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Both poles of our planet are covered with ice

地球的南极和北极都是冰天雪地的世界

They're the largest and most demanding wildernesses of all

在所有的荒野之中 它们的面积最大 环境也最严酷

Nowhere else on earth is seasonal change so extreme

这里是地球上季节性变化最剧烈的地方

It causes the ice to advance and retreat every year

每年这种变化都会造成冰层的进进退退

and all life here is governed by that

这里的所有生命无不受到这种变化的影响

When the first polar explorers headed south

最早的极地探险者朝南极大陆跋涉的时候

giant cathedrals of ice marked their entry into uncharted territory

教堂般高耸的冰峰标志着他们进入了未知领地

Passing the towering spires

经过这些矗立的冰峰时

they must have wondered what unearthly sights lay in store

他们猜测着里面究竟会有什么景象

As they battled on the ice became increasingly dominant

他们艰难地前行 冰层越来越厚

but nothing could have prepared them for the ice world

但他们对冰雪世界里一切都无法预料

that finally loomed into view

那隐约进入视野的冰雪国度

Terra incognita - the unknown land

未知领域——完全陌生的土地

At the southernmost extreme of our planet

在我们星球的最南之极

the continent of Antarctica

南极洲的面积

is as large as the United States of America

与美国一样大

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