Chapter 30: Snow Blindness
The red Antarctic research vehicle finally set off under the gaze of a bored scientific expedition personnel. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The whole car and the track are two meters high, six meters long, and three meters wide, which is basically a big box-shaped shape.
Fang Hong reported a set of initial data: "At present, our altitude is 4,000 and 30 meters, the atmospheric pressure is 0.5, the wind speed is not counted per second, basically can not cause the rotation of the wind measuring instrument, the air temperature is minus 38 degrees, the indoor temperature is 24 degrees, because the content of water molecules in the air is the lowest in the world, so it is not cold at all." ā
Fang Hong took off a lot of clothes indoors, but he was still wearing a cold-proof suit like a jacket.
"Brother Gun, are you really going to drive to the South Pole?
"To take an adventure is to endure loneliness, not to mention, in the past, adventurers were walking alone on the road to the extreme, but I have always had you by my side. ā
Half an hour later, only ten kilometers away, Fang Hong stopped to get dressed, and got out of the car: "Check the equipment, wait for a long walk, there is no turning back." ā
After walking a little longer, turning back and climbing up, it will be very difficult.
Fang Hong inspected the power system and oil pipes, as well as some scientific equipment suspended.
"Brother Gun, what is this transparent tube for? ā
"This, this is for collecting air. ā
"Collect the air, why is there so much water in it?"
Fang Hong rolled his eyes: "As mentioned in junior high school chemistry, the drainage and gas collection method, the water is emptied, and what enters is naturally a tube of air, not a complicated equipment." ā
Look quietly: "What is the drainage gas collection method?"
Fang Hong scratched his head: "Are you at home or?"
Quietly watched: "Home." ā
"Very well, you bring a glass of water. ā
"It's on hand. ā
"Okay. Fang Hong checked the other equipment and said, "Go to the toilet and pour it out." ā
After a while, I quietly watched this buddy come back again: "Brother Gun is down." ā
Fang Hong applauded: "Congratulations to the comrades who watched quietly, using the drainage and gas collection method to collect a cup of air in the toilet." ā
Hahaha and 666 swiped the screen and flew by.
Fang Hong got up and got into the car: "When you pour out the water, you seal the mouth of the cup, and you really collect a cup of air in the toilet." ā
"Dry. Look at it quietly: "I'll still watch it quietly, I won't talk if I have nothing to do in the future, the bamboo is gone, the bamboo is gone, the Buddha jumps over the wall and there is no more, feed the dog." ā
Fang Hongbi pointed in the middle finger: "Retaliatory behavior." ā
The car went all the way forward, and after more than half an hour, Fang Hong put the live broadcaster outside the car.
On the snow-white earth, a red car moved slowly and lonely.
Just like Fang Hong, his heart is hot, he is in a cold environment, and he walks alone, only the water friends have been accompanied.
Half an hour later, the sharp-eyed sailor made a discovery: "Ruts, ruts!"
Fang Hong raised his head and glanced to the side, then turned back again: "Well, I see, six years ago, my country's scientific expedition team risked death to climb to the top of Ice Dome A, and this is the rut they left at that time. The car passed by, squeezed the soft snowmelt on the surface into a rutted shape, and the perennial weak wind and no precipitation, six years have passed, and it is very well preserved. ā
"My God, the traces of six years ago, didn't you say that the Antarctic was windy?"
Fang Hong looked at the map and pointed to the map: "This is our current location, this is our direction, go from here, after crossing this line, the wind will become stronger, and when you reach the South Pole, you will enter the wind area, because the South Pole is actually in a narrow area of the Antarctic continent, and it is backed by the Transantarctic Mountains, and the whole terrain causes it to be a wind valley, and at night in winter, the wind speed is more than two hundred kilometers per hour at any time, standing in an exposed place, it can kill people at any time." ā
As we moved forward, the time was close to noon, the sun came to the sky, and it was not clear which direction it was heading towards, and now the car was heading towards the South Pole, and the one on the right could barely be counted as northeast, but in fact this direction was towards the Western Hemisphere.
