Live Wilderness Adventure - Chapter 637

No matter how big the ocean ship is, it is just a small boat on the vast ocean.

Bi Fang tightened his clothes and let out a breath of hot air. He could hardly see the fog. He took out the thermometer.

Sure enough, the temperature has dropped to minus nineteen degrees.

Once it is lower than 20 degrees, the fog that people breathe out will instantly turn into ice crystals.

This is a temperature that is almost impossible to reach in Svalbard, where tens of millions of tons of warm North Atlantic currents rush through the ocean, bringing amazing heat.

The westerly drift is the most powerful warm current in the entire northern Atlantic Ocean, and it is also a continuation of the warm current in the Gulf of Mexico.

But with the half-day voyage, Bi Fang has gradually moved away from the influence of the warm current, and reached the Fram Strait, and can clearly feel the passage of body heat.

“The strait is located between Greenland and Svalbard and is 450 kilometers wide, and is the passage from the Greenland and Norwegian Seas in the Arctic Ocean, between Greenland and Spitsbergen.”

“It was named after the Norwegian ship Fram, an expedition ship built by the Danes on which the Norwegians became the first people in the world to reach the South Pole.”

“The ship, which could accommodate a six-person expedition, was sunk to the sea, but was recovered in 1936 and is now intact in the museum.”

Bi Fang held the map in his hand and conducted a simple popular science to the audience in the live broadcast room.

And beside him, there were also some other tourists and sailors, who were all around Bi Fang like students, watching him talk eloquently in front of the Arctic Ocean.

And compared to the previous few hours, there were more than half of the people around Bi Fang.

Most of them went back to their rooms to rest. On the one hand, it was too cold outside, and on the other hand, they were seasick.

This is a cruise ship converted from an ocean-going fishing boat.

At the beginning, the tourists, without exception, were very excited. Everything started with friendly greetings. There were three main topics: “What’s your name?” “Where did you come from?” “What did you do before?”

Occasionally someone can be heard showing off an affair the night before departure.

Then just a few hours later, the atmosphere on the ship changed and almost everyone fell.

As soon as they sailed into the ocean, someone vomited yellow bile, the plastic bag around him was empty, and there was nothing to vomit in his stomach.

Unlike the climax of the roller coaster, which is 10 seconds and ends in a few minutes, the ocean-going ship is like a 24-hour roller coaster.

It’s okay to rock from side to side, but I’m afraid of pitching and sagging, like letting you play bungee jumping or jumping off the floor all the time.

The most unpleasant thing is the completely irregular shaking. The people on the boat seem to have become a dice in the casino, put in a jar, and shaken up and down, left and right.

The table and chairs in the room slide past this corner and back again. Coupled with the 24-hour non-stop roar of the turbine, it will never be quiet.

Only experienced captains will personally tell the novice: perseverance is the only cure for seasickness.

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When bumping in big waves, the hull rolls nearly 30 degrees. It was very difficult to walk on the deck.

The people gathered around Bi Fang have changed one after another.

The Arctic Ocean is full of icebergs floating on the sea surface. In order to flexibly avoid these ice caps, the hull is only about 70 meters long. If there is a slight wind and waves at sea, it will shake violently. Walking on the boat is like stepping on a tightrope.

At least a small number of people can’t change their faces. Apart from the sailors, the only one who is not unusual is probably Bi Fang himself.

Excellent core strength and balance made him even better than many sailors did, as if the waves didn’t affect him at all.

“What a strange relationship, built by the Danes and captained by the Norwegians?” a sailor asked.

“Yes.” Bi Fang nodded with a smile, “For thousands of years, human beings have been trying to extend the footprints of exploration and discovery to every corner of the earth. The most fascinating and desirable exploration destination is the mysterious The ice and snow of the North and South Pole.”

“In the late 15th century, European explorers wanted to find their way to Asia from their northwest or northeast voyages. At that time, it was known that northern Norway was not frozen, so the explorers began their Arctic expeditions in search of the northwest route. , and fought for it for centuries.”

