The Antarctic regions are far more desolate than the Arctic.

南极比北极要荒凉得多。

Let's start with the Antarctic ice sheet.

先从南极冰原说起。

Now, it's drifting around the Antarctic peninsula.

现在，它正在南极半岛附近漂流。

And the Antarctic trough apparently has no ocean water.

显然，这个南极峡谷内没有海水。

The birds breed in the extreme cold of the Antarctic winter.

这种鸟类在南极冬天极度寒冷的环境中繁殖。

He monitors the presence of greenhouse gases in the Antarctic atmosphere.

他监测南极大气中温室气体的存在。

The wonderful Southern Cross, polar star of the Antarctic regions, twinkled at its zenith.

天空的顶点有那辉煌的南宿，那是南冰洋地区的极星。

Scientists say it's filled with ice that flows toward the Antarctic coast.

科学家们表示，冰流通过它流向南极海岸。

Recently scientists studied A23a as it recently started drifting around the Antarctic peninsula again.

最近，科学家们对A23a进行了研究，因为它最近又开始绕着南极半岛漂移了。

This was the first machine of its kind ever carried into the antarctic regions.

这是第一个被运送到南极地区的同类机器。

While birds and many dinosaurs produced hard-shelled eggs, the Antarctic egg has a soft shell.

与鸟类和许多恐龙产的硬壳蛋相比，南极洲这颗蛋外壳很柔软。

Would he double the Cape of Good Hope, then Cape Horn, and push on to the Antarctic pole?

他要先过好望角，然后再过合恩角，向南极走去吗？

Meteorologist Michelle Cough is responsible for determining what impact global warming might already be having on the Antarctic atmosphere.

气象学家 Michelle Cough 负责确定全球变暖可能已经对南极大气造成的影响。

It was the middle of the Antarctic summer, when temperatures range from -10 to 10 degrees Celsius (14 degrees Fahrenheit).

当时正值夏季中旬，气温从零下10摄氏度到10摄氏度（14华氏温度）不等。

The Antarctic fur seal nearby poses no danger.

附近的南极海狗不会构成危险。

Whereas the Antarctic psychrobacter frigidicola prefers things decidedly chillier.

而南极的 psychrobacter frigidicola 更喜欢明显更冷的东西。

B) To establish conservation areas in the Antarctic region.

B) 在南极地区建立保护区。

Various measures have been introduced to reduce the hole since ozone depletion over the Antarctic continent was first spotted in 1985.

自从1985年首次发现南极大陆上空的臭氧损耗以来，人们采取了各种措施来减少臭氧层空洞。

That data will help scientists understand the role of humpback whales in the Antarctic ecosystem as it reacts to climate change.

这些数据将根据它们对气候变化的反应，帮助科学家们了解座头鲸在南极气候系统中的作用。

Not only today, but during their whole isolation period in the Antarctic winter.

不仅在今天， 而且在南极冬季的整个隔离期间。