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Your goal, gentlemen, Antarctica.
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Five million square miles of terra incognita,
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But your job, to make it
just a little less incognita,
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Amundsen discovered
the South Pole in 1911.
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Wilkins explored the coast in 1928.
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And Admiral Byrd flew
over the South Pole in 1929
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and once again in 1947.
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Now, gentlemen, it's your turn.
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As officers of this great enterprise,
you will facilitate our navy's
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geographical and meteorological
mapping operations.
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You will also investigate
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the phenomenon encountered
by the Byrd expedition of 1947,
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a polar oasis consisting
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of a body of warm water completely
surrounded by this vast desert of ice.
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Now, at the time, this discovery
astounded the entire scientific world,
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caused a great deal of speculation.
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Now, there are other phenomena
that you will investigate.
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Ellsworth discovered
fossil remains of ferns and petrified logs.
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Amundsen discovered veins of coal
100 miles long.
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There have been reports of iron,
copper and nickel.
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Now, there may be deposits of uranium
under these vast polar ice fields.
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Now, in addition, you may find that...
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Gentlemen, this way is south.
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Thank you.
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