1. The "Secret of Incomparable Beauty" refers to the South Pole, because it has entrusted the dreams of many people, and how many people have made arduous efforts and even precious lives for it.
2. "The Great Tragedy" is a biographical essay written by the Austrian writer Zweig. Selected from "When Humanity's Stars Shine" (Life·Reading·New Knowledge Sanlian Bookstore 1986 edition), translated by Shu Changshan. The title was added by the editor.
3. "The Great Tragedy" is to commemorate the two earliest scientific explorers in human history to reach the South Pole - Norwegian Amundsen and British Scott. Amundsen's team and Scott's team were both preparing to conquer the South Pole. After a fierce competition, Amundsen's team reached the South Pole first on December 14, 1911; Scott's team was later than Amundsen's team. for nearly five weeks. In the end, Amundsen returned victorious, and the flag of success was always flying at the South Pole. However, Scott and other five heroes who attacked the Antarctic were hungry, cold, and exhausted on the way back because of the early arrival of the cold weather in Antarctica. After fighting for more than two months, he finally slept in the vast ice and snow. The text praises a human spirit of courage to explore, a noble spirit of dedication to the cause and a strong spirit of collectivism.
4. The author Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) is a famous Austrian writer, novelist, and biographer. He is good at writing novels and biographies, as well as poetry, drama, prose features and translation works.