Chapter 185: Freezing Hard
The government search and rescue team is not far from the hotel, or it is a small city in itself, and it is not far away.
All the way to the government search and rescue team, Ye Xuan said his purpose to the front desk after entering the door. The receptionist at the front desk is a middle-aged woman, even if it is really warm in the room, she still wears a thick down jacket and wraps herself tightly. Her attitude was very good, and she told Ye Xuan with a smile on her face that the search and rescue team's helicopter could not be rented to private individuals.
For this result, he had already been prepared, took out the explorer's certificate and handed it over.
"Wow, explorer!" the moment he saw the documents, the front desk receptionist's eyes lit up and he exclaimed.
Ye Xuan nodded and said with a smile: "So, can I rent a helicopter now?"
"Of course, no problem, I'll help you with the formalities now. The receptionist asked curiously while tapping on the computer: "Are you here to look for treasure?" I heard my grandfather say that during the gold rush, there was a group of cowboys from the west who looted a lot of gold and buried it in the mountains. β
"You're right, I'm here to find this gold. Ye Xuan pursed his lips and said casually.
The procedures of the search and rescue team are very complicated, after all, it is a government search and rescue team, and every dispatch must be recorded, and this special situation to Ye Xuan needs to be specially noted.
The receptionist tapped on the keyboard with both hands for a while, and then asked, "When do you need to use the helicopter and where is it?"
"Tomorrow at 9 a.m., here are the coordinates. Ye Xuan said, handing over the mobile phone, which had specific location coordinates on it.
"Need to hire extra helpers? The lads on our side are all fantastic. β
Ye Xuan shrugged and replied, "Uh... No, thanks. I think I can do it alone. How much is the rent?"
The receptionist seemed to have some regrets, and after calculating the cost, he said, "A total of 3,200 US dollars, cash?"
At $3,200, that's a bargain. Compared to when Alice Springs rented a helicopter, it was almost twice as cheap.
After paying the money, Ye Xuan left after a few words.
It was close to five o'clock, and it was completely dark.
Ye Xuan, who was hungry, found a restaurant casually, ready to have a big meal, and tomorrow he was going to enter the icy wilderness, according to the rules, he had to treat his stomach well.
It would be a shame not to eat king crab when you come to Alaska.
Ye Xuan ordered a king crab leg, a smoked salmon, two large hot dogs, as well as a vegetable salad and a cup of hot cocoa.
Soon, one meal after another was served to the table.
King crab legs are large and the length of an adult's forearm. When you open the shell, you will be exposed to the steaming crab meat.
The crab meat itself is extremely delicious, and it is even more delicious with various sauces. The key is that the crab meat is large enough, just like a large lobster, and the feeling of filling the mouth with one bite is extremely satisfying.
The smoked salmon is also good, the portions are generous, and the meat is slathered with green guacamole.
After swallowing the last bite of the hot dog, Ye Xuan touched his stomach with satisfaction. Pick up the fragrant hot cocoa and take a small sip.
After paying the pre-dinner and tipping, he walked out of the restaurant.
Instead of going back to the hotel immediately, he walked into a shopping mall to buy warm clothes. Originally, before he came, he thought he was dressed thick enough, but after arriving here, he realized that he was still too naΓ―ve. After shopping for a while, he finally chose a set of cotton clothes and pants, a hat covering ears and cotton gloves.
After buying warm clothes, he returned to the hotel. The air conditioner was turned on for a while, and the temperature in the room was already very warm by this time. Lying on the bed in a comfortable position, Ye Xuan took out his mobile phone and posted tomorrow's live broadcast time on Weibo.
After doing this, he couldn't hold it anymore, so he didn't even bother to take off his clothes, just covered the quilt and fell asleep.
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Early the next morning, Ye Xuan arrived at the government search and rescue team in Fairbanks on time.
I saw a military helicopter quietly parked on the flat concrete airport.
Walking forward quickly, after getting into the cabin, Ye Xuan gave the pilot a thumbs up and signaled that he could take off.
120 kilometers is not far for the speed of a helicopter, and at normal speed, it only takes more than twenty minutes to reach it.
When he was about to arrive at the target location, he took out the drone and opened the live broadcast room on his mobile phone at the same time.
There is a certain time difference depending on the region. The domestic time is a full 16 hours faster than Fairbanks. It's 9 o'clock in the morning here, and it's 1 p.m. the next day in China.
During this time period, the website traffic is okay, and in a few minutes, more than 50,000 viewers poured into the live broadcast room, and the number of people is still rising rapidly.
