江苏省响水中学高中英语美文阅读 The coldest place on the earth
Chapter 1 Two Ships
The race began in the summer of 1910．
On June lst，in London，a black ship，the Terra Nova， went down the river Thames to the sea．Thousands of people stood by the river to watch it．They were all excited and happy．
On the Terra Nova，Captain Robert Falcon Scott smiled quietly．It was a very important day for him．He was a strong man，not very tall，in the blue clothes of a captain．He was forty-one years old，but he had a young face，like a boy．His eyes were dark and quiet．
One man on the ship，Titus Oates，smiled at Scott．
'What an exciting day，Captain！'he said．'Look at those people！I feel like an important man！'
Scott laughed．'You are important，Titus，'he said．'And you're going to be famous，too．We all are．Do you see this flag？'He looked at the big British flag at the back of the ship，and smiled at Oates．'That flag is coming with us，'he said．
'In the Antarctic，I'm going to carry it under my clothes． We're going to be the first men at the South Pole，and that flag is going to be first，too！'
