Chapter 692: Real Dog Sledding
“Never use rocks that you have retrieved from a stream bed or that are very wet . Rocks maintain the heat of the flame, help prevent sparks from flying onto your sleeping mat, and ensure that there is adequate oxygen circulation under the fire.”
"To reduce smoke in the house, use wood that is not prone to smoke, that is, dry wood without bark or moss and does not contain resin."
While Bifang was explaining, he was carefully building a fire bed. There was a fire bed inside, and he was also going to extend the outside to make a stove.
It took three days before the wooden house was completely completed. Although it took a lot of time and energy, the result was worth it.
On the cold Arctic snowfield, a small but unusually neat wooden house appeared in the woods.
Every piece of wood was straight, making the wooden house look square. A thin layer of frost accumulated on the sloping roof , but due to the slope, no thicker layer of snow accumulated.
On the other side of the wooden house's door, a stove made of stones attracts attention. A faint gray smoke is coming out of the bottom, and there is a layer of black ash at the bottom, which is the residue left by burning peat moss.
Bifang opened the door and yawned.
Last night was definitely the most comfortable night of sleep he had ever had, even the bed was warm.
Lighting a fire underneath, covering it with a thick layer of rocks, and then covering it with a soft, thick, cleaned, odorless musk ox hide sleeping bag is simply the pinnacle of life.
That’s right, Bifang made musk ox skin into a sleeping bag. It’s called a sleeping bag, but in fact it’s just folded in half and the edges sewn together with bark rope.
Due to the lack of daylight, Bifang had no way of telling time, and because his biological clock was messed up, he himself didn't know what time he went to bed and got up.
But judging from the comments from the audience in the live broadcast room, it should be around ten o'clock in the morning in Greenland.
Thinking of this, Bifang picked up his small stool, which he made himself and was covered with a thick layer of musk ox skin, which was taken from the legs of musk ox. It was very comfortable to sit on for fishing. It was warm and very soft.
"Comfortable~"
Bifang couldn't help but say.
The gray-brown wooden house was covered with a thin layer of snow, and the embers were still rising from a small stove next to it. A winding glacier flowed out from the cracks in the low mountains, flowing towards the invisible distance. Further away was an endless ice field, and the dark night emitted a lavender light.
The Arctic is undoubtedly beautiful, but this beauty can only be fully enjoyed when there is no danger to life. Bifang is undoubtedly enjoying it at this moment.
"Ha, I've taken the bait!"
Bifang lifted the fishing rod. The delicious live fish kept struggling. He pulled the bone hook out of the fish's lips, walked a few steps, and threw the live fish into a puddle. He could see the other three fish that were also caught .
Until twelve days at noon, Bifang looked at the sky in the distance, but the sun never rose again, and there was no sunlight.
Completely eternal night.
Bi Fang let out a long sigh: "It seems that we won't see the sun from today until the end of the live broadcast."
[I have never seen polar night in my life]
[To be honest, the polar night in the Arctic is brighter than I thought]
[Indeed, and it’s purple. Why is that?]
"When sunlight enters the atmosphere, it encounters atmospheric molecules and particles suspended in the atmosphere and is scattered. These atmospheric molecules and particles themselves do not emit light, but because they scatter sunlight, each atmospheric molecule forms a scattered light source."
"According to the Rayleigh scattering law, the shorter wavelengths of light in the solar spectrum, such as purple, blue, and cyan, are most likely to be scattered, while the longer wavelengths of light, such as red, orange, and yellow, have strong transmission capabilities. Therefore, a clear sky is always azure blue, and the blue light is scattered in all directions."
"The same is true for purple. It has the shortest wavelength, and there is too much snow and dust in the Arctic sky, so it is easy to show up when scattered, and we will see a purple night."
Bifang gave a brief explanation, quickly picked up the fishing rod in his hand, and caught another big fish.
[It seems like Fang Shen will have no problem surviving for a hundred days]
[Yeah, I think so too]
【God Fang is awesome! 】
"That's hard to say. We can't just sit back and enjoy the scenery. One musk ox is definitely not enough. Eating only lean meat is definitely not enough for energy intake in the Arctic. We can only last a month at most. Besides, we need salt and we have to go to the shore. I just finished building the cabin and I'm just going to rest for two days."
"I'm going to use the remaining wood to make a dog sled and take it to get some seawater and extract sea salt. By the way, I'll see if I can get some more prey. These three guys eat so much of my meat every day, it's time for them to work."
Bifang got angry when he thought of Sansha's big appetite. He just messed around in the woods all day long, doing nothing, yet he ate a lot.
It was because the three idiots ate too much that Bi Fang had to come out and take fishing as a rest activity.
It's time to teach them what it means to work for a living.
Three sled dogs are more than enough to pull a hundred kilograms of things. After all, eight sled dogs can pull three hundred kilograms of cargo. They can run thirty or forty kilometers a day and are more than enough to carry one person and some portable items.
Moreover, these three are all very large in size. Although I don’t know how long they have been hungry, they are still surprisingly strong. They can definitely be taken with me to get sea salt.
Thinking of himself and the three idiots galloping on the snowy plain, Bifang felt a little excited. He immediately put the big fish he had just caught into the pit and selected a suitable piece of wood. After a while, he knocked on the pile of wood again and put the selected long branches on the fire to tan them.
In order to carry as much stuff as possible, the sled must be light, so it is best to make it with sturdy branches and make it hollow.
Therefore, the appearance will look a bit like a lounge chair woven with bamboo strips.
"Dog sledding has always been the lifeline of the North and South Poles, used to transport medicine and supplies, but now that airplanes and snowmobiles are popular, dog sledding has become more of a sport, and most of the locals still use it."
Place two tanned long sleds with pointed noses on the ground and polish them continuously with stones to remove all burrs. This can effectively reduce resistance and allow the three idiots to pull more things.
After polishing, Bifang dug out a slide groove, and then added a curved guardrail at the front. The guardrail with the groove was stuck on the head, and then tied with a rope. This can avoid jamming to the greatest extent and make it smoother.
"I plan to use mortise and tenon joints for the entire sled, but due to the tools, the processing accuracy is very limited, so I can only use it as it is. It may not be strong, so I have to add glue and fix it with ropes, so that it is safer."
