Chapter 1 Antarctic Melting

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Antarctica, the latest area to be explored and developed by humans, is mysterious to most people, and there are many legends about Antarctica, such as giant squid, Antarctic pyramids, alien bases, or prehistoric civilizations...... Endless. Beneath that ice cap, no one could tell what was there.

Since the Industrial Revolution, human beings have not stopped emitting greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, after hundreds of years of accumulation, these greenhouse gases have reached a very terrifying amount, in recent years, people have gradually realized the harm caused by greenhouse gases to the earth. However, nature has begun to take revenge on humanity, and the Arctic and Antarctic ice sheets have begun to melt. Large amounts of land are in danger of being submerged.

The World Environmental Protection Organization and governments have successively introduced a series of environmental protection measures related to greenhouse gases, and the government of the Dragon Republic is no exception, introducing a series of environmental protection laws, to be honest, the Republic of the Dragon has made great progress in recent years, and various laws have been gradually improved from scratch, although sometimes the implementation is not strict, and there are some formalistic meanings, such as the custom of setting off fireworks and firecrackers during the Spring Festival, in order to protect the atmospheric environment, it has been banned in some areas. This is a palliative approach, the factory is not closed, the car exhaust is not limited, and the fireworks are limited to those days, there is a fart? There are no fireworks and no reduction in air pollution......

In short, everything is slowly evolving. Greenhouse gas emissions have decreased, but they are still being emitted.

In May 2017, a scientific research station in Antarctica, the Republic of Dragons

"Lao Zhang, have the supplies arrived?" A member of the scientific expedition team took a cup of hot water and looked out the window, at this moment the sun was hanging obliquely in the sky, the days were getting shorter and shorter, and the South Pole would usher in a long winter and a polar night.

Another member of the expedition team was burying his head in sorting out the information collected in the past few days, and when he heard someone ask, he raised his head, "Let's be here in these two days." What, Lao Qin, are you staying for the winter this year? ”

"Hey" Lao Qin sighed, very helpless, "The captain's decision has to be implemented." ”

"That guy is really not a thing. When I became a small official, I realized how amazing I was. After so many years, the old man said that he would not admit it. I know you've been working here for a year, and your six-year-old son hasn't seen you for a long time, so I offended him because of what you said......" Another member of the expedition team who packed his luggage put down his clothes and said indignantly.

"Shh Lao Zhang made a silence, "Be quiet, man, I was heard by that thing, aren't you afraid that he will put small shoes on you?" ”

This is also the saying that officials crush people to death at the first level, and those who are officials cannot be fair will harm many people. But how many of them can be officials are not old fritters? Which one can be a little selfish? At this point, the three of them had nothing to say, shook their heads helplessly, and continued to carry on the work in hand.

There was a loud bang, and the entire scientific research station shook. Several people were shaken to the ground.

"What happened?" A member of the expedition team got up from the ground and hurried to help his teammates who had not had time to get up.

"Earthquake?"

"No, this is Antarctica. The earth's crust is stable. There shouldn't be an earthquake of this magnitude, and it shouldn't just be all of a sudden! ”

While everyone was wondering, suddenly there was a shouting in the hall. "Oh no! Big things are wrong! ”

Without any hesitation, everyone hurried to the hall, only to see a member of the scientific expedition team covered in snow and with a pale face panting and standing against the wall, while shouting incessantly.

"Captain! Where's the captain? Big things are wrong! ”

Looking at the snow all over his body, a member of the scientific expedition team was puzzled: "I remember that there is no snow outside." How do you get covered in snow? ”

Another test team member gave him a blank look, "You are stupid, the shock just now was so bad, it's normal to fall outside and get covered in snow!" ”

"The captain is here!"

A path flashed through the crowd, and a slightly chubby man in a winter suit of about 40 walked up to the team member. Apparently this is the captain surnamed Sun

"Isn't this Xiao Wang? Aren't you out there inspecting the mechanical sled? In such a hurry, what happened? The captain picked up Xiao Wang, who was bent over and panting, and said to the members of the scientific expedition behind him, "Go get a glass of water!" Hurry up! ”

A team member quickly went to pick up a glass of water, and Xiao Wang drank it in a few sips after taking the water. This face doesn't look so pale.

"Don't worry, calm down. Tell me what's going on? The captain stared at Xiao Wangdao.

"It's melted, the ice sheet melted, there was a break, about a few hundred kilometers! It's just about 200 meters outside! ”

"What!" Everyone was frightened, and hurried to the door, as soon as the door was opened, the light reflected by the snow pierced people's eyes, but they couldn't care about so much, and everyone walked out of the scientific research station quickly.

When their eyes adjusted to the brightness outside and saw the scene in front of them, they were all dumbfounded.

