At first sight it looked less like a capital city than a mining camp.

第一眼看上去它不像一座首都城市倒更像一个采矿工地。

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Water ice could enable the creation of a self-sustaining moon base someday, a mining camp perhaps, or a departure point for further space exploration.

某天水冻冰块可能会创造一个自给自足的月球基地，也可能是采矿营地，或者是更远的太空探索的起点。

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The mast it was tethered to still stands at Ny ?lesund, an old coal mining camp now an international research station, from where he made the first flight over the North Pole in 1926.

飞艇系泊于煤矿营地尼莱森德，现在这里是一个国际研究站。 在1926年，阿蒙德森作了第一次在北极上空的飞行。

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He became more radical after seeing the miserable conditions of the small mining village in the north of England where he had been invited to take charge of music at an annual work-camp.

BBC: World: Analysis