Chapter 35: The Igloo

"We have to get her rescued quickly, or she'll be in danger from hypothermia!" Martin said, his hands moving. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Humans are homeothermic animals, and although this brings great benefits to humans, humans who do not have the ability to hibernate will be extremely dangerous once their body temperature drops. Not to mention that in this extremely cold and snowy region, even in an ordinary winter, it is quite dangerous to fall into the icy water. The woman in front of her didn't look like a warrior with a particularly tough body. Martin had to come to the rescue.

"Get the sleeping bag out!" Martin ordered as he looked at the woman whose lips were blue from the cold. At the same time he pulled out the sharpened knife he was carrying, and with great care, he used it to cut the woman's clothes. Now I don't have the time to take them off one by one. Martin knew that in such a dangerous situation, within 7 minutes she could be frozen and unconscious, and then it would be ......

As the clothes were peeled off one by one, the woman's fair body was revealed, and the slender Liukrisia, Natasha, whose muscles replaced a lot of fat to make people look lean, and Zali, who simply had two legs that were thin like wooden sticks, and there was almost no fat. The woman appeared to be much plump. It's not fat, it's the feminine beauty created by a woman's moderate amount of fat. Although the lower abdomen is slightly plump, it can be called flat. Fat is not accumulated in the waist, but is stored in the breasts, buttocks and thighs. Let those parts give people a rounded and full beauty.

As the hood was removed from her face, Martin noticed that she looked quite young, probably no more than twenty years old.

But now is not the time for Martin to appreciate the beauty of the female body. Martin is fully committed to the important matter of saving people. The girl's body did not give Martin a stunning feeling, but: "Thanks to these fats, they can keep warm, it seems that there is a lot of hope!"

As Natasha and Zari were busy fetching their sleeping bags, they were surprised to see that Martin had rolled the woman around on the snow like a log. This strange gesture made the two of them widen their eyes and almost stop what they were doing.

"It's using snow to suck the water out of her! In this case, the water takes away too much heat -- and that's almost deadly!" Martin explained.

The sleeping bag was quickly ready, and Martin immediately moved to stuff her in. As he let her in, Martin felt her body shake violently. This is good, the intense exercise of the muscles can raise a lot of heat. In the case of a person suffering from malaria, this period (known as a pendulum) causes his body temperature to rise rapidly to an unbearable level. But for her right now, this heat is quite important.

"What do we do now?" asked Natasha. "It seems that you can't just take her on the road, so do you want to set up a tent immediately?"

"No, it doesn't. Martin retorted. "Look at the weather, I suspect the snowstorm will come again. When the time comes, we will endure in the tent, and she may not be able to stand it. Must be built in a building with a higher level of protection!"

How is it possible to build a house here? You know, it's in the middle of a snowy field. It is difficult to find building materials such as wood and stone. Even building a makeshift hut is difficult. But she didn't say anything, and the things in the snow had made her trust in Martin enough. It seems that there is nothing in the field that he can't do. Compared to him, the scouts in the tribe are much worse than they can survive in the wild!

"Let's build a snow room. Martin said with a smile. Then he began to give orders, "Zali, you go up to the stove, don't skimp on the fuel! and put a reflective wall with cloth so that the heat reflects off to her. Natasha, you and I will collect the snow bricks." ”

Among the tools Martin brought in were two shovels. Martin used them to collect snow bricks with Natasha in preparation for the igloo. Martin is quite familiar with the process of building a snow room. And Natasha is also a quick person, and in a short time they have collected enough snow bricks.

Once you have the snow bricks, it's time to build the igloo. An igloo is not the same as a brick house. Basically, the SnowRoom does not need to be constructed with beams - the SnowRoom is a model of vaulted roofs, where the snow bricks are slowly tilted inwards to form a semicircular roof.

Building a durable igloo isn't a no-brainer to pitch a tent. Martin first chose a suitable flat ground and compacted a circle of snow before starting the construction work.

If you want to build a hemispherical igloo, it is naturally impossible to stack the snow bricks vertically. The kind of construction where each layer of snow bricks slowly slopes inward requires a lot of skill, otherwise it will collapse due to the force. Martin carefully built the first lap on the ground, and then slowly began to build up the weight. He paid attention to the addition of the center of each upper snow brick against the gap between the two lower snow bricks. The diameter was slowly reduced, and the final result was a roof of snow.

Seeing the completion of the igloo, the lively Natasha couldn't help but cheer. Martin just smiled and said, "It's not over yet. Then, he turned to Zari and shouted, "How's she doing?"

"No problem!" Zari replied. As a wanderer, she is familiar with the anatomy of a humanoid, which helps her to kill people, and it is no worse to save people at the moment. It's just that as a former eldest lady, she has never had the experience of taking care of patients. She used to be in the family, but only others served her! She was a little dissatisfied with the arrangement Martin had given her. Martin didn't notice it at all. Martin thought that the work he was doing was obviously harder, so Zari would be satisfied with the division of labor he had given her. But it didn't occur that Zali would rather work a little more than serve others. Some people are like this, they would rather sell coolies than be waiters and nod to dignitaries. This is also a kind of pride.