Looking at the influx of viewers, Ye Xuan said to the live camera: "Hello audience, I'm Ye Xuan. Welcome to the fifth episode of Survival in the Wilderness, this time I came to Alaska, the United States, to challenge the cold and harsh Arctic Circle. β
Opening the hatch, the cold wind immediately howled in, and while pointing the live camera downward, he continued to say loudly: "Alaska is the largest state in the United States, covering an area of one-fifth of the entire United States. It is also the only state in the United States that is connected to the Arctic Circle, where the maximum temperature during the day will not exceed 19 degrees Celsius, and the minimum temperature at night can reach minus 35 degrees Celsius. Now, I'm about to be airdropped into the mountains 120 kilometers from Fairbanks, surviving and returning to civilization. β
"Over the next few days, I struggled not only to survive in the Arctic Circle, but also to face multiple dangers from Alaskan brown bears, American black bears, gray wolves and coyotes. Here, you won't even be able to last a day without proper survival skills. β
The audience in the live broadcast room was very surprised this time, originally they thought that Ye Xuan was just talking nonsense two days ago, but they didn't expect it to really start broadcasting after two days.
"Wow, I thought I would have to wait for another half a month, but it started broadcasting so soon. β
"Is the patriarch going to eat brown bears this time?"
"Brown Bear: Hold the grass, the patriarch is here, run!"
"Damn, minus 35 degrees? β
"Brother who said that the chickens are hard, if you can get hard at this temperature, I will kneel down and call you Dad. β
"After this episode, the Alaskan brown bear will be listed as an endangered species. β
"2333, the wilderness canteen is on the air again. β
"Isn't there a polar bear in the North Pole?"
"Patriarch: Hey, it's nice to eat polar bears and then go to Antarctica to eat penguins. β
Military helicopters are fast, reaching speeds of up to 400 kilometers per hour. As he spoke, the helicopter had arrived at the target predetermined location, and began to gradually reduce its flight altitude and land towards the top of the snow-capped mountain below. The temperature here is too low for a skydive, otherwise he would have frozen to death while in the air.
"Three meters in height, you can land!"
After receiving the pilot's words, Ye Xuan nodded, stood by the cabin door, saluted the pilot, and then jumped down!
The snow was thick at the top of the mountain, and after he jumped down, he rolled on the spot, successfully unloading the impact of the fall.
Quickly getting up, Ye Xuan stretched out a thumbs up. After getting the signal that everything was OK, the pilot took control of the helicopter and left.
Stepping on the soft snow and facing the cold wind on the top of the mountain, he only had one feeling at the moment, and that was cold, really TM cold!
"In general, for every 100 meters of altitude gain, the temperature drops by 0.6 degrees Celsius. The ridge is at least 1,600 meters high, which means that the temperature here is 10 degrees cooler than below. You can see what the temperature is now. Ye Xuan moved his limbs while holding the watch on his wrist in front of the camera.
His watch comes with a thermometer, and the audience can clearly see through the ultra-clear picture quality that the thermometer shows minus 29 degrees Celsius!
After moving his body and feeling the blood flow again, Ye Xuan continued: "I must go down the mountain as soon as possible, otherwise when the night comes, I will freeze to death." β
At this time, the Arctic Circle is in the polar night, but his current location is only the edge of the Arctic Circle. But even so, there were some impacts, and the daylight hours were very short, only a short 8 hours, so he was pressed for time.
Looking around, there are snow-capped peaks as far as the eye can see, and there is only one color as far as the eye can see, white.
"Now that I'm at the high ground, I have to make a survival route as soon as possible. First of all, I need to judge my bearings. Here, as in the desert, you must not go in the wrong direction, once you go to the center of the Arctic Circle, the end result is that you will freeze to death there. When you're in the wilderness and don't have a compass, you can tell the way by the sun. Ye Xuan raised his head as he spoke, looked at the sun that seemed to never move, and continued: "But if you're like me, when you're trapped in the interior of the Arctic Circle, and many times the sun can't show you the way, then you need to change your strategy. β
Crouching down, he pointed to the windblown snow on the ground and explained, "Do you see these snow patterns that look like sand dunes? These slopes have been blown by the wind for many years." The winds in the Alaskan Arctic Circle all come from the Atlantic Ocean, which is located southwest of Alaska. Through this, I can know that the windy side of the snow pattern is in the southwest direction, and the route I asked for is the inland direction in the southeast direction. So, as long as you keep walking with your back to the wind, you can return to the civilized world. β
After determining the direction, Ye Xuan did not stop and began to walk all the way down the ridge.