In 1912, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team fought more than exhaustion and cold on their famous quest to become the first humans to reach the South Pole.

1912年，挪威探险家罗尔德·阿蒙德森和他的队员为了成为抵达南极第一人。在这次著名的探险中，他们不仅仅与极度疲劳和寒冷作着斗争。

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Dinosaurs living in the intense cold and months-long darkness of the South Pole were once thought to hibernate during the winter months just to survive.

南极地区气候寒冷，而且有长达数月的极夜。人们曾经认为生活在那里的恐龙会通过冬眠来度过冬季。

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At the same time that the Northern Hemisphere is entering summer, the South Pole is tilted away from the sun, and the Southern Hemisphere is starting to feel the cold of winter.

与此同时，北半球进入夏季，南极倾斜远离太阳，南半球已开始感受到冬天的寒冷。

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Swan remembers a pact he made one very cold day on route to the South Pole.

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Dr Carlstrom and his colleagues propose building an eight-metre-diameter radio telescope at the South Pole to search for such cold spots.

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When the Arctic Oscillation turns negative, that is, when the winds weaken, the cold air normally trapped around the North Pole surges south.

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This pole-centred roundel of warm-in-cold is symptomatic of what climatologists call the negative phase of the Arctic oscillation (AO).

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