets start early, before Scott, Amundsen said. Remember, Scott has more men than us, and he has motor sledges, too. Perhaps they can go faster than us. Bjaaland laughed. Oh no, they cant go faster than me, he said. On snow, nothing ca 。

43、n go faster than a good man on skis. We dont know, Amundsen said. Youre the best skier in Norway, but you get tired, and dogs get tired, too. Motor sledges dont get tired. They can go all day and all night. Johansen laughed angrily. Thats stupid, he said. Perhaps the motor sledges can go all night,。

44、but the Englishmen cant. The English cant win, Roald they dont understand snow, but we do. And theyre too slow. Perhaps, Amundsen said. But I want to win this race. So were going to start early! Do you understand? It was quiet and warm inside Framheim. Bjaaland looked at Amundsen, and thought about。

45、the long, cold journey in front of him. He thought about the dogs in their holes under the snow, and listened to the wind over the house. When, Roald? he said quietly.On August 24th. The sun comes back on that day. We start then. But we cant! Johansen said. He looked angry, and unhappy. Thats too ea 。

46、rly! We cant start then its dangerous and stupid! Amundsen looked at Johansen coldly. Youre wrong, Johansen, he said. We want to win, remember? So we start on August 24th. Bjaaland listened to the winter wind outside.*In Scotts camp, at Cape Evans, no one talked about Amundsen and no one worked hard 。

47、. They had good food, and they played football on the snow. They wrote a newspaper The south Polar Times and read books. No one learnt to ski, no one worked on the motor sledges. Twice, men went for long journeys across the snow. They walked, and pulled the sledges themselves. Oates stayed at Cape E 。

48、vans and looked after his ponies.Over the window in Cape Evans, Scott put a map of Antarctica. With a pen, he made a line from Cape Evans to the South Pole, and he put a little British Flag at the Pole. Under the map, Scott wrote the day for the start of their journey.We start on November 3rd, he wr 。

49、ote.Chapter 6 A Bad StartOn August 23rd, the Norwegians sledges were ready. They took them outside, and the dogs pulled them across me ice. The sun came up for half an hour, but it was too cold: -46 Centigrade. They could not travel in that weather. They went back to Framheim and waited. (minus) (de 。

50、grees)They waited two weeks, until September 8th. Then, with the temperature at -37 Centigrade, they started. They ran happily across the snow to the south eight men, seven sledges, and eighty-six dogs. Only Lindstrom, the cook, stayed behind in Framheim.At first everything went well. They went twen 。

51、ty-eight kilometres on Saturday, and twenty-eight kilometres on Sunday. It was easy. Then, on Monday, the temperature went down to -56 Centigrade (minus) (degrees). There was white fog in front of their faces. They couldnt see anything. But they travelled twenty-eight kilometres.That night, in their 。

52、 tents, they nearly died of cold. Next day, they stopped and made snow houses. Inside the snow houses, it was warm. But everyone was unhappy.I told you, Roald! Johansen said. Even September is too early! We cant travel in this cold. Do you want us to die? Lets go back and wait for better weather. Am 。

53、undsen was very angry. He was angry with Johansen, but he was angry with himself, too. He knew Johansen was right.All right, he said slowly. We can go on to the depot at 80 (degrees) South, leave the food there, and then go back. We cant do more than that. It was thirty-seven kilometres to the depot 。

54、. The wind was in their faces all day. Two dogs died on the way. At the depot, they did not stop. They put out the food and the flags, turned round, and went north.At last the wind was behind them. The dogs ran quickly, and the men sat on the empty sledges. They went faster and faster. It was like a 。

55、 race. Amundsen was on Wisting s sledge, and soon he, Wisting, and Hanssen were three or four kilometres in front. Soon they were alone. They travelled seventy-five kilometres in nine hours, and they reached Framheim at four oclock that afternoon.Bjaaland arrived two hours later, with two more men.。

56、But the last two Johansen and Prestrud went more slowly. Their dogs were tired, their feet were wet and cold, they had no food, and they were alone in the dark. The temperature was -51 Centigrade. They reached Framheim at midnight. (minus) (degrees)Next morning, Johansen was angry. In front of every 。

57、one, he said: You were wrong, Roald. September was too early. I told you but you didnt listen. And then you left us alone and we nearly died in the cold! Youre a bad captain Im a better captain than you are! Amundsen was very angry. But at first he said nothing, because he knew that Johansen was rig 。

58、ht. Then, that evening, he gave a letter to Johansen. It said:You arent coming to the Pole with me. When I go south, you can take some dogs and go east to King Edward TO Land. You can go with Prestrud and Stubberud. You can be the first men to go there but not to the South Pole!The Norwegians stayed 。

59、 in Framheim and waited. They lay in bed, listened to the wind outside, and thought about Scott and his motor sledges.Chapter 7 Motor Sledges and MountainsScott had two motor sledges now. They were the first motor sledges in the Antarctic the first on earth. On October 24th, the motor sledges starte 。

60、d south from Cape Evans. Four men went with them, but Scott stayed at Cape Evans for another week.Oates was unhappy. He wrote to his mother: We had a very bad winter here. I dont like Scott. We were here all winter, but he didnt learn to ski, or to drive dogs. Our equipment is bad, and he doesnt thi 。

61、nk about other people. Im going to sleep in his tent on the journey, but I dont want to.On November 1st Scott and Oates and six more men left Cape Evans with eight sledges and eight ponies. The ponies walked slowly because their feet went down into the snow. It was hard work for them and they got ti 。

62、red very quickly. They travelled thirteen or fourteen kilometres in a day.Behind the ponies came Meares with one sledge and some dogs. Meares knew how to drive dogs. Every day, Meares started two hours after the ponies, and arrived two hours before them.After five days, they found the motor sledges. 。

63、*The Norwegians began again on October 20th. There were five men this time Amundsen, Bjaaland, Wisting, Hassel, and Hanssen. They had four sledges, and forty-eight dogs.There was a lot of wind and fog. On the first day, Wisting s sledge suddenly stopped, and the back went down. Come on, you dogs! he 。

【0108|0108世界上最冷地方】64、 said angrily. Pull! Pull! At first nothing happened;
then, slowly, the sledge moved again. Wisting looked down, over the side of the sledge. Under the snow, there was a fifty metre hole.Did you see that? Amundsen said. The ice wants to eat usmen,dogs, sledges, everything. On the fourth day they reached the depot at 80 South. There was a bad snowstorm, but they found the flags easily. Next day the men stayed in their tents, and the dogs played in their holes under the snow. They were all happy. They 。

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