Survival male god

Chapter 241 Is the island alive?
Without a rudder and only an oar, it is not easy to keep a ship on the correct course.

Just correcting the route would consume a lot of Chen Jing's energy.

Fortunately, the problem is not very big.

The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the four oceans, and its size is less than one-tenth that of the Pacific Ocean.

But one thing is that the Arctic Ocean is the ocean with the largest longitude among the four oceans, reaching 360 degrees.

Therefore, in order to plan the correct route here, certain geographical knowledge and judgment ability are required.

The closer he was to the North Pole, the more careful Chen Jing became. All directions became south, and there was no distinction between east and west.

Arriving at the North Pole, walking in the direction of 120 degrees east longitude, and finding a small land island was Gao Lei's action plan.

According to him, if the workstation crashes, this is where the garrison personnel are most likely to evacuate.

It was a secret island that was accidentally discovered when the scientific expedition team arrived at the North Pole, and it has never been announced to the public.

When it comes to this matter, everyone is very curious, even insiders like Lin Jiaying and Zhou Hui don't know.

"Actually, I heard from my seniors that it happened many years ago, twelve or thirteen years ago!"

"Because it has no published value, that kind of island may disappear in a storm at any time."

"But no one expected that after so many years, the small island, which was only a few dozen square meters at first, not only did not disappear, but instead grew larger and larger. Now it is as big as a small village."

"If we can find it there, we might be able to solve the food problem."

For four people, just having to eat every day is an extremely huge burden.

The Arctic cod had been eaten long ago, and the fish caught on the way could barely keep the four of them from starving to death.

As the team deepened, the ice cap in the central area of ​​the Arctic became thicker and thicker, and the ground had become thick ice, making it impossible to continue sailing by boat.

When we were still [-] kilometers away from the North Pole, everyone was already pulling the raft forward purely by hand.

Fortunately, this is not laborious, but there is no way to break the ice for fishing in this situation. The ice in winter is so thick that even icebreakers cannot sail here.

But there is no way, we can't stay where we are, we need to find the missing people at the workstation, gather all the survivors together, use Chen Jing's only communication capability, and wait for the subsequent arrival of the real rescue team.

By the time we arrived at the North Pole, we had already run out of food.

As far as the eye can see, there are vast glaciers all around. The thickness of the ice sheet at the North Pole has been measured to be just over three meters. In summer, there are a lot of polar bears and seals living here.

In winter, the animals have already migrated south, evenly distributed in the Arctic Circle, and the glaciers melted, taking their lives away.

Even seals and polar bears have evacuated, and other creatures that rely on them to form a food chain have become even more elusive.

Chen Jing's clever wife can't make a meal without rice, and all kinds of tools and methods are of no use.

It may take a day or two to find the island.

Without food, one could easily become weak in such cold conditions.

In the end, Chen Jing had to decide on the bearskin.

He did not move the great bearskin that was on the mast for the sail.

If you want to go to sea later, you may have to rely on this thing to provide power!
With its triangular hull, it would be too difficult to row it without the power of a sail.

No way, as early as the original design, the net consideration was stability, and there was no thought of what kind of structure and shape of the ship would be more dynamic.

Therefore, he could only take off the big bearskin jacket that he had been wearing.

First, it is divided into pieces, soaked until soft, boiled in water to remove the hair, and finally scraped off the root of the hair follicle with a knife.

The soaked bear skin is four centimeters thick and has a brown, transparent gelatinous texture.

The method of eating is also simple. Throw it into a pot, add condiments, and simmer for a few hours. After it is soft and tender, cut it with a knife and put it together by hand.

The smell of bear skin is really ordinary. In Chen Jing's words, it's like chewing on a flexible candle. The audience couldn't understand what it felt like despite their brains.
However, it can be regarded as food anyway, the kind that can fill people's stomachs.

At this point, who can care about whether the food tastes good or not? It is already very difficult to eat and save one's life.

In this way, the team spent two very difficult days relying on the bearskin jacket.

At this time, Chen Jing once again showed off his extremely terrifying physical fitness, when everyone else was so tired that they were panting and struggling to walk.

