Jiulong fell in love with He Bingrong's big stalactite, this stalactite is snow-white, the eyes are round, lying down, very much like a white lion, a price, good guy, no one million is not sold.

Jiulong could only shake his head, originally wanted to play a famous game on the mine crystal, but looking at this posture, he couldn't play at all!

He and He Gang glanced at each other, and the two of them chose to leave.

Soon after returning home, Jiulong and He Gang received a notice to go to Heilongjiang for winter training, Jiulong was so excited that he didn't sleep well for a few nights, Xiao Qiao was very worried about Jiulong, but who could stop what Jiulong decided.

In Heilongjiang, Jiulong and He Gang experienced real "devil training".

The winter training includes physical fitness, skiing, ice escape, ice and snow climbing, snow hole digging, outdoor camping and outdoor GPS positioning.

After psychological training and survival tests, Jiulong and He Gang finally became one of the entourages of China's 30th Antarctic scientific expedition.

On November 11, 2011, the two of them, Dean Miao and other teammates set off for Antarctica from Shenzhen aboard the polar scientific research ship "Snow Dragon".

The "Snow Dragon" went all the way south, passing through the waters of the Philippines and other countries, and stopped in Australia for three days to rest.

When he first went to sea, Kowloon was able to adapt, but soon he felt unbearable and began to get seasick. The taste of seasickness was very uncomfortable, and I couldn't eat for several days, especially when the Snow Dragon passed through 60 degrees south latitude and encountered the westerly wind belt, which was maintained by hanging needles.

It took a week of bumpy weather before he got used to it after passing through the westerly wind.

When passing through the waters of Southeast Asia, in order to prevent pirate attacks, the expedition team also conducted anti-piracy drills, and the team members took turns to patrol the deck, and carried out fire prevention, jumping into the sea to save themselves, and other training.

On December 15, the 30th Antarctic expedition team and the 29th Antarctic expedition team carried out the work handover in the docking and unloading more than ten kilometers away from Zhongshan Station.

The Antarctic climate is harsh, with almost perennial gales, the maximum wind force is 15, the minimum temperature is minus 46 degrees Celsius, and the polar day and night for up to four months are a test for the human body.

Dean Miao took them to the Miller area of the Hengduan Mountains to look for meteorites, which are more than 2,000 kilometers away from the Grove Mountain area where Dean Miao went last time, and are located on the east and west sides of Antarctica.

Antarctica does not belong to any country, but each country has its own main area of investigation, the Miller area of the Hengduan Mountains is mainly investigated by the United States, and the Grove Mountain area is the main research site of China, and China is applying for the Grove Mountain area for the Antarctic Special Protection Area.

Kowloon hadn't picked up the meteorite before he saw the white smoke of Mount Erebus, and he was very excited.

It is currently the southernmost active volcano in the known area of the planet, and Kowloon has always wanted to see it with its own eyes.

Although he had seen many photos of the volcano before he came, he was still deeply shocked when it appeared in front of him.

Facing the beautiful Erebus volcano and the empty blue sky and snow, Kowloon excitedly shouted: "Antarctica, I'm coming!"

Jiulong and He Gang split up to look for meteorites in the moraine, which is the stone pile washed down by the glacier, and it is especially difficult to find meteorites in many stone piles.

Because the molten shells of other meteorites are black, while lunar meteorites appear gray in appearance, lunar meteorites are more difficult to spot than other meteorites.

Jiulong pointed to the ground back and forth with a bamboo pole, his eyes followed the bamboo pole to look carefully, he looked very carefully, he saw that there was a stone with a very special section, so he looked at it twice, and then lay down and looked carefully and found that it was a lunar meteorite.

Jiulong immediately jumped up for joy, and he waved to He Gang and shouted, "Lunar, lu-nar!" (Lunar Meteorite)"

When He Gang heard this, he hurriedly came over, raised his thumb excitedly, and said, "Youmakeit, youmakeit!" (You made it)"

The two lunar meteorites found in Kowloon each weighed about 150 grams and were about 8 centimeters in diameter.

This lunar meteorite is particularly precious, on the one hand, because it is small in number and difficult to find, and on the other hand, because all countries in the world are exploring the moon and need a large number of meteorite samples to have an in-depth understanding of the moon.

