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"Wolstanholm Fjord, where Tulle air force base is located, is the entrance to Smith Strait. We passed there early yesterday morning, but wolstanholm fjord is too far from our route to see there." Brian's look showed that he was a little drunk.
"In fact, it is a long-standing Arctic research base. In the past, the place was an Inuit settlement called ulanmak, where the Inuit lived for hundreds of years. Later, the Danish Explorer krud Rasmussen turned it into a trading center and forward base during five Arctic scientific surveys from 1912 to 1924."
"After World War II, a joint Danish weather station was established in the region. During the cold war, the U.S. military began to regard the Arctic region as the front line to the Soviet Union. During World War II, the Allies had established weather stations in Greenland and Canada, but during the cold war, the United States wanted an air base to intercept bombers from the northeast to the United States, and also as a base for long-range bombers of the United States The oil point, and Ulan mark is just halfway between Moscow and New York, so the U.S. government targeted here. "
"At that time, the secret project of building an air base here was code named 'Lanjie'. In July 1951, a fleet of 120 containers, 12000 people and 300000 tons of goods arrived in Beixing Bay and immediately began the construction of Tule air base. All the Inuit people living in ulanmak were moved away, and then the builders spent two years to build an air base there The huge air base, this is Tulle air base. At that time, the 821st regiment of the U.S. Air Force was stationed there, which is also called 821st base. "
Brian drank another glass of wine, shook his head and continued: "In 1961, the U.S. military established the 12th space early warning Squadron, which was called the 12th missile early warning squadron at that time. This squadron was also stationed at Tule air force base. At that time, Tule Air Force Base was successively commanded by the Northeast Air Force Command, air defense command and Strategic Air Force command of the United States. It was not until 1983 that the air force space command took over Tule air force base and launched the 12th missile early warning squadron in 1992 The early warning squadron was reorganized into the 12th space early warning squadron. I served there in 2007 and served there for four years. "
Yang Jing asked curiously, "it must be boring to serve there?"
Brian smiled and shook his head. "How can it be boring? If it's boring to serve there now, that's for sure. After all, there are only about 200 U.S. soldiers there, but there were more than 2000 people there when I served. It is said that when the number of people at Tulle air force base was the largest, it was as high as more than 10000. How can it be boring?"
Brian said, reaching out and drawing a circle, "You haven't been there. Although it is located 1207 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle, the scenery there is also very spectacular. It is the only place on earth where three active glaciers are integrated. Moreover, Tule is also the northernmost port in the world, and the deep-water wharf there is enough for the blue whale to dock. In addition, there is a 3000 meter long runway, every In, there were more than 3000 flights to and from Tulle Air Force Base alone. Tulle air force base can be said to be the most important military base of the U.S. government in the Arctic! It's not boring to serve there. "
Greg asked curiously, "is there anything strange there? For example, what are you doing there? Or is there anything like high-tech radar in the base?"
Brian shook his head with a smile and said, "I'm sorry, madam boss, I can't explain these things you consulted. Although I have retired for seven years, I still have to abide by some confidentiality regulations. I don't want to be chased and killed by the U.S. government for life because I say something I shouldn't say."
Carl Morris looked at Greg with a disappointed look and said with a smile, "landlady, you don't have to be disappointed. Don't say it's you. Even those of us who spend all day with Brian, he never told us about some sensitive things in that damn base."
Greg shrugged his shoulders and said, "well, I shouldn't ask about it. I'm just too curious."
Because of the sudden snowstorm, at noon, except for the crew on duty, everyone came to a lively dinner.
In this boring voyage, it is very necessary to have a dinner from time to time, which will help to alleviate some negative emotions caused by the boring voyage.
However, to Yang Jing's surprise, the snowstorm came and went very quickly. After everyone was full at noon, they suddenly found that they didn't know when to see the sun again.
Push open the hatch and go out. People find that the snowstorm has stopped. A dark cloud is faintly visible in the sky, pressing towards the southeast. Although there are still many clouds in the sky, it is not as scary as it was just now. The sun also shows its head playfully and tries to contribute its own heat to the sea area.
Although it cleared up, the temperature became very low. Yang Jing looked at the outdoor thermometer. In just three hours, the temperature suddenly dropped from about 10 degrees above zero to 17 degrees below zero
"The polar climate is like this, because the rising warm air flow in the whole northern hemisphere will cool down in the Arctic region, and then carry a huge amount of cold to the warm areas in low latitudes to supplement the air rising in the warm areas due to the rising temperature. Therefore, in the polar region, we can often encounter such sudden snowstorms. Don't worry, it's over now It's summer. If you pay a little attention to this kind of snowstorm, it won't cause any disastrous consequences. "Standing in the cockpit, Andry whispered to Yang Jing to explain the snowstorm.
