Reading about the Jeannette artifacts, Nansen wondered if the strong east-to-west current over the Arctic could be ridden to the North Pole—or at least close. And so an idea was hatched.

看过这些物件后，南森想知道，究竟他能不能乘着北冰洋里这股强大的东西方向洋流去到北极或者起码是接近北极的地方，于是一个想法诞生了。

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The northern lights are often visible here because it is so close to the North Pole.

由于此地离北极如此之近，北极光在这里常常出现。

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But it comes at the expense of accuracy - the Mercator projection makes countries close to the pole look much bigger than they really are.

但它是以精确度为代价的，因为墨卡托投影使那些靠近极点的国家看上去比真实尺寸要大的多。

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After coming so close to pole position, Alonso said he was pleased with another step forward in performance from his car.

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But it forgot to mention that at today's cruising altitudes passengers are exposed to a considerable amount of radiation, especially on transatlantic flights close to the pole.

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It was Stoner's second pole position this season and the 35th of his top-level motorcycling career as he bids to close the four-point gap on series leader Jorge Lorenzo.

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