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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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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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