学二姐，每日一篇新概念 II册第43课 ，边学边实践-10月2日

43 Over the South Pole
In 1929, three years after his flight over the North Pole, the American explorer, R.E. Byrd, successfully flew over the South Pole for the first time. Though at first, Byrd and his men were able to take a great many photographs of the mountains that lay below, they soon ran into serious trouble. At one point, it seemed certain that their plane would crash. It could only get over the mountains if it rose to 10,000 feet. Byrd at once ordered his men to throw out two heavy food sacks. The plane was then able to rise and it cleared the mountains by 400 feet. Byrd now knew that he would be able to reach the South Pole which was 300 miles away, for there were no more mountains in sight. The aircraft was able to fly over the endless white plains without difficulty.

43 In 1929, the American explorer, R.E.Byrd, who flew over the North Pole three years before, successfully flew over the South Pole for the first time. The journey went very smoothly at first, but in the later stage, they got into trouble. They had to throw out two heavy food sacks to make the plane rise to 10,000 feet, which barely passed the mountains by 400 feet. Then the rest of the journey was very easy as it was flat ahead.

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