Yang Jing said with a wry smile, "with you, I'm not worried about the disastrous consequences. I just worry about the speed."
At present, the speed of the blue whale is the safest three knots, that is, more than five kilometers an hour. This speed is similar to the normal walking speed of people. From here, it is more than 500 kilometers to reach the Cape Columbia at the northernmost end of Ellesmere Island. If it sails at this speed, it will take at least four days.
Andre smiled: "Don't worry, this temperature can't last for a long time. You haven't been to the polar regions, so you may not know something about it. I go to the south pole or the North Pole twice a year, so I know more about this polar climate. Don't worry, the temperature will pick up in less than a day after this cold current passes. And I just observed it The cooling of the cold current is not so fierce. If we catch up with the fierce cooling, it is not uncommon to suddenly drop 40 degrees in a few hours. This is less than 30 degrees, which is a normal cooling. Don't worry. "
Well, since Andre said so, Yang Jing can only choose to believe it. Although this guy has only taken over as the captain of the blue whale for a short time, he is an old sailor after all. He has much more experience in this field than himself.
As Andre judged, at more than 9 p.m., Yang Jing felt that the wind direction had changed.
The north wind, which was just like a knife, became a southwest wind silently after raging for more than ten hours, and the outdoor temperature rose from minus 17 degrees to minus 6 degrees at noon.
The most important thing is that the sea ice has not increased much. Now the blue whale has increased its speed to seven knots again.
Time passed quietly. Two days later, when the blue whale drilled out of the channel at the northernmost end of the Smith Strait, which was only 20 kilometers wide, the front suddenly opened up.
"The Arctic Ocean is here!" Captain Andrey said with a trace of excitement. Although the eyes are still white, this breadth can undoubtedly make people more excited than the narrow strait.
"This is the Arctic Ocean?" GERGE asked captain Andre.
"Yes, the real Arctic Ocean is ahead. But the sea temperature is still a little low. If we wait until August, the ice here will melt and break to expose the sea water."
"So fast?" Yang Jing was also a little surprised. "Now the ice here is almost half a meter thick? Can you melt the half meter thick ice in more than 20 days?"
"No, it's not completely melting." Captain Andre shook his head with a smile. "Don't forget that we are at sea now. The sea water under the ice layer is moving all the time. When the thickness of the ice layer is less than 20cm, it is very likely to break under the strong fluctuation of the sea water. Once these ice layers break, the melting speed will speed up."
Yang Jing nodded to show understanding.
Andre went to the chart room, looked at the chart and said, "let's go. Now we have entered the Arctic Ocean, so we should visit the northernmost settlements of mankind."
"The northernmost settlement?" giggled, then said excitedly as if he thought of something: "Captain Andrey, do you mean arlet?"
Captain Andrey snapped his fingers and said with a smile, "yes, it's the northernmost settlement of mankind on the planet."
Yang Jing asked Ge Ge in a low voice, "is that what arlet very famous?"
Ge Ge nodded and said, "of course it's famous. It's the northernmost permanent residence in the world. It's located at 82 degrees and 28 minutes north latitude, only 800 kilometers from the North Pole."
Yang Jing patted his forehead and exclaimed, "there are still people living in such a North place?"
"It's not a permanent settlement either. Alte is only a permanent settlement, but most of the people living there are temporary. More than a decade ago, there were five permanent settlers there, but no one has settled there permanently since 2011, but there are people there every year. There is a meteorological observatory and a military frontier base there And an airstrip, so several people are on duty there every year. "
Andre praised: "Mr. Yang, I have to say that your fiancee knows a lot about this. She's right. Arlet is a settlement at the northernmost tip of the Arctic Ocean. When we researchers used to come to the Arctic, as long as we passed here, we usually went to meet and have dinner with the people on duty there. It's really not easy for them."
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"Wolstanholm Fjord, where Tulle air force base is located, is the entrance to Smith Strait. We passed there early yesterday morning, but wolstanholm fjord is too far from our route to see there." Brian's look showed that he was a little drunk.
"In fact, it is a long-standing Arctic research base. In the past, the place was an Inuit settlement called ulanmak, where the Inuit lived for hundreds of years. Later, the Danish Explorer krud Rasmussen turned it into a trading center and forward base during five Arctic scientific surveys from 1912 to 1924."
