Chapter 24: Journey to the North Pole (Ice World)
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In the polar night, there is no distinction between night and day, and it is not possible to rise and set like people in other parts of the world.
At this time, the wind and snow had stopped, but the sky was still gloomy, and the sun did not know where to hide and sleep, and did not want to put its light on this land.
Cheng Fan looked at the compass tied with a red rope at the claw wrist, although now at a glance, the earth is silver and white, and it is difficult to distinguish the direction with the naked eye, but the compass still honestly divides the north and the south for Cheng Fan.
Continuing north, the snow field was extremely quiet, except for the whirring of the wind, and the occasional rustle of snow loosening and falling somewhere, there was no other noise between heaven and earth.
Yesterday's snowstorm made the snow on the ground thicker, these new snow is not real, a foot on it is a pothole in the snow, Cheng Fan feels that walking here, he seems to be playing a game of pulling radishes in a big muddy field, but the "mud field" where the "radish" grows has been replaced by a snowy wasteland, and this "radish" is his two legs that keep stepping on and then constantly pulling up.
It is very dangerous to walk through such a freshly snowed mountain.
New snow will cover up the ground, as well as traps such as potholes and crevices that are usually noticeable on the ground.
Some places that often seem sturdy and fine to step on are most likely to be a deep ice fissure.
And in this vast sea of snow, if you walk alone, if you accidentally fall into the ice crevice, it is not a very fun and interesting thing, you can't climb out in time, you will get frostbitten at light, and you will take your life at worst.
In addition, heavy snow accumulates on the mountains and is not stable, and the slightest loud noise and vibration may cause an avalanche.
Sitting at home, holding a cup of hot tea, and watching the avalanche scene through the screen, it seems to ...... It's not bad, but it's a terrible experience to be in nature.
The ice and snow slid down the hillside, and the scene was like that of an ancient battlefield, where thousands of white horses galloped into a torrent and rushed down the mountain together, carrying a force that seemed to destroy everything, enough to seriously injure people to death in an instant.
Even if you are lucky enough to be able to escape the impact of an avalanche, after the avalanche, you are covered by a thick layer of snow and cut off from the air, and it is not easy to dig it out alive.
Cheng Fan walked in the snow, leaving a long series of deep footprints behind him, holding a wooden stick in his paws, and with each step, he used the wooden stick to stick into the snow in front of him to check for ice cracks and holes.
The snow here is very deep, it has only been less than half a month, and the snow here is already too thick, but the snow on the upper layer compacts the snow on the lower layer, and walking on it is like walking on the ground, which is not hindered at all.
There are fewer animals moving in the snow, and the rivers that surround the mountains are covered in ice, and sometimes it is impossible to see that it is a river, and it seems to have merged with the snow-capped mountains.
But under this thick layer of snow and ice, there are still many creatures in the activity, although the river surface is frozen and snowy, but there is not much cold under the river, these cold-resistant fish still do not know that the cold winter has arrived, and they are still active in their own world.
"Plop"
In this cold snowy day, there was a sound of falling water, if someone was here, he would definitely follow the reputation, and at the same time thought, "Which guy is not afraid of death, dare to jump into the river in such weather?" ”
The image of swimming in the glacier makes people feel a chill down their spines just thinking about it, not to mention that someone actually jumped down to swim.
The frozen river, the entire river surface is almost completely blocked by ice and snow, but the thickness of the ice is not the same, most places the ice is very thick, even if a car drives over the river, it is not hindered, and in some places the ice surface seems to be thick, but in fact it is thin, a foot up, the ice breaks, and it will suddenly fall into the glacier.
Those places with thin ice are natural traps on frozen rivers, and if people accidentally fall into the glacial lakes, if they don't get up in time, their body temperature drops and they will die after a while.
This time, it was not a mischievous child who boasted of his courage falling into the river, but a small black monster that took the initiative to break the weak ice and jumped into the river.
Outside the river, the temperature is below freezing, and the surface of the river is frozen. However, Hanoi and Hewai are two completely different worlds, but the water in Hanoi is flowing and the water temperature is much warmer and more comfortable than outside the river.
In physics, water will condense into ice at the freezing point, and the temperature of the ice is at or below the freezing point, but it is almost impossible for the temperature of the liquid water that naturally exists to reach below the freezing point, but the cold ice on the surface of the river becomes the warm clothing of the river, covering it and keeping it warm.
As a result, the snow outside the river is frighteningly cold, while the water in the river is warm, and many fish are still hibernating, still foraging.
Cheng Fan jumped from the shattered ice cave into the river, and instantly felt that the temperature around him had risen by dozens of degrees, as if a person who was still blowing the wind in the polar regions had reached the equator in the blink of an eye.
He swims freely in the river, the temperature in Hanoi is not very high, but compared to the outside world, it can be said that it is as warm as spring.
He didn't jump into the river to be funny, but to forage for food. This terrifying glacier in the eyes of ordinary people is his best source of food.
There are a lot of fish in the river, but the weather is cold, and these fish are in the lower middle water layer, where the temperature is a little warmer than the water layer near the river, but because of the dark night outside, and there is ice and snow cover, so it is dark here.
In the dark river water, Cheng Fan's eyes are like two ice blue gems, but this gem does not shine, and it does not really shine in the night.
Cheng Fan swam freely, his eyes searched for prey, and when he saw a small fish swimming in front of him, he dived violently, swung his tail hard, his body accelerated, and he grabbed the fish in one bite, and swallowed the fish in three bites.
After Cheng Fan finished eating this fish, he turned over in the water skillfully and continued to explore the bottom of the river, this series of movements was very smooth, and it seemed that he was more like a creature living in the water than the fish in the river.
In other words, his excellent underwater kung fu is also due to the long journey in the sea for more than two months.
After diving to the bottom of the river, the environment became a little darker, but Cheng Fan saw that there were more groundfish moving here, and there were even a few larger, sturgeon-like fish swimming not far away.
Maybe it's not, it's just a sturgeon, after all, it's in the Kolyma River basin, and it's not incomprehensible that such an ancient fish as a sturgeon is here.
However, whether it is a sturgeon or a non-sturgeon, Cheng Fan doesn't know it anyway, in his eyes, it is a group of crunchy, fish-flavored high-protein foods that provide energy for life activities.
Looking around at the target, Cheng Fan stared at a sturgeon fish that was more than a meter long, and quietly followed behind, the sturgeon fish seemed to have discovered him, and the sturdy and powerful fish tail swung out, jumping out like an arrow from the string, without giving Cheng Fan a chance, but disappeared in Cheng Fan's eyes in a few seconds.
Cheng Fan was stunned, this guy swam much faster than him, shook his head, and re-selected the target, this time he took a fancy to a tall whitefish, this thing was stunned, but it was not as lucky as the sturgeon, and he ran so thief, and was caught up by Cheng Fan, used his claws as a harpoon, inserted it directly, and then gnawed in the water.
In winter, the water covered by ice and snow has become a place for Cheng Fan to hunt.