Italian Ship Makes Farthest Southern Journey
2023-02-05
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1An Italian ship in waters near Antarctica has sailed further south than any ship has done before.
2The ship was able to make it so far south because of an unusual lack of ice in the Antarctic.
3The ship, called the Laura Bassi, made it into the Bay of Whales in the Ross Sea.
4The location was confirmed by Italy's Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics.
5The Laura Bassi is carrying scientists researching in the Antarctic.
6Franco Sedmak is the ship's captain.
7He expressed both happiness and sadness when he spoke with Italy's ANSA news agency.
8"I am happy with setting a record, but at the same time I am sad to see that things are really changing here in Antarctica and in the world in general," he said.
9Sedmak attempted a similar trip in 2017 but could not make it as far because the ice was too thick.
10He said this time, there was much less ice.
11"I never thought that I would find such a melting of the ice after a few years to be able to go as far south as we managed this year," Sedmak said.
12Satellite images in 2022 showed the area around Antarctica is losing ice very quickly.
13Researchers on the ship are studying water temperatures and the health of fish in the area.
14They took samples as far down as 216 meters to help them get a better understanding of the sea currents.
15Early results show that the water remained extremely cold and that there is still a large number of young fish.
16I'm Dan Friedell.
1An Italian ship in waters near Antarctica has sailed further south than any ship has done before. The ship was able to make it so far south because of an unusual lack of ice in the Antarctic. 2The ship, called the Laura Bassi, made it into the Bay of Whales in the Ross Sea. The location was confirmed by Italy's Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics. 3The Laura Bassi is carrying scientists researching in the Antarctic. Franco Sedmak is the ship's captain. He expressed both happiness and sadness when he spoke with Italy's ANSA news agency. 4"I am happy with setting a record, but at the same time I am sad to see that things are really changing here in Antarctica and in the world in general," he said. 5Sedmak attempted a similar trip in 2017 but could not make it as far because the ice was too thick. He said this time, there was much less ice. 6"I never thought that I would find such a melting of the ice after a few years to be able to go as far south as we managed this year," Sedmak said. 7Satellite images in 2022 showed the area around Antarctica is losing ice very quickly. 8Researchers on the ship are studying water temperatures and the health of fish in the area. They took samples as far down as 216 meters to help them get a better understanding of the sea currents. Early results show that the water remained extremely cold and that there is still a large number of young fish. 9I'm Dan Friedell. 10Dan Friedell adapted this story for VOA Learning English based on a report by Reuters. 11_________________________________________________________________ 12Words in This Story 13location -n. a place in the world or on a map 14manage -v. to be able to accomplish or do something 15current -n. the movement or flow of a body of water 16_________________________________________________________________ 17We want to hear from you. Do you think there will be ships that can make it farther south in the future? 18We have a new comment system. Here is how it works: 19Each time you return to comment on the Learning English site, you can use your account and see your comments and replies to them. Our comment policy is here.