Chapter 640 Arriving at the North Pole
On the deck, a group of people were standing. All of them were wearing thick coats, wrapped up like penguins.
If it were normal times, it would be dark yet and everyone would still be sleeping, but now quite a few people have come.
Apparently, everyone was getting up to see the aurora.
The huge cruise ship glided across the ocean full of floating ice, breaking up pieces of thin ice and leaving a clear trail of water.
The Arctic Ocean is an ocean covered by sea ice. The sea water that does not melt all year round accounts for about two-thirds of the ocean area, and there are also a large number of floating ice and icebergs on the rest of the sea surface.
About half of the ocean water here remains frozen year-round, while the rest melts in the spring and freezes in the winter.
The sea ice in the central area has even existed for 3 million years and is considered permanent sea ice.
The climate type is even more simple, and can be simply summarized in one word: cold.
"Phew, it's so cold."
"It's too cold, what's the temperature now?"
"Minus thirty."
"Only thirty? Why do I feel colder than yesterday?"
People who asked about the temperature were puzzled. It was already 30 a few days ago, and it was even colder today, so why was it still 30?
"That guy is an ugly guy. He said Fahrenheit, but Celsius is close to minus 35 degrees. Damn it, my nose is almost frozen off. Steven will definitely laugh at me when I go back."
"Damn it, my thermometer isn't moving!"
"ha?"
On the deck, a man tapped his thermometer against the railing, making a metallic sound.
The temperature on the thermometer didn't change at all, which made the man a little frustrated.
"The freezing point of kerosene is minus 30 degrees Celsius. It's frozen, so of course it can't move."
The sound came from inside the cabin. Everyone looked up and saw Bifang closing the door and walking onto the deck.
"Oh, it's Mr. Bi."
"Mr. Bi, will you also get up to see the aurora?"
"Do you have any stories to tell us today?"
"I watched the video last night and it was amazing. I regret not meeting him earlier."
Everyone greeted him, and within less than a week, everyone on the ship knew the young man, from the captain to the chef to the tourists.
Bifang smiled and nodded, then walked over to the man who was yelling that the thermometer was broken and leaned on the railing: "Generally speaking, there are three types of materials that thermometers are made of: kerosene, mercury, and alcohol."
"The freezing point of kerosene is only minus 30 degrees Celsius. Below this temperature, it solidifies and naturally cannot be moved. Or the cold shrinkage effect is very small and can hardly be seen with the naked eye. The freezing point of mercury is minus 38.87 degrees Celsius, so it cannot be used either."
"You can only bring an alcohol thermometer to the Arctic, because it is the only one with a freezing point of -117°C, which is suitable for all low-temperature natural environments on Earth. Fortunately, you didn't use mercury, otherwise it would be very dangerous if it exploded. However, thermometers generally rarely use mercury."
There are many differences between thermometers, the most common ones are clinical thermometers and temperature meters.
Clinical thermometers are usually mercury, while temperature meters are kerosene and alcohol, and what they measure can be understood just from the literal meaning.
"Why?"
Someone shouted from behind.
Bifang raised his head: "Because mercury expands slowly when heated, it will not cool down quickly after being taken out of the body. It needs to be shaken to return to zero. Using it to measure temperature is simple and intuitive, and it can also avoid errors caused by external heat transfer."
"Kerosene and alcohol thermometers expand significantly when heated and change very quickly. They rise and fall quickly when hot or cold, so they are generally not used to measure body temperature. They are made into red ones and hung indoors to roughly monitor the weather and temperature."
Everyone suddenly realized.
"Are you all up so early today?" Bifang looked at the time. It was not yet time for breakfast.
Although the true polar night has not yet arrived, the unusually short daytime still reminds people to pay attention to time.
Most people may not have the experience of the polar night, but it is conceivable that it is not easy to get through it. There are many problems, such as disrupting one’s biological clock.
A large part of the human biological clock depends on natural light.
Therefore, an important way to regulate rhythm is to eat. The meal times on the ship are fixed, and only three meals are free.
If you want to add more food, sorry, you have to pay extra.
“We all came to see the Northern Lights.”
“It’s so beautiful.”
"Yes, it will be dawn soon. Can you still see it?"
"It's also available here during the day, of course."
"Mr. Bi also gets up early."
"Yes." Bifang nodded and pointed to the ice floes not far away. "I will get off the boat as soon as the sun rises and I find a good place."
It's time to get off the boat!
Everyone was somewhat surprised, but not too shocked. Everyone knew that the reason Bifang came along this time was to reach the northernmost tip of Greenland.
I just didn't expect it to come so soon.
Half an hour later, the green belt in the sky remained, and the second ray of natural light slowly appeared from the horizon. The dark black curtain was lifted up a little, and a fish belly white appeared.
A century ago, on the other side of the earth, on the Antarctic continent, some of the bravest people in the world embarked on an expedition where their lives were at stake.
On the left is fire, on the right is the sea, and in front is the dream and glory that you have been pursuing in your heart.
A century later, a young man came to another node on the earth without any supplies and will challenge to survive here for a hundred days.
The cold wind is howling.
This huge cruise ship, which was over 70 meters long, once again smashed a piece of floating ice, and the sun was hanging obliquely above the figurehead.
The figurehead smashed the most dazzling sun, leaving behind scattered white light that spread in all directions.
The shivering tourists squinted their eyes and looked up, and saw a vast expanse of white before them. It was not pieces of white floating ice, but a continent, a vast and endless pure white continent.
There were no trees, no grass, no living things.
There was only endless cold wind, like a steel knife cutting across the face. There was no blood. All the blood froze into bloody ice spikes the moment it was about to splash out.
Many viewers couldn't help but touch their faces. The skin on their faces was almost numb from the freezing cold. It was not until their warm fingers touched the skin that seemed to have turned into ice that they realized that their faces were not cut by the ice knife and that everything that happened just now was just an illusion.
A familiar voice mixed with the sound of wind rang in their ears. Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and found that the drone that seemed to never be damaged was already hanging above their heads.
"Looking back at the evolution of mankind, if our ancestors had not had the adventurous spirit and imagination, the courage to innovate and sacrifice, humans would not have used canoes to surf the sea and explore the infinite mysteries on the other side of the ocean."
“Human curiosity generates the urge for adventure , and human adventure ignites the torch of civilization.”
“Adventure is not only found in the oceans and mountains, deserts and swamps of nature, but also in densely populated cities.”
"I'm Bifang, a professional outdoor explorer. This time, we came to the North Pole."