He can even pull a raft weighing nearly a thousand kilograms and walk on the ice.

Zhou Hui and Gao Lei couldn't help but feel ashamed. They were both men, so why was there such a big difference?

Later, it was Zhou Hui's words that allowed the two of them to regain their confidence.

"Brother Chen is a complete monster. How can we compare to monsters?"

Chen Jing had no way to refute.

According to the system's attribute statistics method, for the general public, the normal level should be around 5 points.

People like Zhou Hui, Gao Lei, and Lin Jiaying who have been stationed in the Arctic for a long time and often go out to perform tasks should have an overall quality level of about 7 points.

And what is the concept of oneself?

The highest strength, reached 14 points, and the average level was between 12 and 13 points.

Not to mention the increase when the specialization is triggered, and the bonus of wearing the title.

Compared with them, he is indeed a monster.

In the past few days, they had not found any traces left by the scientific expedition team on the ice, which made the other three people a little worried.

He was afraid that something might happen to the members of the scientific expedition team who stayed at the station.

Chen Jing couldn't comfort him about this kind of thing.

In fact, in the entire rescue operation so far, except for survival, he has relied on practical skills.

When searching for the whereabouts of the missing persons, he almost always relied on clumsy methods and luck to find the three of them.

Of course, the right idea is also very important, find the right location, and search all the places that can be set foot at the fastest speed.

This was also due to the fact that his progress was fast enough, and the place where several people were scattered was not far from the crash site.

Another one, their physical fitness, including willpower, is much stronger than Chen Jing imagined.

After all, they are still professional scientific expedition members, and ordinary people cannot compare with them.

But after completing the Phase [-] mission, it becomes even more difficult to find the remaining team members at the workstation.

Firstly, a long time has passed, and secondly, there is no information at all to judge where the ice cap Iceland where the workstation is located has drifted to?

Even when the other party evacuated the workstation and chose to go to the small island near the North Pole, it was Gao Lei's guess.

But under the premise that there is no better solution, Chen Jing can only choose to believe, and then try hard.

At the very center of the North Pole, the challenges facing the team became more and more severe.

The first one to bear the brunt is the lack of supplies.

Chen Jing wondered if the last big bear skin would be enough for the four of them to support until rescue arrived.

The answer is, difficult!
So today, we must find that land island.

An island in the ocean is a magical existence. It has solid ground, rocks, soil, minerals, and water... No matter how harsh the environment is, bacteria, microorganisms, and some plants can always survive on it.

Even if it is covered with snow all year round, as long as there are not a large number of glaciers accumulating, the exposed surface is likely to become a paradise for Arctic flora and fauna.

Polar bears, seals, Arctic foxes, Arctic hares, various seabirds, and rats.

It is possible to survive in this polar region.

Don't underestimate the survival ability of animals. Except for not being able to use tools, most creatures in the world are better able to adapt to harsh environments than humans.

If all this is true, there is no way they could have starved to death on the island.

But after two days, Chen Jing didn't even see a mound, let alone an island.

What comes into view is not only glaciers but also glaciers.

But it feels safer than wandering at sea.

At least the ice caps in the center of the polar regions have not yet melted. Unless the temperature continues to rise and reaches the level of normal summer in ordinary areas, the glaciers here may all turn into seawater.

"Gao Lei, could it be that you remembered the longitude wrong?"

"We walked for more than two days, and the mileage was hundreds of kilometers, and we didn't find a small island."

Zhou Hui complained first.

Gao Lei shook his head, his expression extremely determined.

"I can't remember it wrong. It is on the vertical line of [-] degrees east longitude. Maybe if we hold on for a while, we can see it?"

Seeing what he said so firmly, everyone could only move on.

Gao Lei is a real person. Since he dares to say this, how can anyone doubt it?He could only believe it, not to mention, he had no reason to lie.

The four people now are like grasshoppers jumping on a rope, their destinies are connected, one will prosper and one will suffer.

The "glory" here is of course survival, and the loss is death.

