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20160422Overthe South Pole 飞越南极
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 300miles away, for there were no more mountains in sight. The aircraft was able to fly
over the endless white plains without difficulty.