"It's quiet, it's beautiful, the sky is blue, there's not a single cloud, it's like there's no atmosphere here. ā
However, in Fang Hong's eyes, it was a different matter.
The whole earth was nothing but white, and the sky was indeed blue, but as the sun rose, the sunlight turned white.
The whole earth was like a blank sheet of paper, and the sky was like milk pouring down.
Fang Hong knew that this was snow blindness.
I looked down at my seat, then looked up again, this time it was a little better, but after a minute, I couldn't see clearly.
The cause of snow blindness may be caused by seeing something white all the time.
It could also be another reason.
Fang Hong stopped the car: "The sun in the sky shines from the oblique direction, and reflects on the clouds in the distance into the cloudless sky above us, and then this light spreads down for the second time, and now in my eyes except for the black interior of the car, everything I can see is all snow white, and even turn my head to look at the sun, it is like an LED bulb." This phenomenon is called snow blindness, and I can't go any further, and if I continue to move forward against this light, there is a good chance that I will die on this path. ā
Sailors don't understand what's going on.
Fang Hong looked at his watch: "I want to reverse the jet lag, it seems that I can't move forward every day when the solar energy causes this light phenomenon." ā
Fang Hong roughly estimated that during the day, or in the morning, the sunlight came from behind, and there was no reflection of the snow, but a lot of shadows could be seen, which did not exist.
By noon, the sun was shining straight on the right, and it was no longer able to move forward.
At night, the sun shines directly in front of it and stays less than thirty degrees above the horizon.
In the early hours of the morning, the sun came from the left, and this was the case again.
It seems that you can only drive from the second half of the night to 10 o'clock in the morning every day.
This is really to go to the South Pole Station of the United States, and from the sunlight, it is forced to be changed to jet lag.
"Brother Gun, what are you going to do now?"
Fang Hong was very helpless: "What should I do, forcibly reverse the jet lag, and then talk about it after sleeping." ā
There is no rise in the east and no setting in the west, the sun rotates in an arc-shaped circle between the low sky in the northwest and the low sky in the northeast, and when it reaches due north, it is at the highest position, and when it reaches due south, the sun is on the horizon.
Fang Hong decisively ran to the back box, opened the folding bed, laid out the sleeping bag, and slept directly.
Ten hours later, Fang Hong woke up and turned on the live broadcast.
"Brother Gun, is the situation better now?"
Fang Hong pointed to the outside of the cockpit: "Now that the sun is on the right hand, I really want to twist the reflector, and the sun is reflecting on the reflector on the seat." ā
"Then you can go in a while. ā
"Let's eat first. Fang Hong took out the food he had in reserve: "Instant noodles, from the tropics, this is a military ration, keep it to save your life." Eat instant noodles first. ā
It was nine o'clock in the Chinese night, and there were water friends: "Poisoned us for so long, and finally one day Brother Gun will dry instant noodles with us." ā
Fang Hong shrugged: "It doesn't matter, look at this, this is a self-heating bag, it will be heated when you pour water, this is a two-layer iron box, put instant noodles on top and add water, heat it below, and eat it when it's hot." ā
Fang Hong lit up his chapped lips in front of the camera: "The air is too dry, I can't help but breathe through my mouth when I sleep unconsciously, causing my lips to be chapped, I need to humidify the air, just the self-heating pack can turn the water into steam, and I also need to supplement vitamin C to avoid sepsis." ā
"Persimmon is too acidic, raisins can be slightly neutralized, brothers with poor digestive system should not eat too many persimmons, in addition, the layer of ash outside it is not completely glucose, it is very likely to contain lime, you must be careful to buy persimmons yourself. ā
After dealing with a meal, Sun Guang is finally no longer a demon: "Actually, when the sun doesn't dazzle my eyes and doesn't make me nauseous and dizzy, the scenery here is really good." ā
"Pure, a patch of white, the shadows give the snow a layer, and the sky is blue and beautiful. ā