Chapter 639: Arriving in Greenland

In order to save space, the stairs on the ship are generally steep, the ceiling height of the rooms is only two meters, and the top is covered with pipes, cables, and insulation.

Set up the beds, tables, tables and chairs, and the room is basically stuffed.

Bi Fang walked through the chairs and wooden table and sat on the edge of the bed, the whole bed was a standard single bed, but it was a little narrower.

It's not for nothing that the bed is cramped, and when sailing at sea, it's best to make it so narrow that it fits your body just enough.

Experienced crew members will tuck pillow blankets at the head of the bed early so that in the event of a storm, they can hold the edge of the bed with their hands and put their feet on the wall at the foot of the bed so that they don't get thrown to the ground.

Outside the room, the ship's corridor barely meets the minimum standard set by international conventions - 0.7 meters.

The two meet opposite each other in the hallway, and one of them must lean sideways against the wall before the other can pass.

As for entertainment, there are few other public places besides restaurants.

It's no wonder that as a cruise ship, the ticket price will be so cheap.

Bi Fang sighed in his heart, the fishing boat was changed to a cruise ship, and there was only such a condition.

If it was before, then the crew had to stay in such an environment for a full two or three years, and it would be much easier to become a cruise ship, and the income would be relatively stable.

Most people imagine life at sea as a long vacation: eating sashimi, blowing the sea breeze, sunbathing, every day like in Hawaii.

The first few are indeed the case, and it is also the biggest selling point of this "cruise ship", as a fishing boat, the cruise ship retains part of the fishing function.

In the Arctic Ocean, there is almost no industrial pollution here, you can catch seafood and eat the best sashimi, without any seasoning, soft and sweet.

Not long after getting on the boat, Bifang ushered in an unprecedented bumper harvest - 120 catties of fish.

He had never eaten such delicious Arctic shrimp sashimi, which melted in his mouth and had a sweet and glutinous taste.

But once you get three meals a day, it will continue for years.....

Thinking about it this way, the captain who decided to refit at the beginning was indeed quite bold, and when he became a cruise ship, he only enjoyed the good.

Bi Fang took out the backpack, took out the two certificates from the innermost mezzanine, and looked at them over and over.

He produced two certificates.

One is a hunting quota for polar bears, and one is a hunting permit for seals.

This was given to him by the researchers at the Yellow River Station.

Bi Fang recalled that the night before, the front desk of the hotel suddenly called him, saying that someone was looking for him, and Bi Fang was still curious about who would come to him in such a remote city.

As a result, I learned that it was a compatriot from the Yellow River Station.

The purpose of coming to him was to send the two permits in front of him.

Literally, it's very simple, and it's a formal, legal way to hunt polar bears and seals.

Greenland is also home to polar bears, and it is highly likely that they will be encountered, a very curious animal, especially in the autumn, when they are trying to accumulate fat.

When a conflict breaks out, no one can predict the outcome.

As for seals, the same is true for a seal, which can save a person's life at a critical moment, whether it's its warm fur or its fat-covered seal meat, which provides tremendous calories and help.

The determination of mankind to protect the North and South Poles should not be underestimated, and its determination is even shocking.

There is such a statute in the Antarctic Treaty.

"If you don't have permission to kill a seal before you go to Antarctica, can you kill a seal to satisfy your hunger if you are dying of starvation?"

The answer is to everyone's surprise: "You can't kill seals to feed your hunger."

Incredible?

Yes, anyone would find it incredible.

With the regulations so detailed that we still think that humanity's determination to protect the Antarctic ecosystem is a child's play?

If this feels like unfamiliar advice from a distant planet, then perhaps it's because your world hasn't reached the end of the planet.

Of course, it is the Antarctic Treaty, and Bi Fang is going to the North Pole now, even if the Arctic Treaty is already being formulated, at least for the time being, there are no such strict regulations, but ordinary people are prohibited from hunting.

With the exception of Cana, the only people who can get permission to hunt are the research centers and the local indigenous Inuit.

The killing of polar bears and seals is a means of survival for the Inuit, a link in the natural normal food chain, just as polar bears kill seals, it is natural that no one will stop them, and even then, the annual share is fixed.

No matter how this polar bear died, the quota will be consumed.

This time it was the Yellow River Station, and the quota of one polar bear and three seals was given to Bi Fang, which was regarded as a help.

All in all, a great help.

Bi Fang solemnly put the two certificates into the compartment of his backpack, which was a great favor, although he would not necessarily use it, but he remembered it.

Sure enough, you still have to rely on your own people when you go out.

For the next few days, Bi Bian stayed on the ship, getting closer and closer to Greenland.

After the initial freshness, the tourists on the ship turned Bi Fang's hours of live broadcast every day into a regular program activity.

When the time is almost up, they will all appear on the deck and listen to Bi Fang's explanation of human history and anecdotes of past Arctic explorers.

Everyone felt like they were back in the classroom of their teenage years, but the class was more interesting and beautiful.

During his days on the ship, Bi Fang's most profound impact was probably going to the toilet.

Walking into the bathroom, the boat shook, and the squatting was not steady.

In the end, Bi Fang concluded that when going to the toilet, you should choose a calm day, otherwise it is very likely to be constipated.

After passing through the Fram Strait, the effect of the warm current in the North Atlantic is minimal, and the temperature is dropping almost every day, not because of the proximity to winter, but simply because of the geographical change.

From around zero on Svalbard, to minus 20 degrees in the strait, it is now as low as minus 30 degrees.

Bi Fang has no doubt that the temperature will drop below 35 degrees Celsius after landing on the island, and by the end of the eternal night, there may be ultra-low temperatures below 60 degrees.

After several days of sailing, the captain sent a sailor to knock on Bi Fang's door that morning and came to inform him.

The northernmost point of Greenland arrived.

Bi Fang stood up and looked out of the dark porthole.

Although it was only a normal morning, it was still dark, and there was a deep water-green ribbon in the sky, slowly fluttering, like a dream bubble.

It's the aurora.

Today is a good day for the arrival of the aurora, and it will not dawn in another two hours, but at this time, the iceberg that is silent in the dark night has ushered in the first touch of natural light, and the whole sky is reflected in a touch of water green.

"Looks like a good day to get on the island."

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