This kind of ice fish is not cheap, but the key is that it tastes very good. It has only one main bone in its body and no other bones, so it is very easy to remove the meat. It is very suitable for making fish balls or fish dumplings.
Of course, there is no problem with Xiang Yang’s favorite braised, stewed, hot pot, and barbecued dishes.
However, ice fish that grow in unpolluted waters below zero degrees in the deep sea are mainly Antarctic krill. In addition to being rich in fish fat DHA, EPA and other ingredients, as well as rich in calcium, it does not contain hemoglobin and has high nutritional value. It is a healthy food suitable for modern people. However, it also contains trace amounts of Antarctic krill toxins. Therefore, its internal organs cannot be eaten.
Since this type of ice fish was not easy to take to Qinglongwan, and there were not many of them, and they were not easy to clean, Xiang Yang had them all gathered together and sent to the kitchen to prepare braised ice fish as an extra dish for everyone.
Now, the crew members were even more excited. They had red envelopes to receive and seafood to eat. They all rolled up their sleeves and worked extra hard.
Even so, it took nearly an hour for Chen Qingsheng and his men to clean up all the catch on the deck.
"Captain, we've already counted it. Excluding all the krill, squid, cuttlefish, and some protected fish that are banned from fishing, the total catch is 24,000 kilograms. It's an unprecedented bumper harvest." As Chen Qingsheng said this, he couldn't hide the smile on his face.
"Okay, what I said before counts. When we go back, everyone will get a red envelope." Xiang Yang grinned.
At this time, the catch on other boats had also been cleaned up.
Gao Chuang leaned on the side of the icebreaker with a smile on his face, holding a cup of steaming goat milk in his hand, "Xiang Yang, how was your harvest on the ship?"
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "Thanks to Mr. Gao, we have caught a lot of fish."
Gao Chuang waved his hand and said, "I haven't harvested such a solid net in a long time. It's all thanks to you. You are really my lucky star. This time, I made almost what I harvested in a year."
"We should have encountered a large school of fish." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
Gao Chuang nodded. "I warmed up the rice wine on the boat. Do you want to come up and have a drink?"
Xiang Yang smiled and shook his head, "No, I'll drink it tonight."
"Well, that's fine. We may meet outsiders when we reach the Drift Ice Islands." Gao Chuang surprisingly did not try to persuade him, but instead said something inexplicable.
"outsider?"
Xiang Yang frowned and wanted to ask Gao Chuang something, but Gao Chuang had already returned to the cabin with the goat milk.
Just as Xiang Yang was thinking, Fang Youqun and Chen Qingsheng came over. Fang Youqun slapped Xiang Yang's shoulder hard, which scared Xiang Yang.
"What are you doing?" Xiang Yang glared at Fang Youqun.
"Brother Yang, what are you thinking about?" Fang Youqun asked with a smile.
Xiang Yang ignored Fang Youqun. He looked at Chen Qingsheng and said, "Master Chen, Boss Gao just said that we might run into outsiders in the Drifting Ice Islands. You've been to Antarctica, do you know what this outsider is referring to?"
"Iceberg Islands?" Chen Qingsheng frowned. "I have been to Antarctica before, but when we came here before, although there were many ships in the fleet, they were not big. They would avoid the icebergs and would not dare to approach them."
Xiang Yang nodded to show that he understood, and then smiled, "Who cares if they are outsiders? I don't believe we can encounter pirates in Antarctica. Even if they are pirates, the overall situation in the world is peaceful now. I don't believe that pirates dare to rob a fleet of thousands of people from Wuchang."
It is normal to encounter pirates at sea.
But it is very unusual for pirates to dare to rob a fleet of thousands of people, especially when there is a big country behind this fleet.
The fleet continued to sail towards the Weddell Sea.
After lunch, Xiang Yang walked around the deck out of boredom to digest his food.
After walking around, Xiang Yang stood at the bow and looked around casually.
It was this one glance that made Xiang Yang rub his eyes and almost thought he was seeing things.
Suddenly, a huge iceberg appeared less than 200 meters in front of the fishing boat.
The huge iceberg was hundreds of meters high at its highest point and thousands of meters wide, lying on the sea like a giant dragon.
The two icebreakers responsible for clearing the way at the front of the fleet were less than fifty meters away from the iceberg.
Xiang Yang was so frightened that he immediately shouted, "Where is the cabin? Who is driving the ship? Can't they see such a huge iceberg?"
But soon, Xiang Yang discovered something wrong.
Logically speaking, there are more than a dozen ships in the entire fleet. Even if the driver on one ship is slacking off, it is on automatic driving, but it is impossible that all the drivers in the entire fleet are slacking off, right
And even if it is autonomous driving, there will be machines for automatic detection, so it is not possible that such a large iceberg cannot be detected.
"captain."
"Brother Yang."
"What's wrong?"
"What happened?"
At this moment, a group of crew members who heard Xiang Yang's roar ran towards Xiang Yang.
Then, before Xiang Yang could speak, Fang Youqun was the first to see the huge iceberg in front of the fishing boat. Fang Youqun's eyes began to widen little by little, and then he put his hands on his head and screamed like a ghost, "Oh my God, is the driver blind? It's over, it's over, we're going to hit it."
"Brother Yang, run quickly, the boat is about to sink." Fang Youqun was so anxious that he tried to pull Xiang Yang's arm like an ant on a hot pan.
Xiang Yang was immediately ashamed, "Well, this must be a mirage."
"Mirage?" Fang Youqun asked puzzledly.
Xiang Yang nodded. "In Antarctica, mirages often appear due to the refraction of light. It's lucky that we can see icebergs here. It is said that someone once saw a huge glacier at sea. In order to avoid the illusory glacier, the ship crashed into a real iceberg nearby."
Fang Youqun was still a little frightened. He asked with a pale face, "Brother Yang, are you sure this is really a mirage? Why does this iceberg seem real to me?"
Chen Qingsheng also frowned, "I also saw a mirage when I came to Antarctica last time, but it was a huge iceberg that suddenly appeared in the sky, several thousand meters away from us. If this iceberg is really a mirage, it is too real."
At this time, Xu Fang came over, holding a display screen in his hand and said, "It is indeed very realistic. If I only look at it with my naked eyes, I can't tell the difference. However, this is indeed not a real iceberg, but a mirage. Not only can the instruments on our ship not detect this iceberg, but I also have surveillance footage of this mirage when it was formed. You can take a look."