When Scott's crew finally reached the South Pole on the 78th day, they were greeted by a horrifying sight: a Norwegian flag that Amundsen had planted in the ice 33 days before.

斯科特的小队最终在78天后到达了南极点，迎接他们的是一幅惊人的景象：挪威的国旗早在33天前就被阿蒙森插在了那里。

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In 2007, a Russian expedition descended in a pair of vessels more than two miles under the ice cap and deposited a Russian flag on the seabed at the North Pole.

2007年，一支俄罗斯探险队在北极用两艘潜水器潜到了两英里之下的冰层，并在海底放置了俄罗斯国旗。

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A Libyan rebel removes Libya's green flag from a pole outside the airport in Tripoli on August 24, 2011.

2011年8月24日，一名反对派人员从的黎波里机场外面的旗杆上摘掉利比亚的绿色国旗。

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I said, "Your old flag pole is leaned a little bit, And that's a ragged old flag you got hanging on it".

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Six years later a Russian submersible was to plant a titanium flag on the seabed 4km below the North Pole.

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