Neil Bowdler, BBC News

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Background: 挪威首相及数百名科学家和探险家聚集于南极，庆祝挪威探险家阿蒙森100年前首次带领探险队抵达地球最南极点。

The sound of skis on snow as a group of Norwegians take the final few steps to the southern pole. Not everyone could make it - bad weather had delayed some of those trying to cross the ice and others resorted to planes to make the centenary celebrations.

Amundsen and four other men were the first to reach the southern tip of the planet on December 14th 1911, using sledges, dogs and skis. The Norwegian prime minister Jens Stoltenberg, who arrived by plane ahead of the celebrations, said the 1911 expedition was "one of the most outstanding achievements of mankind," and helped to form his country's national identity.

He also paid tribute to the ill-fated British team led by Robert Scott who Amundsen beat to the pole. They had shown "courage and determination," he said, "in reaching one of the most inhospitable places on earth" and had paid the "ultimate price" after they died on the return journey.

• everyone [´evriwʌn]   pron.=everybody 每人   (初中英语单词)
• planet [´plænit]   n.行星   (初中英语单词)
• minister [´ministə]   n.部长；大臣 v.伺候   (初中英语单词)
• expedition [,ekspi´diʃən]   n.远征；探险；迅速   (初中英语单词)
• tribute [´tribju:t]   n.贡物；献礼；颂词   (初中英语单词)
• outstanding [aut´stændiŋ]   a.突出的；显著的   (高中英语单词)
• trying [´traiiŋ]   a.难堪的；费劲的   (英语四级单词)
• norwegian [nɔ:´wi:dʒən]   a.&n.挪威人(语)(的)   (英语四级单词)