Chapter 17: The Emperor Penguin
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Flying in the Antarctic is completely different from other continents.
If you don't actively turn on the radar on the plane, the whole plane will be invisible.
The reason for this is that there are only three passenger planes on this land.
It's as if three sparrows fly and fly within a prefecture-level city, and they can't meet each other until they die.
On other continents, even in Africa, any aircraft is always on the ground.
However, in Antarctica, it is not that there are no means of monitoring aircraft.
Basically, the larger research stations have their own radar equipment.
After the plane took off, Fang Hong turned off the live broadcast, but turned on the video footage of yesterday and the day before yesterday in the live broadcast.
Time-lapse.
There were very few clouds in the sky, and throughout the day, a white cloud drifted to the other side, and the ice fields on the ground kept changing colors in the sunlight.
The whole picture is extremely quiet, as if the wind does not exist at all.
In fact, the wind here is stronger than anywhere else on earth, but it is summer, and when it comes out of the polar day, the wind is terrifying.
The speed of storms, sea storms, and sand storms in other parts of the planet is a joke compared to the winds in Antarctica.
The formation of wind depends of course on the temperature difference, either due to the undulating terrain or the temperature difference between day and night.
When the entire South Pole is covered in sunlight, the traces of the wind also become uncatchable.
After two hours, the plane began to descend.
After landing, Fang Hong started the live broadcast: "Now we have reached the north side across the Antarctic mountain range...... Of course, this is nonsense, and in a region like Antarctica, talking about direction is a very boring thing. ā
"Brother Gun, what about the penguins?
"Don't worry, emperor penguins live on the northern side of the Transantarctic mountain range, at the junction of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shed, in Cape Coz, which has been ravaged by the cold winds. At the moment we are still more than 50 kilometers away. ā
"Damn, Brother Gun, are you going to walk over?"
In fact, several scientists are moving things, even Professor Wang.
Fang Hong rolled his eyes: "How is it possible, you look at the back." ā
The camera of the live broadcast turned, and on this side, a large helicopter was parked.
"Another research ship in the Indian Ocean, Ocean-4, arrived in this area yesterday, and helicopters flew here today. This kind of expedition requires several scientific research institutions to complete, and it is not as simple as we think, after all, this is Antarctica, and it is the southernmost sea area on the earth, eight degrees higher than the latitude of the Antarctic Peninsula. ā
The reason why this scientific expedition mission is the first time in China is because of this reason.
First, the Snow Dragon had its own mission before, and the task had priorities, so there was no way to carry out this scientific research mission, and second, before there was no plane transfer, Professor Wang would basically not run around, because his time was comparable to gold. is a good time.
This time, a large helicopter came over and brought two other scientific expedition personnel.
In other words, there are a total of six scientific research personnel in this line, plus Fang Hong and the crew, a total of nine people form a scientific research team.
It's awesome to say, and a scientific expedition team formed with professionals to fly all over the sky in Antarctica.
"The first destination of our trip was Penguin Bay, but it won't be long, mainly because Qiu Qing has to set up some cameras to shoot penguins and take away the equipment that was placed before. ā
As long as it is an investigation of this area, Qiu Qing will arrive, and if he does not bring Qiu Qing, Professor Wang and his colleagues will not have a peaceful birthday.
The point is that Professor Wang and the others don't want to go to Penguin Bay at all.
On the helicopter, Fang Hong and his sailors bragged: "If you are interested in Antarctica, you can apply for a cruise group, I checked it two days ago, ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands, and it is estimated that there are people camping in Penguin Bay now." ā
As long as you can make money, what habitat to protect is nonsense, and there is no such thing as making money.
From the helicopter, you can clearly see the coastline.
On one side is the snow-white ground, and on the other side is the deep blue sea.
The penguin colony, not far ahead, looks like the ground is the color of dirt.
Professor Wang: "You go early and come back early. ā
Qiu Qing looked at his watch: "An hour." ā
After some tossing, it is already afternoon, and the scientific research project will be postponed by one day, and after the camera is deployed, it will be returned to the ship by helicopter to rest.
Of course, you can also camp, but for tomorrow's scientific expedition, you must recuperate.
The two of them carried bags forward, both of which belonged to Qiu Qing, and they had to be accompanied by someone, but Professor Wang was very happy to have Fang Hong, a substitute for the dead ghost.
The two walked on the ice field, and as they walked up, they had to cross a Xiaoice ridge to reach the penguin colony.
The two were chatting when a black shadow crawled out of the water and jumped towards Qiu Qing with a snap.
Fang Hong withdrew Qiu Qing: "Be careful." ā
Qiu Qing shrugged: "It can't bite me......"
Fang Hong looked back and found that it was actually a seal.
The sailors were jubilant: "666, this seal is awesome, this big jump, and it is one-fifth closer to Qiu Qing." ā
"Looks stupid and cute. ā
"Seals are the natural predators of penguins, and the water in this bay is quite deep, and with the movement of ocean currents, the temperature here is higher than that of the south and other coasts further north, so there is a lot of biological activity. ā
Fang Hong smiled: "But it's a little worse to attack people, don't bite it, it's fine." ā
The two turned over the Xiaoice Ridge, and sure enough, there were quite a few people here.
Some of them are also scientists or film crews, but there are also some tourists.
However, Fang Hong was not excited at all when he saw the penguins.
"QQ, log in. ā
"Haha, you see this penguin swaying like it doesn't look like QQ login. ā
"I'll go, a lot, these penguins are huge. ā
"It's so cute, with a bloody face. ā
Compared with the various senses of water friends, Fang Hong currently has only one feeling: "It's so smelly." ā
"The smell of the gutter. ā
"The stench was overwhelming. ā
The water friend was speechless: "How come." ā
Qiu Qing explained: "Penguins hunt in the sea, but they do not defecate in the sea, they excrete in the gathering place on the shore, and the smell is indeed very big, and the dirty snow on the ice near the emperor penguin looks like mud mixed with snow, but it is actually feces, so the smell is very big." Penguins near Antarctica basically have a smelly excrement. The smell of the emperor penguin colony is indeed similar to that of the sewers of the city, and the stench is unbearable. ā
One can imagine what those who spent tens of thousands of dollars to camp here will experience in the next day.
Unlike other penguin colonies, the emperor penguin colony has strict control, except for scientific research equipment, no items are allowed here, no fire is allowed, if you want to camp, you must also camp behind the south side of the Xiaoice Mountains, and you cannot camp with penguins.
Qiu Qing looked at the emperor penguins all over the ground: "Look at the yellow feathers on their necks, that's why they are called emperor penguins, it's like a crown." ā
Of course, this crown is not on the top of the head, but on the neck.
Fang Hong was powerless to complain: "Your speed, I'm going to vomit." ā