The flightless seabirds are native to Antarctica.

这种不会飞的海鸟原产于南极。

The ozone hole had been growing for decades over Antarctica.

几十年来，南极上空的臭氧层空洞在不断扩大。

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

以前没有人在南极潜2000米水下过。

Antarctic extremes are now virtually assured with global ramifications.

现在，南极的极端情况几乎可以肯定会对全球造成影响。

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

在南极，南极。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的表面时，另些科学家正在对冰盖下4里处的巨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.

南极西部有大量冰川消失，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.

两千年前，我们已经散布在除南极以外的所有大陆上了。

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

像南极的冰川样，退缩的冰川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.

它们占南极冰架的三分之二，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.

这个温度比南极部分地区预计的要低，专家们预计从中西部东北部再南部的些地区的气温记录都会被打破。

Here science and technical support have been integrated in a very cost-effective way - our Antarctic research programme has several summers-only stations and two all-year-round ones; I was based on one of the all-year-round ones.

在这里有非常划算的科学技术的支持。我们的南极调查项目有几个夏季工作站和两个全年工作站。我工作于其中个全年工作站里。

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，生活在南极的相对较小的企鹅。

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?

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

Q 8. What does the man expect to see in East Antarctica in the future?

文中男士预计未来在东南极会看什么？

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

因为南极环境恶劣，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。

And to get to Antarctica we have to get across one of the most treacherous crossings on the planet which is the Drake Passage.

要抵达南极，我们就要穿越世界上最危险的航道之，德雷克航道。