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ANTARCTICA - November 18:美国历史上的今天

2023-05-10 14:56:27




内容提要:南极洲是人类最后到达的大陆,也叫“第七大陆”。位于地球最南端,土地几乎都在南极圈内,四周濒太平洋、印度洋和大西洋。18世纪起,探险家们纷纷南下去寻找传说中的南方大陆。今日小故事带你走入南极探险。


On November 18, 1820, Nathaniel Palmer, an American sea captain, became the first explorer to see Antarctica. On that date, while Captain Palmer was looking for new seal-hunting 猎杀海豹 grounds, he sighted what is now the Antarctica Peninsula 南极半岛.

 

Captain Palmer thought the Antarctica Peninsula was an island, as did other explorers. It wasn’t until 1840, when Lieutenant Charles Wilkes sailed along the Antarctic coast that Antarctica was proven to be a continent 洲;大陆.

 



There were other expeditions during the 1840s. Except for seal and whale hunting, however, not very many people were interested in the continent that surrounds the South Pole.

 

Finally, around the turn of the 20th century, a new interest in the Antarctic and the South Pole developed.

 

In 1911, a race to the South Pole between two explorers began. The race was between Roald Amundsen of Norway and Robert Scott of Britain. On December 14, 1911, Amundsen and his four companions 同伴 reached the South Pole. A month later, Scott also reached the South Pole. Amundsen returned home safely, but Scott and his men never returned because they froze or starved 挨饿 to death.




Today, seven countries claim parts of Antarctica. The United States does not claim 要求 any part of the continent. The U.S. says that no nation should claim the continent until that country had permanent 永久的 settlements there.

 

There are 12 countries that are interested in Antarctica. The U.S. is one of them. In 1959, the 12 nations agreed that Antarctica should only be used for peaceful purposes.


本文内容选自上海外语教育出版社引进出版的《听读美国小故事》第11册(11月)。如需购买,可到当当、亚马逊、京东等网上书城去看看。



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