914 Icebreaker

The Dream rushed out of the small cyclone in a state of constant shaking.

The group of experts on board did not relax in the slightest, especially Professor Zhu.

Due to the strong westerly winds, the third cyclone moved much faster than predicted.

He climbed onto the bridge again and consulted with his old friend.

"No, the current wave height is maintained at about three meters, and the limit speed cannot exceed four knots, otherwise it is very likely that the boat will capsize!"

Professor Zhu proposed to increase the speed of the boat to five knots, but his old partner refused.

The two had a heated discussion.

Liu Wei climbed onto the bridge when he heard the sound.

"What's going on now?

Professor Zhu said: "The speed of the atmospheric cyclone behind is accelerating, and if we follow the original plan, we will not be able to break out of the westerly wind belt before it arrives!"

The old pilot emphasized again: "Captain, you can't speed up any more!"

Both of them looked at Liu Wei and waited for Liu Wei's answer.

Liu Wei said: "How far away is the atmospheric rotation distance!"

"The fastest speed, expected to reach tomorrow at noon!"

"How long will it take to break out of the westerly wind?" Liu looked at the old driver.

"Under normal circumstances, two days!"

Liu Wei realized that the situation was very unsatisfactory now.

In contrast, the threat posed by the ensuing cyclone is much greater than the danger of increasing speed.

Liu Wei turned around and asked the old driver, "If the Dream enters the atmospheric whirlpool, are you sure to rush out?"

The old pilot did not hesitate at all, and shook his head directly, "This ship does not have the ability to resist the atmospheric cyclone!"

Professor Zhu added: "The wave height of this atmospheric cyclone may be more than 15 meters!"

Liu Wei had to make a decision.

"Speed up, speed five knots!"

The old driver looked at Liu Wei worriedly.

Professor Zhu stretched out his hand and put it on his shoulder, "Old man, you are not alone in the fight! Relax, we are all on the same front!"

The old pilot nodded, turned around to operate the bridge, picked up the walkie-talkie and announced: "The speed is five knots!"

The experts in the other rooms instantly tensed up, ready to take on the biggest challenge.

Liu Wei went down to the living area and walked through every dormitory.

The crew lay on their stomachs so that they would not roll out of bed while the ship was rocking.

Liu Wei calmed the crew's emotions: "Everyone hold on a little longer, and they will be able to rush out tomorrow!"

The crew said to Liu Wei with a smile: "Captain, we believe in you!"

As Dream picked up, the shaking became even more violent.

Man is no longer able to stand.

The old guys of the expert group fought all night under such circumstances.

Professor Zhu was draped in a quilt, leaning against the wall, holding the computer in his hand and staring intently.

Liu Wei accompanied him all night, and when it was almost dawn, he squinted for a while with his back against the wall.

"Captain, Captain, wake up!"

Liu Wei was woken up by Professor Zhu, and immediately turned his head to look at the computer screen.

"Let's go, let's go!" Professor Zhu shouted excitedly.

"What's gone?" Liu Wei wondered.

"The cyclone is heading north!"

Liu Wei rubbed his face twice, "It means that the hidden danger has been lifted?"

"Almost, only some of them are coming in our direction, but it has no effect on the current speed!"

"I love you to death, Lao Zhu!" Liu Wei hugged Professor Zhu.

"Let go, you're going to strangle me!"

Liu Wei got up and picked up the walkie-talkie and said, "The atmosphere is spinning north, and the danger is lifted!"

Cheers rang out from the cabin.

After breaking out of the westerly wind belt, the Dream began to head west, heading towards Great Wall Station.

The voyage returned to normal and the hull was stable.

The crew ran to the deck wrapped in thick cotton clothes and watched the ice floes floating on the ocean while cleaning.

As far as the eye can see, the waters within the Antarctic Circle seem to be frozen.

The waves of large and small ice floes on the sea surface are caused by the sailing of the ship.

"It's so beautiful!"

"Take a picture of me!"

"We're in Antarctica!"

"Tomorrow we will be able to reach the Great Wall Station!"

The crew was very excited.

Liu Wei climbed onto the bridge, picked up the telescope and looked at the ice floe in the distance, and told the pilot to drive the helicopter to explore the road first.

The group discussed the voyage plan through footage from a helicopter.

"Captain, this is the only way to the Great Wall Station, the sea is mainly fresh ice in summer, and the thickness is about 1 to 15 meters. ”

"The speed is reduced to 15 knots, and you can break the ice and move forward!"

Liu Wei nodded and said: "Speed 15, icebreaking!"

The Dream sails to the ice floe.

All the crew stood on the splint and watched the moment the Dream crashed into the glacier.

The sound of the glacier breaking is unusually harsh.

But it's really cool to watch the Dream crash through the glacier.

The Dream moved forward smoothly.

The next morning, we arrived at the Antarctic continent.

A hazard warning was issued in the observation room.

"Found a giant ice tray moving towards the Dream, the preliminary calculation is more than 100,000 cubic meters!"

Liu Wei suddenly became nervous.

"Can I turn it around?"

The old pilot looked at Liu Wei and shook his head: "Captain, the surrounding glaciers are moving, moving closer to the Dream, coupled with the smoothness of the ice itself, it is impossible to complete the turn!"

"Then bump into it!" Liu Wei gritted his teeth.

"Understood!" the old driver smiled, he liked this simple and crude method.

There are two main ways for icebreakers to break the ice.

According to the hull structure and power analysis of the Dream, the ice is below 15 meters, and it can rely on the propeller to push the ice to break the ice and move forward smoothly.

Just like it is now.

When encountering thicker ice trays, the common method is to accelerate up and rely on the weight of the hull itself to crush the ice tray, but this method is very inefficient and dangerous.

But in the event of an emergency, there is no other way.

Look at the moving giant ice tray about to block the Dream course.

The driver first went backwards for some distance, then accelerated and crashed into it.

Knock knock knock~

The sound is huge.

The front half of the hull was instantly raised by two meters.

The entire hull was tilted back.

The driver was also ramping up the horsepower, pushing the hull towards the ice tray.

The sound of icebreakers crushing ice is constant.

And so on and so forth.

"Do you need explosives?" Liu Wei observed.

"No, these are all piled up of broken ice, there is no polar ice, and it will break after a few more hits, but it's a little slow!"

"Take your time, I've survived for so long, don't rush for a while!"

"Don't worry, Captain, I love the feeling of broken ice!" the pilot smiled.

It took the Dream half a day to get out of the giant ice tray.

Great Wall Bay is just a stone's throw away.

"I saw penguins!" Liu Wei said, holding the binoculars.

"Where?"

"Captain, show me!"

"I'm going to see it too!"

"It's finally here! I want to cry!"

"Mom!"

Several female college students scrambled for the binoculars in Liu Wei's hand.

"Wow! it's really a penguin!"

"That's a lot!"

"Captain, I see the blue glacier, it's so beautiful!"

Liu Wei picked up the satellite phone: "Call the Great Wall Station, call the Great Wall Station! This is the Antarctic research ship China Dream! It is about to dock!"

"This is the Great Wall Station, I am Ding Haitao, the stationmaster of the Great Wall Station, and I welcome the Dream on behalf of all the members of the Great Wall Station!"