Antarctica

Colombia said this year that it planned to join other South American nations with bases in Antarctica.

今年，哥伦比亚说计划加入在南极洲建基地的南美国家的行列中。

The only plants to be found in Antarctica are algae, mosses, and lichens.

在南极洲所发现的植物只有藻类 、 苔藓和地衣.

Since then, men have gone to Antarctica in search of adventure.

从那以后, 人们开始去南极洲探险.

Antarctica's mineral, oil and gas wealth are a longer-term prize.

南极洲丰富的矿产、石油以及天然气储备对各国而言都是长期的利益所在。

Environmental groups push to preserve Antarctica as a world park, the last unsullied continent.

环境保护团体竭力主张把南极洲这块最后的洁净大陆作为世界公园来保护.

China has arguably the fastest growing operations in Antarctica.

中国大概是在南极洲相关活动增加最快的国家。

At its widest point, Antarctica is about 4,000 miles across.

其最宽阔处约4000英里.

Both Chile and Argentina feel very strongly about their territorial claims to Antarctica.

智利和阿根廷对于南极的领土主张都持强硬态度。

Antarctica is the earth's coldest landmass.

南极洲是地球上最冷的大陆.

Chinese laborers have updated the Great Wall Station, a vital part of China's plan to operate five basses on Antarctica, complete with an indoor badminton court and sleeping quarters for 150 people.

中国工人已翻修了长城站，该站是中国在南极洲运行五个基地计划的至关重要的部分，包括一个室内羽毛球场和足够150人的睡眠区。

Being stationed in Antarctica involves adapting to life on the planet's driest, windiest and coldest continent, yet each nation manages to make itself at home.

驻扎在南极洲涉及到适应地球上最干、风最大及最寒冷的大洲，然而每个国家都设法使自己感觉在家一样。

ANTARCTICA, that bleak, white place, still defies full understanding.

南极洲这块白色荒凉的土地仍然使人无法完全了解.

Antarctica is one of the last real wildernesses left on the earth.

南极洲是地球上所剩不多的旷野之一.

The Antarctica is a continent centred roughly on the South Pole.

南极洲是一片大致以南极为中心的大陆。

Antarctica is the coldest and driest place on Earth.

南极洲是地球上最冷、最干的地方.

But advances in technology might make Antarctica a lot more accessible three decades from now.

三十年后，科技的进步也许会使南极洲更易开发。

A few earthworms have been reported from the South Shetland Islands in Antarctica.

少数蚯蚓曾发现于南极洲的南塞得兰岛.

The danger of ozone destruction is not limited to Antarctica, however.

然而臭氧层受到破坏的危险并不限于南极范围之内.

With annual rainfall close to zero, Antarctica is technically a desert.

南极洲年降雨量几乎为零, 严格来说它就是一片荒漠.

The price of Antarctica might be higher than we would care to pay.

南极洲的价值可能要比我们愿意付出的代价高.

No minerals have yet been exploited in Antarctica.

南极洲的矿藏还未开采。

I haven't been to Antarctica, so I haven't seen the Southern Lights.

我从来没去过南极, 所以没见过南极光.

At least three Russian stations are already operating in Antarctica, part of its effort to challenge the dominance of the American GPS, and new stations are planned for sites like the Russian base, in the shadow of the Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity.

俄罗斯在南极洲至少有三个正在运行着的站，这是为挑战美国全球位置测定系统统治地位做出的部分努力，在东正教圣三一教堂脚下，新的类似俄罗斯基地的监测站正在筹划中。

And even before then, scholars warn, the demand for resources in an energy-hungry world could raise pressure to renegotiate Antarctica's treaties, possibly allowing more commercial endeavours here well before the prohibitions against them expire.

在那之前，学者警告说，能源缺乏的世界对资源的要求会加大重新商议南极洲协议的压力，允许更多的商业企图在禁令到期之前出现在这。

Yet, Antarctica's fragile and complicated eco-system is threatened by its human visitors.

不过, 南极洲脆弱而复杂的生态系统正受到由人类组成的游客的威胁.

Chinese officials say the expansion in Antarctica prioritises scientific research.

中国官员说，在南极洲的拓展以科学研究为重点。

And while assessments vary widely, geologists estimate that Antarctica holds at least 36 billion barrels of oil and natural gas.

尽管很多评定各不相同，但地质学家估计南极洲储存至少360亿桶石油和天然气。

“ The old days of the Antarctic being dominated by the interests and wishes of white men from European, Australasian and North American states are over. ” Said Klaus Dodds, a politics scholar at the University of London who specialises in Antarctica.

伦敦大学专门研究南极洲的政治学者克劳斯·多兹说，“南极洲被欧洲、澳大利亚、北美白人的利益及愿望统治的日子结束了。”

Antarctica has always inspired grandiose schemes.

南极洲总是激发人们的宏伟设想.

Did you see the film about Antarctica? The photography was superb!

你看了关于南极的那部电影没有？摄影棒极了。