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With The Polar Express chugging1 into movie theaters and a fictional North Pole, we’re finding out that sometimes truth really is stranger than fiction. Uncover the real story of the Arctic with our North Pole fast facts:
随着《极地快车》轧轧响着开进电影院，通过电影里的北极，我们发现有时候事实真的比小说还要离奇。下面我们就来看一看真实的北极：
Robert E Peary is generally recognized as the first person to reach the North Pole, on April 6, 1909. Peary, Matthew Henson and four Eskimos achieved the feat via a grueling over-ice dogsled journey.On May 9, 1926, Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett became the first people to reach the Pole by airplane.Approaching from beneath the ice, the U.S. atomic submarine Nautilus became the first vessel to cruise2 under the North Pole, in 1958.
人们通常认为罗伯特·E·皮尔利于1909年4月6日第一个到达北极。皮尔利，马修·亨森以及四名爱斯基摩人坐着狗拉雪橇，穿越冰川完成了这个壮举。1926年5月9日，理查德·伯德和佛洛依德·班尼特成为乘坐飞机到达北极的第一人。1958年，美国的鹦鹉螺号核潜艇在北极巡航，成为第一艘从冰面下到达北极的舰艇。
Santa can be difficult to spot, but the legend of the unicorn3 is alive and well in the Arctic. The narwhal4 is a smaller whale that lives most of its life north of the Arctic Circle. One of the male narwhal’s two teeth grows into a distinctive tusk, which can reach 10 feet (3 meters) in length earning the animal the moniker5 “unicorn of the sea”.Legend has it that finding a narwhal tusk is lucky, but killing an animal for its tooth is bad luck.
圣诞老人可能不容易找到，而在北极地区现在还广泛流传着独角兽的传说。独角鲸是一种体型较小的鲸，多数时间生活在北极圈的北部。雄独角鲸的两颗长牙中的一颗能长到10英尺(3米)长，这为它赢得了“海洋独角兽”的美名。传说找到独角鲸的长牙会带来好运，但是，如果为了得到长牙而杀死独角鲸则会带来厄运。
Polar bears never, ever eat penguins. Why? Because they are found at opposite ends of the Earth! Polar bears roam within the Arctic Circle including the North Pole. Penguins are found only in the Southern Hemisphere, mostly near Earth’s South Pole in Antarctica.
北极熊从来不会吃掉企鹅。为什么呢？因为企鹅只有在地球另一端才有！北极熊在北极圈里游弋，也在北极附近活动。企鹅只是在南半球，主要是在南极洲靠近南极的地方才能看到。
The famous northern lights appear as bands, clouds and rays of green, red, and blue lights in the night sky.The aurora6 borealis (Latin for “northern dawn”)occurs in an oval7 around thenorth magnetic pole.
著名的北极光出现在夜空，表现为绿、红、蓝光的彩带、云彩和光束。北极光(拉丁语称为“北方的黎明”)出现在北磁极周围的椭圆形地区。
No one lives at the North Pole, but plenty of people survive in its Arctic neighborhood. Oil, minerals, and diamonds have lured8 waves of new immigrants totheoften-challenging environment north of the Arctic Circle. In Russia, Alaska, and Canada， some 170 000 Aleuts, Indians, Eskimos, Metis and other indigenous people adapt their ancient ways to a quickly shifting economic and environmental landscape.
北极没有人居住，但是有很多人在北极的周围地区生活。石油、矿产和钻石吸引了一批又一批的人们迁徙到北极圈这个极富挑战性的环境中。在俄罗斯、美国阿拉斯加和加拿大，大约17万的阿留申人、印第安人、爱斯基摩人、白人与印第安人的混血儿以及其他的土著居民，正以他们古老的方式来适应这快速变化的经济和环境情况。
随着《极地快车》轧轧响着开进电影院，通过电影里的北极，我们发现有时候事实真的比小说还要离奇。下面我们就来看一看真实的北极：
Robert E Peary is generally recognized as the first person to reach the North Pole, on April 6, 1909. Peary, Matthew Henson and four Eskimos achieved the feat via a grueling over-ice dogsled journey.On May 9, 1926, Richard Byrd and Floyd Bennett became the first people to reach the Pole by airplane.Approaching from beneath the ice, the U.S. atomic submarine Nautilus became the first vessel to cruise2 under the North Pole, in 1958.
人们通常认为罗伯特·E·皮尔利于1909年4月6日第一个到达北极。皮尔利，马修·亨森以及四名爱斯基摩人坐着狗拉雪橇，穿越冰川完成了这个壮举。1926年5月9日，理查德·伯德和佛洛依德·班尼特成为乘坐飞机到达北极的第一人。1958年，美国的鹦鹉螺号核潜艇在北极巡航，成为第一艘从冰面下到达北极的舰艇。
Santa can be difficult to spot, but the legend of the unicorn3 is alive and well in the Arctic. The narwhal4 is a smaller whale that lives most of its life north of the Arctic Circle. One of the male narwhal’s two teeth grows into a distinctive tusk, which can reach 10 feet (3 meters) in length earning the animal the moniker5 “unicorn of the sea”.Legend has it that finding a narwhal tusk is lucky, but killing an animal for its tooth is bad luck.
圣诞老人可能不容易找到，而在北极地区现在还广泛流传着独角兽的传说。独角鲸是一种体型较小的鲸，多数时间生活在北极圈的北部。雄独角鲸的两颗长牙中的一颗能长到10英尺(3米)长，这为它赢得了“海洋独角兽”的美名。传说找到独角鲸的长牙会带来好运，但是，如果为了得到长牙而杀死独角鲸则会带来厄运。
Polar bears never, ever eat penguins. Why? Because they are found at opposite ends of the Earth! Polar bears roam within the Arctic Circle including the North Pole. Penguins are found only in the Southern Hemisphere, mostly near Earth’s South Pole in Antarctica.
北极熊从来不会吃掉企鹅。为什么呢？因为企鹅只有在地球另一端才有！北极熊在北极圈里游弋，也在北极附近活动。企鹅只是在南半球，主要是在南极洲靠近南极的地方才能看到。
The famous northern lights appear as bands, clouds and rays of green, red, and blue lights in the night sky.The aurora6 borealis (Latin for “northern dawn”)occurs in an oval7 around thenorth magnetic pole.
著名的北极光出现在夜空，表现为绿、红、蓝光的彩带、云彩和光束。北极光(拉丁语称为“北方的黎明”)出现在北磁极周围的椭圆形地区。
No one lives at the North Pole, but plenty of people survive in its Arctic neighborhood. Oil, minerals, and diamonds have lured8 waves of new immigrants totheoften-challenging environment north of the Arctic Circle. In Russia, Alaska, and Canada， some 170 000 Aleuts, Indians, Eskimos, Metis and other indigenous people adapt their ancient ways to a quickly shifting economic and environmental landscape.
北极没有人居住，但是有很多人在北极的周围地区生活。石油、矿产和钻石吸引了一批又一批的人们迁徙到北极圈这个极富挑战性的环境中。在俄罗斯、美国阿拉斯加和加拿大，大约17万的阿留申人、印第安人、爱斯基摩人、白人与印第安人的混血儿以及其他的土著居民，正以他们古老的方式来适应这快速变化的经济和环境情况。