It was noon on December 3rd, but the polar night sky was eerily dark, full of untimely star points.
Wrangel Island is located at 71°14 north latitude and 179°25 west longitude. There used to be military airport runways, military radar facilities, and even a mine on the island, but they were all abandoned shortly after they were established. The village of Uhakovskoye is on the southern coast, and the naval base is adjacent to this former small settlement.
The base consists of a complete set of 34 prefabricated modular buildings, and hundreds of people from two countries are currently working in it.
The five of Gu Jun and the others arrived at the Metz Schmidt military base yesterday. When the weather conditions allowed today, they took a helicopter over, successfully flew over the distance of more than 200 kilometers, and landed on the base apron. Now that the sea is almost completely frozen, ships are no longer fit for navigation, and icebreakers are needed to open the way.
The wind roared rumblingly, and the five people stepped off the helicopter one after another, all wearing thick thermal expedition suits and each carrying a bag of luggage.
The remaining temperature in the helicopter cabin has been destroyed by the strong wind. As soon as Gu Jun stepped on the ice and snow of this island, he immediately felt a bone-chilling chill, and his face covered by the hood and mask was still aching from the cold wind. Eyes can barely be opened.
so cold. Didn't he grow up in the north? This is the first time in his life that he felt such a cold, minus 20 degrees...
But here is not only cold, the humidity is also very high, and it is often foggy, so this place is called "fog island".
The cold mist and moisture seemed to have penetrated through the thick thermal clothing, penetrated into his skin, and at the same time penetrated into his lungs through the respiratory tract. Feeling a dull tingling.
"Ah..." Uncle Dan next to him had already shivered a few times from the cold, and just arrived here, as if he was more uncomfortable than being in the stone path for a few days.
"I really need to drink some vodka." Lou Xiaoning muttered, it's not a place where people live, it's dark and cold, 7,600 square kilometers, and it will only get worse the further north you go.
"It's so white." Wu Shiyu looked at the Haohao ice and snow around him under the night, feeling as if he was looking at the color of the global training.
After staying in this environment for a long time, the Ganzfeld effect will appear-seeing hallucinations and mental changes.
"Whoever feels uncomfortable, don't hold on." Xue Ba said to everyone, puffing up all his muscles, but his square bearded face was already flushed from the cold.
Activities in the Arctic Circle in winter are not only a mental test, but also a physical test. Given the time, they all need some training first. And a terminally ill person like Gu Jun should not set foot on this land. But now everything is not going as usual.
Just in front of the helicopter, there was a group of ten people waiting to greet them.
Among them are several members of the expedition team "Arctic Wolf" from the Tianji Bureau here, captain Yu Xiaoyong, and deputy captain Zhang Xiaoqi. "Arctic Wolf" is a large-scale mobile task force formed temporarily to deal with this task. There are all kinds of personnel in the team, and professional arctic explorers are indispensable.
Next to the captain and the others are the personnel from the Ross National Security Bureau. They are the hosts here, and all the members of the Tianji Bureau are guests.
The leader of the Russian team is Ivanov Mstislav, a middle-aged Russian man, with a big beard and more exaggerated muscles than Xue Ba, like a brown bear.
"Captain Yu." Xue Ba led the way up, and then called out "kaпntahctncлaвa" in a substandard Russian language.
Although they are not proficient, Xue Ba can speak many languages.
"Captain Xue!" But Mstislav, who was called, responded in substandard Chinese. This big brown bear did not lose in language.
Now that everyone knew each other, when Gu Jun was introduced, everyone's eyes were quite curious, especially Yu Xiaoyong and the others.
There is no other reason, Gu Jun is too young, but the order passed down from the bureau is to ask them to cooperate with him in carrying out work, which is centered on Gu Jun. However, Yu Xiaoyong and the others have read some information about Gu Jun, and know that he has supersensory perception, "special spiritual power".
"I'll take you to the dormitory first." Mstislav greeted warmly, "Go in and drink some wine and relax."
Although Gu Jun was anxious to look around, he knew that there were still procedures to be followed, and settling in the dormitory was one of them.
And there is no rush, they already knew what was going on here before they set off. The island is too big, and with the bad weather, the Arctic Wolf team didn't even know which area to look for, so the work was at a standstill.
The dormitory building is the largest barracks here. There are separate barracks-style dormitories for men and women. They have electricity and heating supplies, but these energy sources must be used sparingly.
The supplies stored in the base are enough for them and thirty Alaskan sled dogs to spend a month, and the opposite coast can also provide support, but nothing is guaranteed.
After settling down, Gu Jun immediately asked to start exploring. Captain Yu and the others took the five of them out and got on a team of snowmobiles to the west.
Not long after, the deserted Uhakovskoye village appeared in the snow ahead. Captain Yu said, "It has been like this for many years, and the Rus people will not clean it up, nor let others clean it up."
Gu Jun has seen the information and knows this is the case.
Between the light of the car lights, I saw some dilapidated telephone poles hanging down on the snow, and messy wires connected to some dilapidated low-rise wooden houses. The snow had not yet completely covered all kinds of garbage on the ground , especially those abandoned oil barrels that have long been corroded by rust.
The surrounding area is still a piece of snow-white, connected with the undulating mountains in the distance, extending endlessly.
"There's a polar bear there." As soon as the snowmobile convoy stopped, Wu Shiyu pointed out the direction for everyone, and Gu Jun turned to look.
Sure enough, seeing a strong polar bear, he lowered his head and walked beside a dilapidated house less than 20 meters away. It glanced at them, then turned and left.
Why... Gu Jun frowned, and had a strange feeling, as if the polar bear had already been waiting there, waiting for him to come...
The wind was rumbling, except for the silence around them, he could almost hear the sound of his own blood flowing, had his spirit been affected
"Captain Yu, I want to go and have a look at that house." He still said.
The polar bear has already run away, and there is no need for everyone to chase it away. The next group of people walked over, it was a very ordinary old rotten wooden house, less than 30 square meters, the roof was about to collapse under the weight of snow, but it had existed here for decades.
The door of the wooden house was half broken, Gu Jun stretched out his hand to push it open, turned on the flashlight, and looked into the house.
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