The scientists who currently work and study in Antarctica are fortunate. They are able to (A26) … on the regular arrival of supplies byship and…

The scientists who currently work and study in Antarctica are fortunate. They are able to (A26) … on the regular arrival of supplies byship and plane, they are properly (A27) … against the cold in comfortable, centrally-heated huts and they have specially designed vehicles called snowmobiles to move around in. ButAntarctica still (A28) … adventurers. In 1992 two British men, Ranulph Fiennes and Mike Stroud, (A29) … to walk across Antarctica, without any of these modern aids. They had expected to suffer a lot, and after walking for 95 days in temperatures below -40 °C, they were in a terrible state. However, they managed to cross from one side of the continent to another. Luckily, they were able to radio for an aircraft, which came and picked them up from the ice.