"After World War II, a joint Danish weather station was established in the region. During the cold war, the U.S. military began to regard the Arctic region as the front line to the Soviet Union. During World War II, the Allies had established weather stations in Greenland and Canada, but during the cold war, the United States wanted an air base to intercept bombers from the northeast to the United States, and also as a base for long-range bombers of the United States The oil point, and Ulan mark is just halfway between Moscow and New York, so the U.S. government targeted here. "
"At that time, the secret project of building an air base here was code named 'Lanjie'. In July 1951, a fleet of 120 containers, 12000 people and 300000 tons of goods arrived in Beixing Bay and immediately began the construction of Tule air base. All the Inuit people living in ulanmak were moved away, and then the builders spent two years to build an air base there The huge air base, this is Tulle air base. At that time, the 821st regiment of the U.S. Air Force was stationed there, which is also called 821st base. "
Brian drank another glass of wine, shook his head and continued: "In 1961, the U.S. military established the 12th space early warning Squadron, which was called the 12th missile early warning squadron at that time. This squadron was also stationed at Tule air force base. At that time, Tule Air Force Base was successively commanded by the Northeast Air Force Command, air defense command and Strategic Air Force command of the United States. It was not until 1983 that the air force space command took over Tule air force base and launched the 12th missile early warning squadron in 1992 The early warning squadron was reorganized into the 12th space early warning squadron. I served there in 2007 and served there for four years. "
Yang Jing asked curiously, "it must be boring to serve there?"
Brian smiled and shook his head. "How can it be boring? If it's boring to serve there now, that's for sure. After all, there are only about 200 U.S. soldiers there, but there were more than 2000 people there when I served. It is said that when the number of people at Tulle air force base was the largest, it was as high as more than 10000. How can it be boring?"
Brian said, reaching out and drawing a circle, "You haven't been there. Although it is located 1207 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle, the scenery there is also very spectacular. It is the only place on earth where three active glaciers are integrated. Moreover, Tule is also the northernmost port in the world, and the deep-water wharf there is enough for the blue whale to dock. In addition, there is a 3000 meter long runway, every In, there were more than 3000 flights to and from Tulle Air Force Base alone. Tulle air force base can be said to be the most important military base of the U.S. government in the Arctic! It's not boring to serve there. "
Greg asked curiously, "is there anything strange there? For example, what are you doing there? Or is there anything like high-tech radar in the base?"
Brian shook his head with a smile and said, "I'm sorry, madam boss, I can't explain these things you consulted. Although I have retired for seven years, I still have to abide by some confidentiality regulations. I don't want to be chased and killed by the U.S. government for life because I say something I shouldn't say."
Carl Morris looked at Greg with a disappointed look and said with a smile, "landlady, you don't have to be disappointed. Don't say it's you. Even those of us who spend all day with Brian, he never told us about some sensitive things in that damn base."
Greg shrugged his shoulders and said, "well, I shouldn't ask about it. I'm just too curious."
Because of the sudden snowstorm, at noon, except for the crew on duty, everyone came to a lively dinner.
In this boring voyage, it is very necessary to have a dinner from time to time, which will help to alleviate some negative emotions caused by the boring voyage.
However, to Yang Jing's surprise, the snowstorm came and went very quickly. After everyone was full at noon, they suddenly found that they didn't know when to see the sun again.
Push open the hatch and go out. People find that the snowstorm has stopped. A dark cloud is faintly visible in the sky, pressing towards the southeast. Although there are still many clouds in the sky, it is not as scary as it was just now. The sun also shows its head playfully and tries to contribute its own heat to the sea area.
Although it cleared up, the temperature became very low. Yang Jing looked at the outdoor thermometer. In just three hours, the temperature suddenly dropped from about 10 degrees above zero to 17 degrees below zero
"The polar climate is like this, because the rising warm air flow in the whole northern hemisphere will cool down in the Arctic region, and then carry a huge amount of cold to the warm areas in low latitudes to supplement the air rising in the warm areas due to the rising temperature. Therefore, in the polar region, we can often encounter such sudden snowstorms. Don't worry, it's over now It's summer. If you pay a little attention to this kind of snowstorm, it won't cause any disastrous consequences. "Standing in the cockpit, Andry whispered to Yang Jing to explain the snowstorm.
Yang Jing said with a wry smile, "with you, I'm not worried about the disastrous consequences. I just worry about the speed."
At present, the speed of the blue whale is the safest three knots, that is, more than five kilometers an hour. This speed is similar to the normal walking speed of people. From here, it is more than 500 kilometers to reach the Cape Columbia at the northernmost end of Ellesmere Island. If it sails at this speed, it will take at least four days.
Andre smiled: "Don't worry, this temperature can't last for a long time. You haven't been to the polar regions, so you may not know something about it. I go to the south pole or the North Pole twice a year, so I know more about this polar climate. Don't worry, the temperature will pick up in less than a day after this cold current passes. And I just observed it The cooling of the cold current is not so fierce. If we catch up with the fierce cooling, it is not uncommon to suddenly drop 40 degrees in a few hours. This is less than 30 degrees, which is a normal cooling. Don't worry. "
Well, since Andre said so, Yang Jing can only choose to believe it. Although this guy has only taken over as the captain of the blue whale for a short time, he is an old sailor after all. He has much more experience in this field than himself.
As Andre judged, at more than 9 p.m., Yang Jing felt that the wind direction had changed.
