When Little America was first set up on the Ross Ice Field, its tiny buildings made black spots against the surrounding whiteness.
小亞美利加第一次在羅斯冰原成立的時候,它的微小的建筑和周圍的白色對照,好似黑色斑點。
Long before the winter was over, however, snow had banked and drifted over all except the tallest points.
然而,遠在冬季結束之前,雪堆積起來,漫天飄落,只有最高處沒有積雪。
A bit of the roof of the Mess Hall could be seen at times.
有時可以看到食堂的屋頂。
Some of the tall radio towers managed to stay clear.
一些高高的廣播塔也成功沒被積雪覆蓋。
But the rest of the buildings could be located only by the unevenness of the snow’s surface where an airplane hangar, the dogs’ quarters, the Mess Hall, the gymnasium, or some other building lay buried.
但是其他的建筑只能通過積雪表面的不均勻性來定位,那里有被積雪蓋著的飛機棚、狗窩、食堂、體育館,或者其他的建筑。