In the days that followed, Kowloon and He Gang's main job was to pick up meteorites, and Dean Miao and they also conducted a scientific expedition to Antarctica, and by the way, they also picked up meteorites.

During Kowloon's trip to the South Pole, nearly 30 meteorites were found, of which 3 were lunar meteorites and 5 Martian meteorites.

He Gang did not come in vain, he also found nearly twenty meteorites.

This trip to Antarctica made Kowloon unforgettable, riding a snowmobile to climb the steep slope of blue ice, living in a field tent, eating Western food in Antarctica, and so on.

The land surface of Antarctica is mostly covered with white snow and blue ice and moraines, except for local outcrops, and the surface of blue ice is very smooth and unwalkable.

Kowloon rides a snowmobile up the steep slope of blue ice and then slides down from a high place, which is very exciting.

It's hard to live in a tent in the wilderness, and the temperature in Antarctica is very low, and even though it's summer, the maximum is not more than -10 degrees Celsius. Sleeping in a sleeping bag at night, Kowloon is always full of curiosity, exposing his head, and his sleeping bag and face are full of water droplets.

Kowloon's trip to Antarctica, in order to avoid being boring, also brought "Notes on Tomb Robbery" to read after work, when I saw the tomb robbery link, the wind outside the tent was blowing, which was particularly creepy.

Kowloon also experienced some interesting things this time, whenever there was a plane flying from New Zealand, it would bring fresh cheese to Kowloon.

The water they use is made from melting ice from Antarctica.

Kowloon bought two 1.5-litre bottles of whisky at McMurdo Station, grabbed some crushed blue ice from the outdoors and put it in the wine in the evening, and drank it with New Zealand cheese.

This time I went to Antarctica to pick up meteorites, not only domestic people, but also many foreign people, especially Americans.

Westerners are used to celebrating Christmas, so Kowloon proposes to have a Christmas dinner in the snow and ice.

Since Antarctica is a polar day and no night, the sky is always bright, so they set up a table out of boxes and have a special Christmas dinner in the ice and snow.

There were seven foreigners, one Spanish and one Portuguese, and the other five were Americans.

This is the first time that Kowloon has cooperated with foreigners to collect stones, and they get along quite happily, although there are certain differences in language and culture, everyone cares about each other, and Kowloon often learns from them.

In addition, foreigners continue to learn about Chinese culture, especially Chinese cuisine, from Kowloon.

Since everyone worked together to find the meteorite, the whole field time was harmonious.

Kowloon also found an interesting phenomenon, the United States Antarctic expedition has many differences with our country?

The equipment and methods of investigation in the two countries are different, and it can be said that each country has its own characteristics.

In recent years, China has developed quite rapidly in Antarctic expeditions, and there are quite a few places that surpass them.

For example, the accommodation conditions are that the American team members live in field tents, while the Chinese team members live in large snowmobiles, which is more comfortable and the Chinese have better food.

The United States is one of the earliest countries to collect meteorite expeditions in Antarctica, with a history of 35 meteorite expeditions, and their equipment and logistics are excellent.

Their McMurdo Station is the largest research station in Antarctica, with an airport, hospital, water plant, power plant, garbage treatment plant, sewage treatment plant, church and three bars.

The team members have airplanes for logistical support during the inspection, and the planes are on call when necessary, and the 7 team members are equipped with 8 snowmobiles, so that the mobility ability is very strong.

Their logistical philosophy is "don't ask scientists so much why, we'll serve them." ”

In the process of communicating with them and collecting stones, Kowloon has learned a lot of valuable experience, and there is much to learn from their concepts, methods and working procedures.

They are very organized and rigorous in their expeditions, and usually have a well-thought-out and detailed plan before taking action.

Their work procedures are also very strict, and after the procedures are set in advance, they will definitely follow this procedure, even if sometimes some links are not very scientific, but they will give priority to the procedures.

For example, according to the program, when finding a meteorite, you must use a GPS tracker to record the location of the meteorite before collecting meteorite samples, if they do not have a GPS tracker and find a meteorite, then they will make a mark at the meteorite and pick it up next year, in fact, the meteorite may not be found next year.

Finally, after nearly two months of travel, the Antarctic journey came to a successful end, and Kowloon and his entourage embarked on a journey back home.

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