Chen Jing didn't say anything from beginning to end. He believed Gao Lei's words, but he had been thinking about a problem.

According to scientific evidence over the years, the global average temperature has been rising continuously.

The greenhouse effect is extremely obvious, and the Arctic glaciers are constantly melting.

Just like the Svalbard Islands mentioned before, including the waters near Norway, the amount of glacial freshwater that melts every year is the largest in the world.

As a result, the ice shell of the Arctic Ocean becomes thinner and the sea level rises, and the islands should gradually be swallowed up by the sea.

How come it has become bigger and bigger after all these years?
Is it possible that after the glaciers melted, the sea level not only did not rise, but also dropped?

Moreover, there are no fixed continental plates in the Arctic Ocean, and there is no possibility of islands rising due to crustal movements.

So the phenomenon displayed by this island is very thought-provoking.

Chen Jing silently pulled the raft forward, but both the audience and several companions could see that this guy was worried.

Zhou Hui's personality is relatively straightforward, and he is also a very pure person without much thought.

Seeing that Chen Jing was a little careless, he stepped forward, grabbed the rope, and kept pace with the latter.

The two are like reindeer, pulling the raft forward on the ice.

"What are you thinking about? I haven't listened to you for a long time."

Chen Jing glanced at him, and without intending to remain silent, he spoke out all his previous thoughts.

Now, not only were a few people in the team blindfolded, but even the audience in front of the screen all stared blankly.

["Yeah, why didn't I think of that?"

"It must be Jingshen, he is indeed a wise man who can keep a calm mind at all times!"

"It's weird, isn't it?"

"Except when there is nothing he can do, Jingshen is quite smart most of the time."

"That's true. Global temperatures have been rising over the years. It is a fact that the Arctic is warming and glaciers are melting. Why are the islands near the Arctic pole getting bigger and bigger under such circumstances?"

"Whether it's from the height of the sea water or the geological structure, it doesn't make sense!"

"And there is no possibility of a coral island growing up. It takes at least tens of thousands, or even tens of millions of years, for a coral island to grow. Are there any coral islands in the center of the Arctic Ocean?"

"There shouldn't be any. Coral islands are mostly formed in temperate tropical waters."

"Then why can this island grow?"

"There is a possibility that it is a dense floating island. It was small before because it was covered by glaciers. But after the glaciers melted, although the sea level rose, the islands lost the pressure of the glaciers and floated accordingly."

"This doesn't make sense. The glaciers near the pole have basically not melted much. If it all turned into the sea, it would be fine. Only the glaciers in the outer circle would melt."

"That's strange. The sea level has been rising, the glaciers have not melted, but the island has become bigger. Is it possible that it is alive?"

"this……"】

Gao Lei would take Chen Jing's satellite phone from time to time to check everyone's coordinates, longitude and latitude.

I also occasionally turn on the live broadcast to see what the audience is saying.

When Chen Jing expressed his doubts, he had already guessed that those funny water friends would definitely have many interesting remarks.

Facts have proved that there are as many fans as there are anchors.

After some discussions that could be regarded as rational, many views that made people find it unbelievable, and even shocking, were presented to everyone.

After hearing Gao Lei's report, except for Chen Jing, Lin Jiaying and Zhou Hui all looked a little unnatural.

"How can an island be alive?"

"It's just that science, or our existing knowledge and theories, can't explain it. This kind of statement is a bit nonsense."

Lin Jiaying was silent for a long time, and finally did not speak.

Gao Lei, on the other hand, seemed to have thought of something.

"No one has been to that island for many years. The workstation only occasionally uses satellites for observation."

"Maybe it is indeed "growing up". Who knows for sure. It can't be a forbidden creature or something, haha..."

"Only Siberia in the Arctic Circle is a restricted area in the wilderness. Aren't all the taboo creatures there killed by your Jingshen?"

Everyone nodded, but the next moment, the words that came out of Chen Jing's mouth made everyone's faces stagnate.

"In fact, the top ten wilderness restricted areas are just the definition of land restricted areas."

"And every deep sea can be called..."

"Wild Forbidden Zone!"

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