当考察队（哈多、安·丹尼斯和马丁·哈特利）长度跋涉的开局因为恶劣气候而被耽搁后，大家很快就意识到：到达极地是一项艰巨的挑战。

It became rapidly clear after the team (Hadow, Ann Daniels and Martin Hartley) was hampered by atrocious weather at the beginning of the trek that reaching the pole would be a challenge.

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他将航行到新西兰，然后在2月，也就是南方的夏季到达南极洲，然后在第二年的春天前往极地。

He would sail to New Zealand, then reach Antarctica in February, during the southern summer, and then proceed to the pole the following spring.

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在夏季的某几个星期，人们可以乘船到达南极洲，而极地考察通常在1月或2月进行。

Antarctica is accessible by sea for a few weeks in summer and expeditions usually aimed to arrive in January or February.

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