Chapter 412: Migrating Whale Schools

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After a few days of sailing, the fleet left the waters of Japan and passed through the Kuril Islands. It is also the place where the cold current of the Kuril Islands and the warm current of Japan meet, and the water vapor produced conducts the sea area here with smoke and strong winds and waves all year round.

The vigorous movement of ocean currents also brings nutrients, making it one of the world's famous fishing grounds due to abundant aquatic products and developed fisheries.

In addition, it is also located in the Pacific Rim of the Volcanic Belt, where earthquakes are frequent, with an average of one eruption every three days, and it is known as the "Pacific Ring of Fire", and many of the islands here are made up of volcanic reefs.

In addition, the territorial dispute between Japan and Russia over the "four northern islands" is also staged here, and it is a place of right and wrong, even if the aquatic products are abundant, they do not want to stay here.

Further on that is the Aleutian Islands, part of the Alaska Peninsula, which the Americans bought from Tsar Alexander II of Russia in 1867 for $7.2 million.

Countries spanning Europe, Asia, and the United States have directly had their tails cut off.

At that time, the American Civil War had just ended, and it was also a poor jingle, so the American people also scolded the then Secretary of State Seward for being a bloody dog, a fool, who actually spent so much money to buy a super refrigerator!

Looking back now, how wise and far-sighted he was! Almost in vain, he picked up 1.7 million square kilometers of territory, which is about the size of China's new Xinjiang and is equivalent to three Frances and seven Britain.

I just don't know what Russia thinks now? Anyway, Wei Hang was very unhappy when he saw the Yankees picking up such a big bargain, and he didn't know what the Qing Empire was doing at that time?

To the north of the Aleutian Islands is the Bering Sea, with an average depth of more than 1,600 meters, and is a natural deep-water harbor where the United States has built military bases, and the island is prosperous, as well as many aquatic processing plants and ship docks.

There's the Alaskan Warm Current up north. The abundant fishing industry is also world-famous, and it is an important fishing base in the United States.

The Aleutian Islands are also located in the Pacific Rim of the Pacific Volcanic Belt, many of which are submerged in the sea, and there are often shipwrecks here due to heavy winds, rains, fog and difficult navigation conditions.

At this moment, Weihang and they are in the fog of wind and waves. Although the weather here is bad, the scenery is also rare, and the smoke is hazy, like a water fairyland.

Luckily it didn't rain. The wind was not very strong, otherwise they would not have dared to come up on deck, let alone feast on it.

"It's so cold!Brother Hang, do we still want to move on?" Fang Zhen's voice came from the communicator, and listening to his tone, he obviously didn't want to stay here.

"Of course, how can you not take a walk around the Bering Strait when you come here?" Muzi said.

He came out to play, what is it to blow some cold wind? He only gave up halfway after coming here, what a pity? He also had the same idea as Yu Zhenlin, Cui Jinghao, and some other tourists.

"Forget it! We're here to fish. Not for tourism. Chen Jianliang said that he forgot that he usually objected to Weihang's only fishing.

Although there seem to be a lot of shipwrecks here, and you may be able to make a fortune if you go down and catch a handful, the conditions are too bad. The sea is still so deep and cold, who would dare to go down? It is very likely that he has put himself on board, and he has no intention of playing with his life.

"That is, where do you kid not want to go? Do you still want to play in the Arctic Ocean?" Daniel Zhang said. They don't want to stay here anymore if they want to work, the working environment is too bad, and it's not here that there are fish. Can you do it?

Back in the warm seas, you can catch a few nets and get a harvest, how easy it is!

"Hey, come and see, what is that?" Ling Fei, who was taking pictures on the bow deck, shouted to them, and in the smoke, he found that something seemed to be moving on the sea, but the fog was too big to see clearly.

"It really seems that there is something, and when you listen to the sound of the water, it seems that there are quite a few of them. Lai Tianhong said that after going out of the sea so many times, he is also more experienced, and there are things swimming on the sea, although there is the sound of wind and waves, he can still hear it at once.

It can also be seen from this that it is a group of big guys, and the sound they make can't even cover the wind and waves.

Wei Hang Tong Guò Haizhu saw that it was a group of whales, at least a few hundred in number, some in the sea, some in the sea, and many of them were calves, which were following closely behind the mother whale in a daze.

"Master Huo, drive the boat over, but don't get too close. Wei Hang shouted, the wind and waves here were a bit loud, and he had to speak louder.

Master Huo didn't ask much, so many times of experience made him have a kind of blind trust in Wei Hang's words, and there should be no danger.

