Chapter 601: Expedition Eighteen Years Ago
Sachus didn't rush to answer the question, but looked at Songjia deeply, and then pointed to the wine bottle on the table and said, "Can I have another drink?" ”
"You're at your own convenience."
Hearing this, Sachus picked up the wine bottle again, this time he did not pour it into the wine glass, but drank the remaining small half of the bottle in one go, it seemed that only through the wine did he have the courage to tell the events of the year.
"I'm a native of Greenland, half Inuit, half Danish, so I go back to my father's tribe every year for a while, and I used to hunt and fish with them, and a lot of Inuit live on the ice fields, so they are very good at dealing with the bad weather and the environment on the ice fields, I didn't like to read at the time, but I was interested in hunting and things like that.
"Although my marksmanship was not very good when I was young, I learned a lot of skills to survive on the ice fields from the old hunters in the tribe, plus I learned a little English, because I accidentally worked as a guide for a team of photographers who photographed polar bears, and I didn't pay attention to it at the time, just to make some extra money, but I didn't expect them to recommend me to many friends who wanted to come to Greenland to shoot after they went back, and I was over 20 years old at that time, and I was thinking about what to do, so I naturally entered this industry.
"It's hard and dangerous in the eyes of others, but I like to find excitement by nature, and this job suits me well, and soon I'm making a name for myself in this line of work, and more and more people come to me," Sachus recalled, "and after I came back from a tour to see seals, Dr. Baker found me.
"Oh, I knew him for about a year or so, and he came to Greenland for a trip and liked it, so he managed to settle here, and opened a clinic to do his old job, but the business was not very good, so I started an explorer's club with my friends, introduced people to explore here, and then helped them take care of the accommodation and hired guides, and we also started to cross paths at that time.
"He came to my place that day, said that there was a very well-paid but somewhat dangerous job that required a good professional guide, and asked me if I was interested, I was short of money at that time, and it was a bit boring to take a sightseeing group, and the adventure gene in my body began to stir again, so he asked him to continue.
Baker said that a man named Tim had received news that there was an ancient ruin under the ice sheet somewhere in Greenland, and that the first person to find it would not only become famous immediately, but that the discovery inside might even rewrite the history of mankind as it was known, so he was going to form an expedition.
"To be honest, I'm skeptical about things like ancient ruins, because if there was such a thing, the government would have done it a long time ago, not to mention that there are US military bases on the island, and nothing can be hidden from them, but as Baker said, the salary on the other side is very generous, and this trip can basically top my income for a year, plus it sounds much more interesting than taking a sightseeing group, so I agreed, and this is the thing I regret the most in my life."
"On the day of departure, I also saw Dr. Baker on the expedition, and I couldn't help but be a little surprised, because he was a psychiatrist, not the kind of doctor who could treat physical diseases, although he himself said that he had also learned some knowledge of first aid and bandaging, but ...... You know, if you really want to take a doctor on an expedition, there are so many better options than him.
"So out of work ethic, I approached Mr. Tim and told him about my doubts, he was a nice guy, he seemed easy-going, always in high spirits, the only problem was that he liked sweets, he brought several packets of sugar with him when he went on the expedition, one bag a day, and his mouth barely rested, Mr. Tam told me that he knew what Baker did, and that he brought a psychiatrist mainly because there were a lot of scientists in the team.
Many people are coming to such a dangerous place for the first time, and he is worried that there will be psychological problems with the team members, and then Baker will need to solve it, to be honest, this reason is a bit far-fetched, but he is the one who pays for it, and I need to explain the situation to the employer, but the final decision is still made by the employer, and he said to bring Dr. Baker, then we will bring Dr. Baker.
"In short, after we were ready, we set off, the expedition team totaled 22 people, including a geologist and his assistants, an archaeologist, a biologist, a meteorologist, and two theologians, they are a couple, from China," Sachus said here and paused, looking at Zhang Heng with some doubts, "Are you also Chinese?" Does it have anything to do with the Chinese couple? ”
However, Zhang Heng did not answer his question, but only motioned for him to continue.
"I have a pretty good impression of the Chinese because both of them are polite, but the other guys, hehe...... Except for the few people I mentioned above, the rest of the people don't seem to be of a good type, although they are covering up all the way, but I can see that many of them have served in the army, and they still have weapons hidden with them, and they also made me want to retreat for a while, the place we are going to is a no-man's land, and it is likely that we will not meet anyone along the way, even if they are worried about some beasts on the road, there is no need to bring so many people to protect safety.
"But Mr. Tim said that these people were only hired by him to help the scientists, to do the odd work of finding the way and carrying luggage and equipment, and that the reason why he brought in the veterans was only because they had better survival skills in the wilderness, and what can I say, the expedition was already on its way, and it was not appropriate for me to offer to quit now, so we then sailed to the landing site on the east coast, from where landing would have saved about a third of the distance than from the interior.
"We loaded the ship with enough food for everyone for two months, some research and drilling equipment, cameras, satellite phones, winter suits, tents, gas canisters, and we didn't have to worry about the water because we could boil the snow directly, and we also brought dogs and sleds to deliver supplies."
"The captain of the ship, who is also an old friend of mine, took us to the agreed place and left, and promised that as soon as we called them on the satellite phone, he would rush to the designated place to pick us up, so, so far, everything is going well, the weather was good that day, it was sunny, there was almost no wind, and we took a group photo together."
(End of chapter)