Dimon? Inside Deville Station.

The expedition team, which had received a large number of packages, was sorting out these things, after all, it was food for the next few months.

Unpacking the incubators for vegetables and fruits, a team member looked at the signs of other incubators: "Chief of Affairs, why are there so few vegetables and fruits?" This point of vegetables and fruits, so many of us, is not enough for a week, right? ”

Marven buried himself in sorting out the carrot incubator: "The seal station will deliver vegetables and fruits once a week, don't worry." ”

"I see, that's great." The team member picked up a cucumber and wiped it, and then nibbled on it.

It is so difficult to get fresh fruits and vegetables in Antarctica, in the past, they could only eat fresh vegetables and fruits when the supply ship came, and then they could only eat canned fruits, freeze-dried vegetables, and vitamin tablets.

"Chief Officer, can the supply over there be a long-term supply at the Seal Station?" Some players are more concerned about the future.

"I guess it's okay!" Marven didn't dare to pack the ticket, after all, it is difficult to predict whether Homo sapiens will fight with the Europa consortium in the future.

"I hope there will be peace in the world!"

"Homo sapiens is so rich that it delivers fresh vegetables and fruits to the seal station every week."

"It doesn't have to be sent from outside, it could also be planted by the seal station itself."

Everyone chatted and chatted, although many people did not have a good impression of Homo sapiens, but they would not fall into the devil's daze.

Dr. Vichy, who was not involved in the preparation of the supplies, was at the snow collector on the roof, recording the amount of snow falling in 12 hours.

The assistant took a flashlight and carefully observed the six snow collectors on the roof.

"Doctor, 3.2 mm of snow in 12 hours."

Dr. Vichy wrote down this data in his notebook, and then he looked at the total snowfall that had accumulated so far this year to 266.9 mm.

According to the records of previous decades, the average annual snowfall in the edge area of the shelf in Antarctica is about 500 mm, and the month with more snowfall is the winter of April ~ November.

Clearly, the scale of snowfall has increased this year.

This is the third year in a row that Antarctica has seen a positive increase in snowfall.

Dr. Vichy was somewhat worried about this situation, especially in connection with the unusually extreme weather around the world this year, which made him even more uneasy.

More snowfall means that the thickness of the Antarctic ice will continue to increase.

The expansion of the ice sheet will increase the area of reflection from the ice surface, which in turn will lead to an increase in the scale of the Earth's reflected solar radiation, which will trigger a further drop in polar temperatures.

A further drop in polar temperatures will lead to a decrease in water evaporation from the ice.

The ice sheets at the North and South Poles will become thicker and larger.

When a large amount of water is fixed in the ice sheets of several thousand meters thick at the north and south poles, it will inevitably lead to a gradual decline in sea level, and large-scale sea retreat is not a hypothesis, but is about to become a reality.

Dr. Vichy was a little helpless, and he turned his head to look at the seal station not far away.

Aurora.

Seal Station is like a giant city.

No, this is a city by itself.

With Dimon, who relied solely on icebreakers for supplies? Deville Station is different, the core supply method of the Seal Station is the Sky Elevator.

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16 cables form 4 groups, relying on the airship platform at an altitude of 20,000 meters, pulling these cables, so that they are firmly tensed and will not be disturbed by the polar winds.

4 sets of cables are 4 elevators, which can operate 4 elevator cabins.

In addition to this, Dr. Vichy knew that the underground part of the seal station must have penetrated deep into the underground rock formations, otherwise it would not have been so stable.

Many Antarctic research stations, especially those on the edge of the shelf ice sheet, face a life-and-death dilemma.

That's when the ice breaks and the glacier moves.

At that time, the Antarctic research station in Great Britain did not pay attention to this problem, resulting in the entire research station and the fault zone glacier becoming an iceberg floating freely on the sea.

Therefore, in order to cope with this situation, if the research station is to be built on the ice sheet at the edge of the continental shelf, it is necessary to use a research station that can move quickly (similar to an RV).

But the seal station is clearly not like this, but is directly set up here.

In Dr. Vichy's experience, he was pretty sure that the seal station must have broken through 2,200 meters of ice and laid the foundation in the rock formations underground.

Only in this way can the displacement caused by the ice break be effectively resisted.

Of course, without Homo sapiens' technology, it would be difficult to manufacture this kind of ultra-deep foundation.

Dr. Vichy, who was standing on the roof of the building, looked at the brightly lit seal station, feeling somewhat complicated and powerless.

And inside the seal station at this time.

Just escorted the daily necessities to Dimon? Maungdan of Deville Station was in the base chief's office, reporting to the base chief syndicate.

“…… I used the excuse that there was no fuel at the base and let them accept the transmission scheme. ”

Syndicate was very satisfied: "Well done, controlling their energy and daily necessities, I can't help them in the future." ”

It can be seen from the holographic map on one side that there are currently several scientific research stations of the four major forces in the entire Wilkes.

And these research stations, without exception, are surrounded by the scientific research stations of Homo sapiens "close protection".

In order to completely occupy the entire Wilkes territory, Homo sapiens has made a lot of small moves, in addition to the scientific research stations that closely protect the four major forces, it is to establish a large number of new scientific research stations.

These research stations are set up every 50 kilometers, and through this staking method, Homo sapiens now has complete control over the entire Wilkes land.

Deep underground at these research stations is Homo sapiens' most important gold source, producing about 200 tons of gold per month.

It's a secret that deserves so much attention from Homo sapiens.

The Wilkes underground mine continues to expand production and is expected to ramp up gold production to around 400 tonnes per month by the end of the year.

Cindy looked at the climate analysis report in her hand: "Maung Dan, have you recently strengthened Dimon?" The monitoring of Deville station, in addition, should pay more attention to weather changes. ”

"Weather changes? Does it snow? ”

"It's not just snowfall, it's glacial activity."

"Glacier activity?" Maung Dan suddenly understood.

As an investigator at a seal research station, I naturally know what is going on in Antarctica.

Since Antarctica is not the same as the Arctic Ocean, the ground here is rocky, and if snowfall continues to increase, it will inevitably lead to a continued increase in the weight of the Antarctic ice sheet.

The increased weight of the ice sheet can cause glaciers to slide and even trigger earthquakes.

Maungdham left the office of the Syndicate and went back to prepare to use the magnetic field detector to strengthen the monitoring of geological changes throughout Antarctica.

Syndicate, on the other hand, was thinking about the list of supplies that needed to be applied to the head office next.

In particular, in terms of reinforcing various scientific research stations and underground bases, it is necessary for the head office to provide a number of exclusive equipment and parts.

After all, as time passes, the Antarctic ice sheet may expand and thicken in the future, and at the same time, it will also cause various geological disasters.

Reinforcement work is urgent.

In fact, other Homo sapiens bases in Antarctica are also gradually increasing the structural strength of the bases, especially the secret base of the Ice Hell Project.

On the Arctic Ocean, the situation is similar to that of Antarctica, with increasing snowfall and thickening and expanding ice sheets.

This May and June is destined to be a noisy season.