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For centuriescenturyA period of 100 years.≈ Synonym: hundreds of years🇺🇿UZ: asrlar, yuz yillik🇷🇺RU: века, столетия, people dreamed of reaching the South Pole — one of the most remoteremote (adj)Far away from other places; hard to reach.≈ Synonym: isolated🇺🇿UZ: chekka, uzoq🇷🇺RU: отдалённый and dangerousdangerous (adj)Able to cause harm or injury.≈ Synonym: risky🇺🇿UZ: xavfli🇷🇺RU: опасный places on Earth. The South Pole is at the bottom of the world, in the middle of a frozenfreeze (adj)Covered with, or turned into, ice because of very cold temperatures.≈ Synonym: icy🇺🇿UZ: muzlagan🇷🇺RU: замёрзший land called Antarctica. It is a place of ice, snow, and strong winds, where temperaturestemperatureHow hot or cold something is, measured in degrees.≈ Synonym: degrees🇺🇿UZ: harorat🇷🇺RU: температура can fall below -50°C.
The first person to lead a team to the South Pole was Roald Amundsen, an explorerexplorerA person who travels to find out about unknown places.≈ Synonym: adventurer🇺🇿UZ: sayohatchi, tadqiqotchi🇷🇺RU: исследователь, путешественник from Norway. Amundsen and his men made historymake history (verb)To do something so important that people remember it forever.≈ Synonym: achieve something historic🇺🇿UZ: tarix yaratmoq🇷🇺RU: войти в историю in 1911, after a long and difficult journeyjourney (noun)A long trip from one place to another.≈ Synonym: trip🇺🇿UZ: sayohat, safar🇷🇺RU: путешествие. They travelledtravel (verb)Went from one place to another, especially over a long distance.≈ Synonym: journeyed🇺🇿UZ: sayohat qildi, yo'l bosib o'tdi🇷🇺RU: путешествовали over 1,400 kilometreskilometreA unit for measuring distance, equal to 1,000 metres.≈ Synonym: km🇺🇿UZ: kilometr🇷🇺RU: километр across ice and snow, using skisski (noun)Long, flat pieces of equipment fixed to boots for moving over snow.≈ Synonym: snow skis🇺🇿UZ: chang'i🇷🇺RU: лыжи and dog sledsdog sled (noun)A vehicle without wheels, pulled by dogs, used for travelling over snow.≈ Synonym: sledges pulled by dogs🇺🇿UZ: it chana🇷🇺RU: собачья упряжка. The team had to deal withdeal with (verb)To handle or manage a difficult situation.≈ Synonym: cope with🇺🇿UZ: hal qilmoq, kurashmoq🇷🇺RU: справляться с freezingfreezing (adj)Extremely cold.≈ Synonym: icy cold🇺🇿UZ: muzlatuvchi, juda sovuq🇷🇺RU: ледяной, морозный winds, dangerous crackscrack (noun)Narrow openings or splits in something, such as ice.≈ Synonym: splits🇺🇿UZ: yoriqlar🇷🇺RU: трещины in the ice, and the riskrisk (noun)The possibility that something bad or dangerous might happen.≈ Synonym: danger🇺🇿UZ: xavf, tavakkal🇷🇺RU: риск of running out ofrun out of (verb)To have no more of something left.≈ Synonym: using up all of🇺🇿UZ: tugab qolmoq🇷🇺RU: заканчиваться, израсходовать food.
Amundsen plannedplan (verb)Thought about and arranged the details of something in advance.≈ Synonym: organized🇺🇿UZ: rejalashtirdi🇷🇺RU: планировал the trip carefully. He chose strong, experiencedexperienced (adj)Having done something many times and knowing a lot about it.≈ Synonym: skilled🇺🇿UZ: tajribali🇷🇺RU: опытный men and trainedtrain (verb)Taught or prepared someone to do something through practice.≈ Synonym: prepared, coached🇺🇿UZ: mashq qildirdi, o'qitdi🇷🇺RU: тренировал, обучал them for the harshharsh (adj)Very difficult, severe, or unpleasant.≈ Synonym: severe🇺🇿UZ: og'ir, shafqatsiz🇷🇺RU: суровый conditions. The team set upset up (verb)To build or arrange something so it is ready to use.≈ Synonym: establish🇺🇿UZ: o'rnatmoq, tashkil qilmoq🇷🇺RU: устанавливать, разбивать campscamp (noun)Temporary places to live or stay outdoors, often with tents.≈ Synonym: campsites🇺🇿UZ: lagerlar🇷🇺RU: лагеря along the way to storestore (verb)To keep something in a safe place until it is needed.≈ Synonym: keep, save🇺🇿UZ: saqlamoq🇷🇺RU: хранить food and suppliessupply (noun)Food, equipment, or other things needed for a journey or activity.≈ Synonym: provisions🇺🇿UZ: zaxira, ta'minot🇷🇺RU: припасы. They also used sled dogs, which helped pull their equipmentequipment (noun)The tools or items needed for a particular purpose or activity.≈ Synonym: gear🇺🇿UZ: jihoz, anjomlar🇷🇺RU: оборудование, снаряжение and could survivesurvive (verb)To continue to live despite danger or difficulty.≈ Synonym: stay alive🇺🇿UZ: omon qolmoq, yashab qolmoq🇷🇺RU: выживать the extremeextreme (adj)Very great in degree; far beyond what is usual.≈ Synonym: very intense🇺🇿UZ: haddan tashqari, keskin🇷🇺RU: экстремальный, крайний cold.
On 14 December 1911, after nearly two months of travel, Amundsen and his team reached the South Pole. They plantedplant (verb)Put something firmly into the ground or a fixed place.≈ Synonym: put up, set in place🇺🇿UZ: o'rnatdi (bayroqni)🇷🇺RU: водрузил(и) the Norwegian flag and took photographs to prove their success. Amundsen later wrote about the journey, saying that careful planning and teamworkteamwork (noun)The combined effort of a group working together.≈ Synonym: cooperation🇺🇿UZ: jamoaviy ish🇷🇺RU: командная работа helped them succeed.
Another team, led by British explorer Robert Scott, arrived at the South Pole about a month later. Sadly, Scott and his men died on the way back.
Amundsen’s journey showed the world what people can achieve with courage, skill, and determination. His story continues to inspire explorers today.