They were shocked when they saw the Norwegian flag.
看到挪威国旗的时候,他们震惊了。
Scott wrote sadly in his diary:
斯科特在日记中悲伤地写道:
"Well, we have now lost the goal of our ambition and must face 800 miles of hard pushing - and goodbye to most of our dreams."
"唉,现在我们已经失去了抱负目标,而且必须面对800英里的艰难行进-并向我们的梦想道别。"
The return journey was one of the worst in the history of exploration.
回程旅程是探险史上最糟糕的一次。
The men were soon exhausted and were running out of food.
队员们很快就筋疲力竭了,食品也快吃完了。
The weather conditions were terrible.
天气状况很糟。
Scott started to realise their hopeless situation:
斯科特开始认识到他们绝望的境遇:
"... we are very cheerful, but what each man feels in his heart I can only guess.
"……我们非常高兴,但每个人心中的感受,只有我能明白。
Putting on our shoes in the morning is getting slower and slower."
大家早上穿鞋的速度越来越慢。
However, on their way back they found time to look for rocks.
然而,在回去的路上,他们花时间寻找石块。
They carried 20 kilos of rocks all the way with them.
一路上,他们扛了20公斤石块。
Later, these rocks proved that at one time in the distant past the Antarctic was covered by plants.
后来,这些石块证实,在遥远的过去,南极洲曾经被植被覆盖。
Then, disaster soon came. Edgar Evans had a terrible disease and died after a bad fall.
不久,不幸发生了。埃德加·埃文斯得了可怕的疾病,一个萧瑟的秋天过后,他去世了。
The next to go was Captain Oates, who was having great difficulty walking.
接着是奥茨上校,他行走非常困难。