Chapter 756: Ice Escape (First Update)
Antarctica, McMurdo Station.
With the long sound of the horn, the ship loaded with goods and scientific researchers slowly docked, there is no world-class port in Antarctica, and there is no convenient giant machinery to load and unload goods, after the cargo ship enters the dock, the workers and crew sailors of the base need to carry the goods little by little.
When the weather gets colder, icebreakers will be used to open up shipping lanes, and sooner or later the power of human beings will completely conquer every inch of the earth.
"Let's go."
The forklift moved the container to the trailer, and the Junlang scientific expeditioner, who was stuck in the middle, apologized and hurriedly jumped away.
The crew just wanted to unload their things quickly and go home as soon as possible, and they were tired of seeing the scenery of Antarctica, which was not suitable for them to survive.
"This is Antarctica!"
Junlang took a deep breath and looked at the magnificent Antarctic landscape and was speechless for a while.
Beneath is permafrost harder than concrete, and the hills in the distance are partially bare brown earth, but more are covered with snow, and the terrifying Homo erectus can conquer even the Arctic Circle, but for hundreds of thousands of years it has been at a loss for the South Pole, and now it has suddenly established a 'small town' in such the most desolate and lonely land on earth.
It's late autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, and it won't take long for winter to begin, but the Southern Hemisphere, where the seasons are reversed, is steadily moving towards summer, with more than 1,000 researchers staying at McMurdo Station when the climate is at its best.
Every year, tens of millions of liters of fuel oil and 5,000 tons of supplies have to be replenished from the land, and the maintenance cost of the town is frightening.
"Let's go, don't stand stupidly, you will be disgusted from the bottom of your heart when you see such a landscape in the future."
patted on the shoulder, and the old scientific researcher hooked his shoulders and dragged the young team members forward.
As far as the eye can see, the two of them are just invisible black spots on the white earth.
"It's a penguin!"
The young team members suddenly pointed to the seashore not far away, three or two penguins roaming on the land, like a lone soldier separated from the large army, almost every small island around Antarctica has penguin colonies scattered, if you are brave enough, you can also drive a boat to catch a penguin.
The luck of the lone soldier is not good, a penguin is crushed under the fur seal, and it looks like he will not survive, and the South Pole looks white and holy, but the law of the jungle is still deeply ingrained here at the end of the world.
Unless you have permission, both researchers and visitors must keep a sufficient distance from Antarctic creatures, such as penguins, and humans need to be at least five meters away from the penguins, and of course it is another matter if the penguin comes and hugs you.
The penguins that are about to be killed are pitiful, but if they are rescued, the fur seals may starve to death.
"Do you know why I said you should be careful?" The old scientist pouted at the fur seal, and the fur seal naturally couldn't see the expression on the human face from such a distance, and even if there was anger, the fur seal would not normally attack the terrifying Homo erectus of the same size.
"Antarctica is too dangerous, the natural environment is harsh, and life can be in danger at any time."
"Take a closer look."
Rather than rushing to do anything to the food beneath them, the fur seals sensationalized their bodies to do unspeakable things to the dead penguins.
Finally, after a dull twitch, the fur seal slowly began to eat the corpse of his 'lover'.
“!” The left cheek of the handsome team member twitched wildly, which was different from the Antarctica he had learned in his textbooks.
"In this dead land, even animals can go crazy, let alone humans like you and me, when you get to Antarctica."
"It's a pity that we're not transcendental, otherwise you can ask why this fur dog did such a thing."
Walking in front of the fur seals, the handsome team members still couldn't help but look around a few times.
In front of them, there were members of the team who stayed behind in the living station to observe in the glass, and when they saw the 'living people' coming, they excitedly waved their arms to welcome them from afar.
"Before coming to McMurdo Station, everyone has been checked for AIDS, so you can play boldly and boldly, and with your excellent appearance, there is certainly no shortage of partners." The veteran kicked off a little bit of snow from the road, shook off the snow from the soles of his shoes, and pressed his hands against the door.
"The whole station uses up more than 10,000 rubber sleeves every year, and even then there are always team members who get pregnant unexpectedly, oh, I remember you're from the south, doesn't that sound immoral? She may be married outside, or she may have just gotten engaged, but who cares if this is a place far from civilized society? ”
"At the same time, we should also pay attention to interpersonal relationships, there were two researchers who became the winners and losers of a game of chess and made a fuss, and I am sure you know that the slightest emotion will be infinitely amplified here."
"So, welcome to Antarctica."
The veteran took a deep breath and pushed the sealed door open.
The heat is blowing in my face, and I can experience the fervor of the temperate zone in the icy and snowy Antarctica, and there are scientific researchers walking around in half-sleeves in the living station, and I can't imagine that this is the position of the earth's ass just by looking at the scene inside the house.
Each of the remaining scientific examiners showed a warm smile, especially the eyes of several female team members were shining, and thinking of what the old-timers said just now, he always felt that even the eyes of the male team members had become special.
"Come on, we can unload all the supplies today."
The crew is constantly busy, and of course there is the occasional time to take a few photos and send them to Facebook.
"Poof."
A black shadow fell into the water on the side of the cargo ship, and almost as soon as the black shadow fell, the temperature of the cold sea water dropped suddenly, and even quickly began to freeze within a few seconds. But the slightest change is so small that even if the range of the freeze is expanded a hundredfold, it will not be noticeable.
A seal hovering near the shore with a white penguin in its beak swims curiously towards the rapidly freezing place, and although polar bears and Antarctic penguins are absolutely impossible to meet in their natural state, seals are distributed from the Antarctic to the North Pole.
But as soon as they come into contact with the frozen sea, the seal's movements suddenly slow down, and they immediately turn around and flee.
The sea temperature in front of them is not right, and even their seals feel cold, and if they go any further, they may freeze to death!
Polar creatures are frozen to death, which will be laughed at by other Antarctic friends!
The seal wants to escape, but the conscious ice doesn't just leave the target away.
"Shw!"
The ice suddenly froze down with a thousand long needles, and before the seal could completely turn around, a thousand long needles burst out.
Blood-colored red flowers suddenly bloomed under the surface of the water, but the seal's carcass was frozen by the expanding ice before it could completely fall to the seabed.