Countries, according to him, spread across this flat world as they appear to do on a map, with Antarctica as a ring of mountains strung around the edge.

照他的意思，这个大圆盘上各国的分布就像地图上那样，不过南极是环绕在圆盘边缘的一圈群山。

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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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Nasa's pioneering satellite, designed to map carbon dioxide concentrations, has crashed into the ocean near Antarctica after running into technical difficulties during launch earlier today.

首颗担任绘制二氧化碳分布图任务的美国航天航空局的卫星，在今天早些时候发射时遇到技术困难，之后在南极洲附近海域中坠毁。

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Looking at a modern day map of Antarctica gives clues about its first explorers.

VOA: special.2009.06.03

Further study will involve the team seeking to determine the potential diversity of extreme psychrophilic ("cold-loving") bacteria living inland in Antarctica, that in turn will establish a map of the distribution of bacteria across the continent.

BBC: Viewpoint: The last great polar challenge