Although it is challenging to work in Antarctica, scientists' passion to learn about this mysterious land will never end.

虽然在南极洲工作极具挑战性，但科学家们对这片神秘土地的热情永不停歇。

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Antarctica is home to many seal species such as this fur seal. Its large eyes are designed to seek out prey in dim waters and are a slightly different shape to a land mammal's.

南极是许多种海豹的栖息之地，就像这只毛皮海豹，它的大眼睛是用来在黑暗的海水中追寻猎物的，与陆地哺乳动物的眼睛形状稍有不同。

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One of the few perpetually ice-free regions in Antarctica, the McMurdo Dry Valleys are home to some of the coldest and driest exposed land on Earth.

作为南极洲少数的没有冰覆盖的地区之一，麦克·默多干谷(McMurdo Dry Valleys)存在着地球上最寒冷和最干燥的土地。

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The trips all start with a five-hour private flight from Cape Town to an ice runway perched atop a 50m-tall frozen waterfall located within the Dronning Maud Land region in eastern Antarctica.

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Fiennes has previously been the first person to reach both the North and South Poles by land and the first to cross Antarctica on foot.

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Antarctica is surrounded by a very cold and turbulent ocean, whose massive thermal capacity (compared to land) drastically reduces warming, compared to what we see in our hemisphere.

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