The Portuguese Vasco da Gama's Voyage around southern Africa to India took place at the end of the fifteenth century, and by 1502 the trans-Abrabian caravan route had been cut off by political unrest.

葡萄牙人瓦斯科·达·伽马在15世纪末环绕南非航行至印度，而到1502年的时候跨阿巴拉比的商队路线因政治动乱而被切断。

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By early March, Antarctica is readying itself for winter, and this gloomy but atmospheric point on the map seemed entirely fitting for the end of the season and the end of our voyage south.

在三月上旬的时候，南极已经准备进入冬天。地图上这个阴沉但气氛独特的地点显得完全与季节的末尾合拍，也与我们南极航行的终点合拍。

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But now there has spread a crack in your hull and your hold is heavy. Now is the time for you to end your voyage, to be rocked into sleep by the lapping of the water by the beach.

可是这一次，你的船身上已经展开了一道裂缝，你的货舱装载的货物又很沉重，现在是你结束航行的时候了，让轻轻拍岸的波浪摇你入睡吧。

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They would not have to make the long,costly voyage around the southern end of South America.

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