Drift ice seas.
Boom!
The thunderous cracking sound kept ringing.
A huge floating ice cap was cut through by the hard bow of the Xuelong, and the penguins and seals perched on it slid into the sea with their belly in panic.
The grey-white sky mirrored the water in the same colour, and a few steep icebergs appeared at the end of the horizon.
In the Funabashi control room, several staff members looked nervous.
Before entering the open waters of the Ross Sea, the most at risk is this piece of drift ice.
Compared with the past, there are uncertain factors such as mutant creatures, and you have no idea what will happen in the next moment.
So they can only concentrate, carefully guarding against any potential risk factors.
The captain patrolled the stations back and forth, paused when he walked to the observation radar, and frowned at the constantly rotating display screen.
"Why is there no report of an iceberg ahead?"
"Report to the captain, the iceberg is 20 nautical miles away. According to the current wind direction and currents, the iceberg will not pose a threat to our route." The observer replied with a straight face.
"Nonsense, have you calculated the volume of the iceberg above the sea?" the captain scolded and shouted to the pilot: "Left rudder ten, after bypassing the iceberg, return to the main route."
"Ten left rudder, received."
After the captain gave the order, the control room became more busy.
Various warning lights flashed continuously.
The observation room of the Xuelong Hall.
Everyone nestled in the sofa in their most comfortable position, and looked at Station Chief Cui from time to time.
Shao Zifeng carried the dinner plate and secretly stuffed small pieces of meat into his collar.
Qiuqiu was a little embarrassed to see people because the scales had not yet grown, so he hid in Shao Zifeng's inner lining when he went out.
It happily ate the meat fed by Shao Zifeng and narrowed its eyes happily.
Station Master Cui took a sip of the beer: "The thing I want to tell you happened more than ten years ago. At that time, I was as young as you, and this was my second trip to the Antarctic continent."
Seeing that Station Master Cui was in deep thought, everyone listened quietly.
"After drifting at sea for more than a month, our icebreaker entered the drift ice waters."
"At that time, there was no such panoramic window on the icebreaker. Our group of young people could not go out in the cold and windy weather. When we couldn't hold back, we lay on a small porthole and looked out."
"There is a gray patch between the sea and the sky, and the floes rolled up by the strong wind and waves slap the hull of the ship. After watching it for a long time, I feel very boring."
"It was already the third day of entering the drift-ice waters, and in another day, we will be able to pass through the drift-ice waters and reach the open waters of the Ross Sea, which is a rare safe sea area outside the Antarctic circle without floating ice."
The sound of the Xuelong breaking through the ice floes was faintly heard, and with the faint sound of wind and waves and the crashing of the floes, everyone was gradually immersed in the story of Station Master Cui.
"Just when everyone thought it was safe to cross the drift ice waters this time, the alarm in the ship suddenly sounded."
When speaking, Captain Cui's tone was eager, and everyone's hearts were raised.
"One of our group was named Li Changgeng. He was the first to run to the porthole, and after seeing the scene outside, he fainted with a strange cry."
"When I saw this, I ran over quickly. The scene outside the porthole has a deep memory to me to this day."
Speaking of which, Station Master Cui stopped, took a sip from his beer mug, and played with his phone.
"What did you see, Chief Cui, please tell me." The electrician who had been booing earlier urged.
Director Cui put down his phone and glared at him: "You can't hold your breath."
"I remember that scene as fresh as ever. Since then, I have woken up from my dreams many times, and I couldn't let it go for a long time."
"Looking from the porthole, an iceberg suddenly surfaced, and the sea water was rushing down on the mountain of dozens of meters. What's more terrifying is that our ship was too late to turn around and was about to hit it."
beep~
As soon as he finished speaking, a harsh siren suddenly sounded in the viewing room.
Everyone's bodies tensed instantly, and they looked out the window in horror.
But outside, apart from the densely packed ice floes, there were only unknown seabirds flying low in front of the Xuelong, and there were no icebergs.
Seeing this peaceful scene, they subconsciously looked at Station Master Cui.
"Ha ha ha ha."
There was silence in the viewing room, and only the smiling person, Cui Station Master, turned his back and pointed at the screen of his mobile phone.
"The alarm I set before rang, the thorns are not exciting, hahahaha."
Everyone looked at this old man with a dark face.
"Okay, okay. Don't make trouble."
Being stared at by so many malicious eyes, Director Cui couldn't laugh anymore. He cleared his throat: "Go on and on."
"By the way, the iceberg suddenly rose, and all of us were desperate. This is a ship killer. Whether it's the Endurance in 1914 or the Sightseeing a few years ago, it was bumped and turned over."
"But who ever thought that the iceberg suddenly sank again when it was about to hit."
"It's terrifying to think about."
After speaking, the stationmaster Cui Yuzai drank beer, but the others quit.
Xiao Chen, the electrician, was the first to shout: "That's it?"
"Yeah, we used this to fool us after listening to it for a long time."
"And the Li Changgeng you said didn't jump into the fog before, why did he faint again?"
"That's right. How much hatred Li Changgeng has with you?"
As more and more people attacked him, Cui Zhanhan couldn't drink anymore. He quickly turned his head, thinking about what else he could blow.
At the same time, he shouted: "Who said it's gone, I'm not just remembering you, it's just you, or you can tell me."
After suppressing the crowd with his generous style, the stationmaster Cui continued to speak.
"This was only known to us later. Since the 'unknown recovery event', many scientific research ships have encountered this situation."
"Later, some scholars speculated that it was because those mutant creatures used icebergs as toys, dragged them under the sea, and made them float up. As for why they did this, it was impossible to verify."
"Later we called this kind of iceberg 'Yin Iceberg', alas. There are too many secrets in the deep sea, and the level of human exploration of the current world is too low."
After saying this, everyone still doesn't buy it, and you feel sorry for the behavior of the stationmaster Chen Cui.
Shao Zifeng sat quietly on the sofa and fell into contemplation.
It has only been more than 20 years since the 'unknown recovery event', the living space of human beings has been greatly reduced, and there are too many unsolved mysteries in nature.
The key point is that many textbooks now use old textbooks, and some so-called experience and common sense are no longer applicable.
In this case, rashly following the previous experience can easily lead to accidents.
do not know either
beep~
At this time, the harsh alarm sounded again.
Accompanied by the alarm, the red warning light keeps flashing.
Everyone looked at Station Chief Cui subconsciously, but saw him looking out the window with a pale face.
Following his gaze, everyone's faces became ugly.
This is a crow's mouth.
what to say.
Thank you "Wang" for the 999 reward.
(End of this chapter)