Episode 293 Antarctic Treasures

"Okay, let's go together, you go back and get some exercise, and wait for my good news. ”

"Okay, we'll wait for your words. ”

He Gang was satisfied.

In Antarctica, Kowloon still knows something.

Antarctica, the last continent that humans reached, is also called the "seventh continent." ”

It is located in the southernmost part of the earth, almost all of the land is within the Antarctic Circle, surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, and is the highest geographical latitude in the world. The total area is about 14 million square kilometers, accounting for about 9.4% of the world's total land area, and is composed of continents, continental edge ice and islands around Antarctica, of which the continental area is 12.393 million square kilometers, the continental edge ice area is 1.582 million square kilometers, and the island area is 76,000 square kilometers.

Antarctica is divided into two parts: East Antarctica and West Antarctica.

East Antarctica extends from 30°W to 170°E and includes Coates Land, Queen Maude Land, Enderby Land, Wilkes Land, George V Coast, Victoria Land, the Antarctic Plateau and the Pole, covering an area of 10.18 million square kilometers.

West Antarctica is located between 50°~160°W longitude, including the Antarctic Peninsula, Alexandria Island, Ellsworth Land and Bird Land (Mary Bird Land), with an area of 2.29 million square kilometers. Antarctica has only a few scientific expeditions and whaling teams from other continents, and no settled inhabitants.

Antarctica's climate is characterized by extreme cold, strong winds, and dryness.

The average annual temperature of the whole continent is -25 °C, the average temperature of the inland plateau is about -56 °C, the extreme minimum temperature has reached -89.8 °C, the coldest land in the world, the average wind speed of the whole continent is 17.8 m/s, the coastal ground wind speed is often 45 m/s, and the maximum wind speed can reach 75 m/ More than seconds, it is the windiest and most windy area in the world, the precipitation in most areas is less than 250 mm, only the continental edge can reach about 500 mm, the average annual precipitation of the whole continent is 55 mm, the annual precipitation in the interior of the continent is only about 30 mm, there is almost no precipitation near the pole, the air is very dry, and it is called the "white desert".

Dean Miao was able to go to the scientific expedition in such a harsh environment, it really took a lot of courage and the spirit of scientific exploration, Jiulong sincerely admired: "Dean Miao, I envy you, it is really not easy to go to such a cold place to investigate." ”

"Fortunately, if you do a good job of training in advance, you can adapt. ”

Dean Miao replied simply.

"Kowloon, you know what? There's a lot of treasure over there, and they're looking for treasure. ”

He Gang interjected.

"Yes, Dean Miao, can you tell us a little bit? ”

As soon as he heard that there was a treasure, Jiulong's nerves became excited.

Dean Miao responded: "There are more than 220 kinds of minerals in Antarctica.

"There are mainly coal, oil, natural gas, platinum, uranium, iron, manganese, copper, nickel, cobalt, chromium, lead, tin, zinc, gold, aluminum, antimony, graphite, silver, diamond, etc.

"It is mainly found in East Antarctica, the Antarctic Peninsula and coastal island areas.

"For example, there are large coal fields in Victoria, gold, silver and graphite mines in the south, oil and gas are abundant in the entire western continental shelf, a huge iron ore belt has been discovered in Prince Charles Mountain, tin, lead, antimony, molybdenum, zinc and copper are deposited on the coast of George V, manganese and copper mines are found in the central part of the Antarctic Peninsula, nickel, cobalt and chromium mines are found on the coastal island of Asplan, and sulfur is stored on Sandwich Island and Mount Erebus.

"Based on the fact that there are large coalfields in Antarctica, it can be inferred that it was once located in warm latitudes, so that dense forests formed coalfields through geological processes, and then drifted long distances to get to where it is today. ”

"There is another key point that Dean Miao did not introduce, there are also a lot of meteorites there. ”

He Gang added with a smile.

"Then it will depend on the luck of both of you, remember to leave in November, and everything you should prepare must be ready. ”

Dean Miao reminded.

"Yes, Dean Miao, don't worry, I am more experienced, and I will ask Jiulong to prepare. ”

He Gang responded with a smile.

Jiulong and the two of them were in a good mood, and after breaking up with Dean Miao, they walked around casually, walked out of the Potala Palace, and felt that what they needed to do was done, so they should go back to Longyan and prepare to go.

The sky in the Potala Palace Square is particularly blue and very close, and the first time Kowloon came here, there was no altitude sickness, which made him full of confidence in the trip to Antarctica, and also looked forward to the unexpected harvest of the trip to Antarctica.

While he was thinking wildly, a loud voice knocked him back to reality: "Xiao Huang, you also came on a pilgrimage?"

With a Chinese face and sparse eyebrows, isn't this an old playboy?

"I'm here to play with mine crystals in Tibet, old boy, are you here for a pilgrimage?"

The old playboy "shh ”

He peeked out of his neck with the nine-eyed stone shale dzi hanging from his neck, and said angrily.

Jiulong hurriedly congratulated him and didn't say anything more.

The old playboy originally thought that Jiulong would be very envious, but when he saw Jiulong's indifferent expression, he couldn't help but wonder.

He took a closer look at Jiulong's neck, and found that there was also a dzi hanging on it, in addition to the same material, the pulp was even older, and it was shining with a ghostly light, which was obviously more valuable: "How did you get this old bead?"

The old playboy asked tentatively.

"This was given to me by the senior monks of the Jokhang Temple. ”

Kowloon replied lightly.

"What kind of luck are you, come, let me get some blessings from a monk. ”

The old boy wanted to get this dzi over.

"No, everyone's aura is different in this dzi, and you can't take it indiscriminately. ”

Kowloon smiled and refused.

"What's the big deal, look at how hard you're doing, how are you going?"

The old boy asked.

Kowloon remembered that he hadn't introduced He Gang to the old boy, so he hurriedly introduced each other and told the old boy that he wanted to go home.

"I just want to go back, why don't you go to Guizhou to play with Mineral Crystal, we are the Mineral Crystal Kingdom over there. ”

"Really, then I'll go with you first, and then I'll go home, anyway. ”

Kowloon turned back to seek Ho Gang's advice.

"I also like to run around the country, so let's stop by. ”

He Gang has no opinion.

Kowloon checked the flight, there is no direct flight from Lhasa to Guiyang, it needs to be transferred from Chengdu, the flight time from Lhasa to Chengdu is about 1 hour and 50 minutes, and the flight time from Chengdu to Guiyang is about 1 hour, which is the shortest flight time.

They didn't hesitate and immediately bought tickets to fly to Chengdu.

On the plane, Jiulong did not let go of the old boy, he not only wanted to understand the mineral crystal, but also wanted to understand the situation of Guizhou strange stones.

The old boy also did not hesitate to tell Kowloon what he knew.

Let's talk about the colorful Guizhou strange stones first.

Tongren's purple robe jade belt stone, Wujiang stone, Xingyi's Panjiang stone, Qinglong's jade, weaving gold's fine ink jade, Luodian's Luodian stone, Anshun's Machang stone, Xingyi Guizhou dragon fossil, Guanling sea lily fossil, etc., are all nature's hundreds of millions of years, with sun and rain, high-pressure weathering, in order to create a colorful and multi-type, colorful, beautiful shape of Guizhou strange stone.