Although the igloo is now in its infancy, there is still more detailed work to make it habitable. The first is the excavation work. Cold air sinks downward. So in order to sleep warmly in the igloo, Martin had to dig a snow pit inside to contain the cold air, and at the same time build a snow platform for them to sleep.

In addition, in order to prevent the air inside from being too dirty, Martin also has to open a vent underneath, so that with the small opening on the top, the ventilation performance is quite good. After digging the vents, it is necessary to build a wall of snow on the outside of the vents to prevent cold air from pouring in. Martin then went in to smooth out the inner walls to prevent condensation from dripping down.

When it was all over, Martin covered the high platform with a thick layer of twigs and animal skins to keep out the air, and this temporary warm home was built.

When everything was done, Martin looked at the igloo with satisfaction, confident that it would perform quite well. On the one hand, it is necessary to consider the possibility of accommodating four people, and on the other hand, the SnowRoom should be based on the principle that the smaller the better, the warmer it is. Therefore, after considering all aspects of the situation, Martin built a building with a diameter of 3.9 meters and a height of 2.6 meters.

"Let's all move in. Martin clapped his hands and said to everyone. In order to keep warm, the snow room did not open the door, and everyone bent over the ground and got into the snow room through a trench dug below.

"The four of us just huddled on this platform and slept. Martin tells everyone about life in the SnowRoom. Originally, this experience of sleeping with three beautiful women would turn some men into beasts, but Martin is a person with strong self-control and will not even do such a thing as moving his hands and feet. And Natasha and Zari are not the kind of people who care about simply sleeping with other men. So there is no problem.

The only thing that worries Martin is the woman he rescued, can she accept this kind of thing?

"I, no, problem. The girl lying groggy in her sleeping bag said.

There are not many precautions for living in the igloo, but in general, you should pay attention to cleaning the snow at the entrances and exits, check the vents, and shake off the snow when entering.

"When are we going to make a stove?" asked Zali. Coming from the warm underground, and because of her small size, she dissipates heat quickly, and she is most afraid of the cold.

"Stove? no, no. Martin smiled.

The inside of the snow room is definitely much warmer than the outside, even if the temperature outside drops to dozens of degrees below zero, the temperature inside the snow room can still be suitable for people to live in. But don't think about getting warm in the igloo. Generally speaking, the temperature in the igloo is not much higher than freezing, and living here requires adaptation. On the other hand, the SnowRoom doesn't need anything like a stove to keep warm. It's very easy to get warmer inside. To the surprise of many, just one candle is enough to raise the temperature inside by several degrees. The traditional heating method for the polar dwellers is to light the wick of the lamp soaked in a bowl filled with grease!

However, for the sake of the girl who had fallen into the icy water, Martin pinched the wick thick and large, and lit two more bowls of grease lamps to keep warm.

Otherwise, Martin was worried that she would be tormented and get pneumonia. The reason why he didn't take her away immediately was a similar consideration.

"It's warm in here, but won't it melt and collapse?" asked Zari curiously after settling down.

"Of course," Martin's answer startled her. "But that will be a long time later. Generally speaking, due to the high temperature inside the SnowRoom, the SnowRoom will slowly melt and eventually collapse. But that's often after a month of living in an igloo. Although we lit more grease lamps and the temperature was higher, it was not a problem to stick to it for seven or eight days. ”

"But just in case, I brought this thing in. Martin raised the shovel in his hand. "If that happens, we're going to dig ourselves out. ”

――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――― the recent earthquake in Japan, there was a lot of excitement on the Internet. My point of view is that it is not wrong to pray for Japan, after all, the Japanese also donated money during the Wenchuan earthquake.

But those who gloat are not surprising reactions. Because during the Wenchuan earthquake in China, there were Japanese netizens who gloated, and even Japanese netizens cursed for the destruction of China's nuclear power plants by the earthquake. As a result, it is not China's nuclear power plants that have been destroyed so far, but their country.

From my point of view, it is to take care of Yunnan in China first, and then help Japan when there is spare power. Because this is the era of humanitarianism.

Well, after a while, I'm going to go somewhere to collect wind or do an internship. It may be a bit problematic to update at that time, so let's continue to save manuscripts first.

I've been watching two American dramas recently, and I feel that the production of American dramas is quite well-made. One of them gave me a lot of ideas for my new book. In the case of anime, I watched "The Magic Girl is Master Ben" and "The Magical Girl and Madoka" after the end of the three super vitality sisters. A joy, a style "healing"......

Alas, but once I get rid of all the things that can divert my attention, when I am still alone, it is still painful!!