The flightless seabirds are native to Antarctica.

这种不会飞的海鸟原产于南极洲。

The ozone hole had been growing for decades over Antarctica.

几十年来，南极洲上空的臭氧层空洞在不断扩大。

No one has previously dived 2,000 meters in Antarctica.

以前没有人在南极洲潜到2000米水下过。

At the South Pole, the continent of Antarctica, holds 70% of the world's fresh water.

在南极那儿拥有世界70%的淡水。

In Antarctica, near the South Pole. Near the South Pole! But that isn't hot.

在南极洲，靠近南极。靠近南极！可那里不热啊。

While some scientists explore the surface of Antarctica, others are learning more about a giant body of water four kilometres beneath the ice pack.

当些科学家探索南极洲的表面时，另些科学家正在对盖下4公里处的大水体进行更多的了解。

The western Antarctica was losing the vast majority of ice, you know, decreasing in mass, and showing signs of strain, you know.

南极洲西部有大量消失，就是很大范围的消失，形势十分紧张。

By 12,000 years ago, we were on all the continents except Antarctica.

到万两千年前，我们已经散布在除南极洲以外的所有大陆上了。

Warmer waters around retreating glaciers like the one in Antarctica expedite the process.

像南极洲的样，退缩的周围温暖的海水加速了这过程。

They make up two-thirds of Antarctica's ice shelves. But they are responsible for only 15 percent of the melting ice.

它们占南极洲架的三分之二，但其融雪量只占全部的15%。

A small plane with two sick U.S. workers arrived safely in Chile late Wednesday after leaving Antarctica in a daring rescue mission from a remote South Pole research station.

架载有两名病重的美国工人的小型飞机于周三晚些时候从个偏远的南极研究站离开南极洲进行冒险的救援任务后安全抵达智利。

Antarctica is the driest overall, but Australia holds the title for driest inhabited continent.

整体而言，南极洲是最干旱的，但澳大利亚拥有最干旱有人居住大陆的称号。

That's colder than some parts of Antarctica were expected to be and experts expected that records would be broken from the Midwest to the Northeast to some parts of the South.

这个温度比南极洲部分地区预计的要低，专家们预计从中西部到东北部再到南部的些地区的气温记都会被打破。

They visited Antarctica for 16 days in January 2015.

2015年1月份，他们进行了为期16天的南极旅行。

Are they indigenous to Antarctica, the smallest insects, a type of butterfly or extinct?

它们是南极最小的昆虫吗，是种蝴蝶还是种灭绝的物种？

Groups of them are also called colonies and scientists say this is a super colony of more than 1.5 million penguins. Specifically, they`re Adelie Penguins, relatively small penguins that live in Antarctica.

他们的群体也被称为殖民地，科学家称这是个超过150万只企鹅的超级群体。确切地说，它们是阿德利企鹅，生活在南极洲的相对较小的企鹅。

Maybe you know that an adult in the UK will probably need about 1, 700 kilocalories a day on average; someone in Antarctica will need about 3. 500 - just over double!

也许你知道在英国个成年人天可能需要平均1,700千卡的热量，而在南极洲的人们则需要大约3,500千卡，翻了双倍多！

Some people might not agree because if there are some companies making profit, it might be difficult to prevent an increase in tourism to Antarctica. And what control do they have over the tourists?

些人不同意在南极洲发展旅游或许是因为他们认为如果些公司盈利，将很难对南极洲的游客数量进行控制。他们如何控制得了游客的数量呢？

Because Antarctica is a terrible place to live if you aren't a penguin.

因为南极洲环境恶劣，如果你不是企鹅的话很难生活。

What else, but a journey at the opposite end of the world, Antarctica.

没有别的庆祝方式，只有去地球的另端南极洲。