Lesson43    Over the South Pole

In 1929, threeyears after hisflightover the North Pole, the Americanexplorer,R.. Byrd, successfullyflewover the South Pole for the first time.Though, at first, Byrd and his men were able to take a great manyphotographsof themountains thatlay below, they soon ran into serioustrouble. At one point, it seemed certainthat their plane would crash. It could only get over the mountains if it rose to 10,000 feet. Byrd at once ordered his men to throw out two heavy food sacks.The plane was then able to rise and itcleared the mountainsby 400 feet. Byrd now knew that he would be able to reach theSouth Pole which was 300 miles away, for there were no more mountains in sight. The aircraft was able to fly over theendless white plains without difficulty.

ɪn 1929, θriː jɪəz ˈɑːftə hɪz flaɪt ˈəʊvə ðə nɔːθ pəʊl, ði əˈmɛrɪkən ɪksˈplɔːrə, ɑː.. bɜːd, səkˈsɛsfʊli fluː ˈəʊvə ðə saʊθ pəʊl fɔː ðəfɜːst taɪm. ðəʊ, æt fɜːst, bɜːd ænd hɪz mɛn wɜːr ˈeɪbl tuː teɪk ə greɪt ˈmɛni ˈfəʊtəgrɑːfs ɒv ðə ˈmaʊntɪnz ðæt leɪ bɪˈləʊ, ðeɪ suːnræn ˈɪntuː ˈsɪərɪəs ˈtrʌbl. æt wʌn pɔɪnt, ɪt siːmd ˈsɜːtn ðæt ðeə pleɪn wʊd kræʃ. ɪt kʊd ˈəʊnli gɛt ˈəʊvə ðə ˈmaʊntɪnz ɪf ɪt rəʊztuː 10,000 fiːt. bɜːd æt wʌns ˈɔːdəd hɪz mɛn tuː θrəʊ aʊt tuː ˈhɛvi fuːd sæks. ðə pleɪn wɒz ðɛn ˈeɪbl tuː raɪz ænd ɪt klɪəd ðəˈmaʊntɪnz baɪ 400 fiːt. bɜːd naʊ njuː ðæt hiː wʊd biː ˈeɪbl tuː riːʧ ðə saʊθ pəʊl wɪʧ wɒz 300 maɪlz əˈweɪ, fɔː ðeə wɜː nəʊ mɔːˈmaʊntɪnz ɪn saɪt. ði ˈeəkrɑːft wɒz ˈeɪbl tuː flaɪ ˈəʊvə ði ˈɛndlɪs waɪt pleɪnz wɪˈðaʊt ˈdɪfɪkəlti. 

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