“In 1845, the central government decided to set up two huge prizes: 20,000 pounds for the first person to open the Northwest Route, and 5,000 pounds for the first ship to reach 89 degrees north latitude.”

“That’s quite a lot of money, and even Mr. Newton is to be thanked for that.”

A little **** the side raised her hand and asked, “Newton? What does this have to do with Newton?”

“Because it was this physicist who established the gold standard in the Middle Kingdom during his time at the Mint. In 1717, Newton set the price of gold at 3 pounds 17 shillings 10 pence per troy ounce.”

“The pound was fixed in gold in 1717, and this price continued until 1931, with two interruptions, but was not affected in 1845.”

“To put it simply: 1 pound contained 7.32238 grams of pure gold in the 19th century. Today, the gold price marked on Huaxia coins is about 330 yuan per gram, that is to say, 1 pound is equivalent to more than 2,400 yuan of Huaxia coins, and the development of gold mines at that time was far from that. The more it is now, the more valuable it will be.”

“In 80 days of traveling around the world, the bet of the protagonist and his friends is 20,000 pounds, and the cost of traveling around the world is about 20,000. According to the way the protagonists have spent all the way, 20 million Huaxia coins are not enough.”

Huaxia coin is now one of the world’s common currencies, and Bi Fang’s conversion can be roughly understood by everyone present.

“Such a huge wealth is naturally moving, and almost all European explorers have been mobilized, including Norway and Denmark of course.”

[I rely on, more than ten million? 】

【Not more, can’t count anymore】

【A lot of small money】

“You are truly a polymath. History, geography, climate, you are an all-rounder.”

A man took off his hat and paid tribute. He listened here for hours, watching the young man speak confidently and with great interest.

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“You’re welcome.” Bi Fang smiled politely, and then changed the conversation, “But it was this huge prize that led to the biggest tragedy in the history of Arctic exploration.”

“At that time, the central country’s expedition ships ‘Terror’ and ‘Nether’ were equipped with the most advanced steam engine propellers, and were also equipped with a heating system to resist the severe cold in the polar regions.”

“The famous polar explorer John Franklin served as the expedition leader, but in July of that year, two expedition ships mysteriously disappeared in the Arctic waters under the leadership of Sir Franklin, and the 129 elite crew members, including Franklin himself, have since disappeared. Audio. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com”

There were low voices from a few listeners on the side.

More than a hundred crew members disappeared, which is not a small number.

At this time, the crew members looked at the surrounding ice sea, and even felt a little scared.

He had been here more than ten times, and his back suddenly became cold, as if there were invisible ghosts watching them.

“Until 1903, Captain Amundsen was born and drove Fram to the Antarctic, becoming the first explorer to set foot on the Antarctic continent.” Bi Fang returned to the topic.

With the lessons learned, Amundsen’s actions are even more valuable, and the onlookers on the side exclaimed in admiration.

But Bi Fang’s tone hadn’t been high for a long time, and then he became low again.

“In fact, there was another captain as well-known as Amundsen at that time, that is Scott, who also reached the South Pole on January 18, 1912, just over a month after Amundsen landed. “

“Unfortunately, due to their physical exhaustion and the early arrival of the blizzard, Scott and his expedition members fell one after another on the way home.”

“Six months later, rescuers found their remains and a diary that Scott had left. Details of Scott’s last expedition in his life were known, as his diary was the last day, and rescuers would They were buried there and are now deep under the Antarctic ice.”

“Amundsen and Scott’s South Pole battle became a swan song in the history of world exploration.”

Scott and his team stayed in the cabin forever, and Amundsen became the first person in human history to reach the South Pole.

“And the ending of this hero is inseparable from the North Pole in front of us.”

Bi Fang pointed to the sea in front of him, making the gloomy atmosphere a wave of curiosity again.