"This ......" "Oh my God!"

It's a scene that seems to only exist in a movie: a huge crack runs through the endless ice field, and the ice on the other side of the crack is constantly sliding into the sea, and as the ice moves, the crack continues to expand, and the ice at the edge of the crack keeps collapsing into the crack. A mechanical sled, which had been half-hung on the edge of the crack, finally fell to the ground at the bottom of the ice due to a failure, and with a roar, the mechanical sled exploded, and smoke rose from the gap. Looking at this situation, Xiao Wang should have been testing the sled just now, and the ice happened to break under his feet. It's no wonder that Xiao Wang was scared like this just now, and no one can calm down. But the good thing is that people are fine.

Xiao Wang asked tremblingly. "Captain, what to do, the sleigh is gone."

"Stupid, is this the time to care about the sled?" The captain reprimanded Xiao Wang, turned to everyone and said. "Get in touch with the state right away and report the situation here! Lao Zhang went to take pictures! Send them all back home! ”

"It's broken...... And it seems that the bottom has already been reached...... "the captain has made his own calculations again", this is not a good thing, and at present, countries are not trying to find out what is going on under the ice? And so far no country has succeeded, why don't I be the first person on this? ”

A secret smile appeared on the corner of the captain's mouth.

"Come on, put ropes around the crack!" The captain said to the members of the scientific expedition behind him.

"Captain? Are you going down? "No, Captain! It's too dangerous! ”

"It's a contribution to human scientific research! Of course, we must not be afraid of danger! The captain made a serious look, "Aren't we here to explore the secrets of Antarctica?" How? This crack scares you? If you want to go back, go back now! ”

The members of the expedition stopped talking. No one dared to move, the captain said so, you run back, you don't have to mix in the future. I could only silently watch the two members of the expedition install the ropes.

In less than ten minutes, the rope was installed.

"Lao Zhang! Where did you go? The captain looked around and didn't see Lao Zhang. Looking into the distance, he found that Lao Zhang was still taking pictures, so he pulled a person. "Go and call him!"

The two returned to the captain.

"Captain, I'm taking pictures, what's the matter?" Lao Wang hugged the camera and looked puzzled.

The captain smiled nonchalantly and pointed to the ropeway. "We need your help here, you go down first, and we'll help us take pictures later." We intend to look at the continental base. ”

"Yes, Captain." Lao Zhang responded with a smile, but in fact, Lao Zhang was already in his heart, and the surnamed Sun scolded the sky, "Damn, it sounds good, in fact, it is just to ask Lao Tzu to explore the way for you, and then take two photos for you." Fat Sun, you turtle grandson will be retributioned sooner or later. ”

Although Lao Zhang was very helpless, he still slid down the rope, and in the process of sliding, Lao Zhang always grabbed the rope and slid very slowly. I prayed in my heart that the rope above would be strong enough.

It is more than 2,000 meters from the ice shelf to the continental base, and if you are not careful, you will fall to pieces, and in the whole process, Lao Zhang does not dare to look down, so he can only slide down slowly.

I don't know how long it took, Lao Zhang felt his foot touch something hard, stepped on it again, confirmed that it was the ground, and then opened his eyes.

"Is this the base of the Antarctic continent?" Lao Zhang's first reaction after seeing the surrounding environment clearly was like this. It was a canyon, bare but undulating, with nothing but the crashed sled not far away. But this is also normal, after all, this place has been covered in ice for hundreds of millions of years, and there is something to hell about. Lao Zhang shook his head helplessly and began to check the camera. After making sure that everything was working with the camera, Lao Zhang turned on the intercom. "I'm done, the camera is fine, you can come down."

Then, Sun Fatzi slowly slid down from it. When you are almost to the ground. Sun Fatzi shouted at Lao Zhang, "Lao Zhang, get ready, I'll take a few poses, shoot well, and shoot my heroic posture!" ”

"Understood." Lao Zhang shook his head slightly and set up the camera. Clattered.

After a long period of tossing, Sun Fatzi finally came to the end. Then several team members came down one after another.

"Let's get to work~ This exploration is the greatest exploration of the Antarctic in this century!!"

"Understood!"

Everyone's interest is very high~ but their happiness is different.

Sun Fatzi called Lao Zhang over again to help him pose for a few photos. After that, he found a rock and sat down to rest. Looking around, I noticed a little light on the ice wall in the distance.

"That...... What is the bright light of red...... It seems to be a lamp, but I remember that there is no such lamp in the equipment of the scientific research station......" The more Sun Bai thought about it, the more wrong it became, "Everyone come here with me to have a look!" ”

The group followed Sun Fatzi to the ice wall.

After seeing "this ......" clearly, everyone felt that their scalps were a little numb.

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