"It's a school of whales! at least hundreds, right?" exclaimed as soon as the fleet approached, and the people on board saw what was behind the fog.

"Is this a party?" muttered one who knew that there were many whales in the Bering Sea, but that they had never even seen them on TV.

As far as the eye can see, the entire surface of the sea is huddled together with whales coming out of the water, and the scene is spectacular. Moreover, they seem to be mixed with many species of whales, and although they are a little distinct, they do not have a conflict.

They recognized the killer whales they had seen before, but they didn't seem to play their ferocious nature at the moment, but swam with the whales very dutifully, as if they were on their way.

There are a few more, and they are almost the size of their small fishing boats, is this the legendary blue whale? Sure enough, it is worthy of its name! If they inherit the ferocity of killer whales, I don't know how fierce the scene will be when they toss? Their fishing boats will also suffer, right?

The crew who drove the ship subconsciously didn't dare to get too close, no matter how you look at it, they feel that their ship is a little small and can't withstand the toss!

"How can there be so many whales?" exclaimed Wei Hai, even though he had seen whales many times, his head was still a little chilled at the moment, let alone some new crew members and tourists who had never seen whales.

Although I heard that there are two whales in Tangjiawan, they are always the head of the dragon but not the tail, and many people only hear their names but do not see their bodies.

"This is a school of whales that migrate south for wintering. Gu Haichao said, he had never seen such a huge group of whales, and his face was full of excitement at the moment.

Looking at the jets of water scattered in the air and diffusing into mist, he seemed to see the majesty and power of life.

"Where are they going? There seem to be a lot of them with calves, dragging their families with them!" Wei Hai asked.

"I should go to the warm seas, maybe to the southern hemisphere. Gu Haichao said.

He explained that whales are able to survive in a variety of seas, and that they can be found in all seven oceans, and that their main food, small plankton such as krill, usually grows in the polar or subpolar regions where ice meets water.

As summer approaches, the ice covering the polar or subpolar regions continues to melt northward, and krill continue to swim northward. As a result, whales are also increasingly appearing in polar or subpolar waters.

So, every summer, whales migrate north from the Antarctic region to give birth to their offspring in warm, foody places off the coast of Alaska, and in the winter, swim south with their calves.

The Bering Sea is a nutrient-rich route for whale migration, and there are many sea beasts such as sea lions, walruses, seals, and fur seals living in the Bering Sea, which also become the prey of some toothed whales. That's why the Bering Sea is so often seen with so many whales.

Seeing a fleet approaching, some of the whales were obviously a little frightened, and they moved away from the fishing boats and swam harder.

"Let's not go to the Bering Strait, let's go up and have a look?" Muzi immediately said jokingly.

The others also looked at Wei Hang with anticipation, such a rare opportunity, not to be missed! Although they often sail on the sea, such a spectacular scene is rarely encountered.

"Then follow along!" Wei Hang didn't dampen their interest either.

It's December now, and it's winter in the south of them, not to mention these high-latitude areas, the Bering Strait must be frozen, and he won't go, not only troublesome, but also risky.

Those of them who had never worked in an icy area had no experience, and they couldn't catch many fish.

However, he didn't plan to follow these whales all the time, and wherever they walked, the fish hair was eaten, and what else could he catch?

Now it's just a return flight, and it's only a few days at most to catch up and take a look, and then we're going to separate. He revealed this to everyone, and those who did not want to miss it were immediately not afraid of the cold, blowing cold wind and exhaling white air, standing on the deck and shivering until they were shivering, and did not want to go to the cabin.

"Boss, it seems that there is also a boat over there, and the flag planted is Japanese. At this time, a crew member who was in charge of observing the sea surface situation said.

"It can't be a whaling ship, right?" was everyone's most direct thought.

Wei Hang also saw that not far from them, there was also a Japanese fishing boat following the whales. At the moment of their sudden encounter, the fishing boat subconsciously moved away from them and headed for the other side, and the smoke quickly obscured their figures.

"It's not a whaling ship, but it's not ruled out that they put a signal tracker to notify other people to come and kill, otherwise why would they run away when they saw us? Chen Jianliang said that everyone hated the whaling behavior of the Japanese devils.

"Damn! These inhuman radish heads, killing so many whales every year, will be punished sooner or later!" Wei Hai was the first to scold.

"There are still a lot of calves here!I don't know if they will be served by them?" someone said, Gu Haichao's heart tightened.

Wei Hang ignored their anger and used Haizhu to observe, and sure enough, he found that there was a signal tracker hitting the whale's body, and there was more than one, and he immediately unceremoniously accepted it into Haizhu. (To be continued......)