It had just entered the afternoon, but the sun was setting early here, and Qin Shiou stood at the top of the giant ship, holding a telescope and looking due north.

Winnie is jumping around in the cold below, the bear will be proud, the brown bear can endure the low temperature of minus 20 degrees, except for the little guy on its boat and the little lynx King Simba can also endure it, the others can't.

The tiger, the leopard, the little carrot head, and the mink brother and the mink girl couldn't stand the low temperature, but they sat on the boat very firmly, because they were wearing down jackets that Winnie had customized for them......

"Honey, did you see the polar night?" Winnie couldn't take it anymore and asked aloud.

The Arctic Polar Night, which runs from September to March, is at its peak and can be seen in Greenland, but it has to go north into the Arctic Circle, and is not yet visible on Attu Island.

Qin Shiou shook his head in frustration, all he could see was white and blue, white land, and blue ocean.

He had just returned to the cockpit when a voice sounded over the radio and a ship spotted them and asked, "Hi man, do you need help?" ”

Qin Shiou replied politely: "We have no problem, there is a catch here, we want to find something to harvest here." ”

The man kindly said, "Be careful, friend, the place where you are is the Alex Sea, which leads to hell, don't get carried away by money, it's better to get out of there quickly." ”

Qin Shiou thanked him and said that they had no problem and could leave here safely.

Although he said with confidence, the Qin officials did not dare to support it, and there were many places in the Greenland Sea in winter, and there were also icebergs flowing turbulently in the sea. It's tough, scarier than a reef. Once you run into it, think about the fate of the Titanic.

Use Poseidon consciousness to lure a large number of king crabs into the crab trap, while there is still the sun. Qin Shiou gathered the fishermen and began to collect the cages.

Someone said, "Captain, the king crab moves very slowly, and it is better to put the crab pot in the sea for more than 12 hours before catching it, otherwise I don't think it will be much of a catch." ”

Shaq gave the man a crutch and said loudly, "The first article of the fisherman's manual, the captain's order is as heavy as a mountain!" Listen to the captain, hurry up and get to work, go find your own position, and get ready to start! ”

These fishermen were the ones who had just been recruited from town. They still had doubts about Qin Shiou's ability, but they had only heard legends and had never seen miracles. Unlike Sha Ke and others, now Qin Shiou believes everything he says.

The sky was still bright, and Qin Shiou also asked Sha Ke to turn on the headlights to illuminate every corner of the ship, and at the same time personally commanded, shouting: "your eyes wide, be careful and safe!" I just want to say it again. Be careful, be safe! This is a straight line to hell! ”

As it gets late, the sea breeze gets stronger, and the Big Mac Melon Princess shakes more violently with the waves.

Because the crab trap is too heavy, and there are king crabs in it. So it has to be pulled by a motor. The speed at which the motor pulls the crab pot is quite fast, which is to save time and keep the king crab active. They can survive for up to twelve hours in cold and wet environments.

The motor quickly pulled the thick cable, and the first crab trap was lifted. The fishermen on both sides were quick to grasp the handle of the crab trap and dragged it up. Change direction and push onto the deck.

At this time, there must be a fisherman to catch the crab pot, and a fisherman must quickly wipe the water traces around the two fishermen in front of him to prevent freezing, otherwise someone will slide down if he can't stand steadily.

At this temperature, if you fall into the sea, you will lose half your life if you don't die, frostbite is certain!

This stage is the most tiring and the most dangerous, the annual quota given by the government is certain, the competition for king crab fishing in Alaskan waters is very fierce, you must catch as much as possible in five to six days, otherwise the quota will be completed after five or six days, even if there is king crab is not allowed to be fished.

In such cases, 20-hour shifts are common, and fishermen often work in sub-zero temperatures, standing on slippery decks that are very bumpy.

As a result, almost every Alaskan crab fisher returns to shore with wounds: crushed hands and fingers, as well as broken ribs, arms and legs. In the worst accidents, lives are lost: more than 80% of those who die are swept off the boat by the ferocious waters and drown!

Fortunately for this side of Greenland, the number of red king crabs is small, and their quota is basically difficult to meet, so the fishing operation can continue until the last few days of the season, otherwise Qin Shiou will not be able to fish.

The night gradually came, the sun went down, the cold moon appeared, and the sea breeze became stronger and colder.

Winnie brews hot coffee and hot cocoa in the kitchen continuously, both to help the fishermen replenish lost calories and provide them with energy.

The crab trap was halfway up when a fisherman standing at the opening of the boat called out, "Shet! Hand! ”

Needless to say, he can express the meaning clearly in two words, and Geng Junjie, who was studying next to him, immediately rushed up to help him plug the gap and cooperate with the fisherman opposite to pull the crab trap.

Qin Shiou went over to pick up the fisherman, set him up and returned to the cabin, helped him take off his clothes, put a cup of piping hot vodka to his mouth for him to drink, and asked, "Left hand and right hand?" ”

"Right hand, captain, thank you!" The fisherman grinned and raised his trembling right hand.

The temperature outside was more than 10 degrees below zero, and after working for a long time in such an environment, the muscles could not stand it, and palm spasms were common symptoms, and the fisherman's entire right hand became like a chicken claw, and he could no longer control the muscles of his fingers.

Qin Shiou poured some hot vodka into the palm of his hand, and helped him rub it vigorously from his elbow, rubbing it all the way to the palm of his hand, and helped him pick it up.

The fisherman gasped in pain, but felt much better when he was done, and slowly his fingers regained sensation, and he put on his coat and prepared to go out to work.

Before World War II, king crab fishing was much more dangerous than it is now, when Americans and Russians in Alaska had a popular saying: God only favors the dead here, which means that if you want to reap a good harvest, you have to play with your life.

Of course, fishermen are rewarded handsomely while they pay hard and go through risks. In the crab fishing season, each crab fishing boat can catch about 50 tons of king crab on average, and this fishing season, Qin Shiou saw that the fishing boats in Alaska caught a total of 8,800 tons of crabs, worth nearly 100 million US dollars!

What does this mean? On a fully loaded fishing boat, each fisherman can earn between $20,000 and $100,000 in five days, and the captain is even more, often hundreds of thousands of dollars.

This is a lot of income for fishermen who generally do not have a high level of education. (To be continued......)