They have an airstrip, they have a canteen,they have hot showers,they have a post office, a tourist shop,a basketball court that doubles as a movie theater.那儿有停机坪 厨房，热水浴。有邮局，游轮，以及两倍于一个电影院的篮球场。So it&#39s a bit different these days,and there are also acres of junk.所以，这些天略有不同,也有成堆的垃圾。I think it&#39s a

So in the oasis of intelligentsia that is TED,I stand here before you this evening as an expert in dragging heavy stuff around cold places.TED是智慧的绿洲，我有幸今晚站在这儿，以一位行走在天寒地冻区域的探险专家的身份发言。I&#39ve been leading polar expeditions for most of my adult life,and last month, my teammate Tarka L&#39Herpiniere and

And I sound like a bit of a fraud standing here now with a sort of belly.我听上去就像 无助的站在那儿朝旷野呼唤的人。I&#39ve put on 30 pounds in the last three weeks.在过去三周，我已增重30磅。Being that hungry has left an interesting mental scar,which is that I&#39ve been hoovering up every hotel buffet that I can find.在那样的饥饿状态下 导致了

Scott and his final team of five arrived at the South Pole in 1912 January to find they had been beaten to it by a Norwegian team led by Roald Amundsen,who rode on dogsled.1912年一月，斯科特和他的五人小分队 到达了南极点。但不巧，他们发现由挪威人罗尔德阿蒙森领头的小队，已然领先。Scott&#39s team ended up on foot.斯科特及队员们徒步前行。And for more than a century