The north wind, which was just like a knife, became a southwest wind silently after raging for more than ten hours, and the outdoor temperature rose from minus 17 degrees to minus 6 degrees at noon.
The most important thing is that the sea ice has not increased much. Now the blue whale has increased its speed to seven knots again.
Time passed quietly. Two days later, when the blue whale drilled out of the channel at the northernmost end of the Smith Strait, which was only 20 kilometers wide, the front suddenly opened up.
"The Arctic Ocean is here!" Captain Andrey said with a trace of excitement. Although the eyes are still white, this breadth can undoubtedly make people more excited than the narrow strait.
"This is the Arctic Ocean?" GERGE asked captain Andre.
"Yes, the real Arctic Ocean is ahead. But the sea temperature is still a little low. If we wait until August, the ice here will melt and break to expose the sea water."
"So fast?" Yang Jing was also a little surprised. "Now the ice here is almost half a meter thick? Can you melt the half meter thick ice in more than 20 days?"
"No, it's not completely melting." Captain Andre shook his head with a smile. "Don't forget that we are at sea now. The sea water under the ice layer is moving all the time. When the thickness of the ice layer is less than 20cm, it is very likely to break under the strong fluctuation of the sea water. Once these ice layers break, the melting speed will speed up."
Yang Jing nodded to show understanding.
Andre went to the chart room, looked at the chart and said, "let's go. Now we have entered the Arctic Ocean, so we should visit the northernmost settlements of mankind."
"The northernmost settlement?" giggled, then said excitedly as if he thought of something: "Captain Andrey, do you mean arlet?"
Captain Andrey snapped his fingers and said with a smile, "yes, it's the northernmost settlement of mankind on the planet."
Yang Jing asked Ge Ge in a low voice, "is that what arlet very famous?"
Ge Ge nodded and said, "of course it's famous. It's the northernmost permanent residence in the world. It's located at 82 degrees and 28 minutes north latitude, only 800 kilometers from the North Pole."
Yang Jing patted his forehead and exclaimed, "there are still people living in such a North place?"
"It's not a permanent settlement either. Alte is only a permanent settlement, but most of the people living there are temporary. More than a decade ago, there were five permanent settlers there, but no one has settled there permanently since 2011, but there are people there every year. There is a meteorological observatory and a military frontier base there And an airstrip, so several people are on duty there every year. "
Andre praised: "Mr. Yang, I have to say that your fiancee knows a lot about this. She's right. Arlet is a settlement at the northernmost tip of the Arctic Ocean. When we researchers used to come to the Arctic, as long as we passed here, we usually went to meet and have dinner with the people on duty there. It's really not easy for them."
"Wolstanholm Fjord, where Tulle air force base is located, is the entrance to Smith Strait. We passed there early yesterday morning, but wolstanholm fjord is too far from our route to see there." Brian's look showed that he was a little drunk."In fact, it is a long-standing Arctic research base. In the past, the place was an Inuit settlement called ulanmak, where the Inuit lived for hundreds of years. Later, the Danish Explorer krud Rasmussen turned it into a trading center and forward base during five Arctic scientific surveys from 1912 to 1924.""After World War II, a joint Danish weather station was established in the region. During the cold war, the U.S. military began to regard the Arctic region as the front line to the Soviet Union. During World War II, the Allies had established weather stations in Greenland and Canada, but during the cold war, the United States wanted an air base to intercept bombers from the northeast to the United States, and also as a base for long-range bombers of the United States The oil point, and Ulan mark is just halfway between Moscow and New York, so the U.S. government targeted here. ""At that time, the secret project of building an air base here was code named 'Lanjie'. In July 1951, a fleet of 120 containers, 12000 people and 300000 tons of goods arrived in Beixing Bay and immediately began the construction of Tule air base. All the Inuit people living in ulanmak were moved away, and then the builders spent two years to build an air base there The huge air base, this is Tulle air base. At that time, the 821st regiment of the U.S. Air Force was stationed there, which is also called 821st base. "Brian drank another glass of wine, shook his head and continued: "In 1961, the U.S. military established the 12th space early warning Squadron, which was called the 12th missile early warning squadron at that time. This squadron was also stationed at Tule air force base. At that time, Tule Air Force Base was successively commanded by the Northeast Air Force Command, air defense command and Strategic Air Force command of the United States. It was not until 1983 that the air force space command took over Tule air force base and launched the 12th missile early warning squadron in 1992 The early warning squadron was reorganized into the 12th space early warning squadron. I served there in 2007 and served there for four years. "Yang Jing asked curiously, "it must be boring to serve there?"Brian smiled and shook his head. "How can it be boring? If it's boring to serve there now, that's for sure. After all, there are only about 200 U.S. soldiers there, but there were more than 2000 people there when I served. It is said that when the number of people at Tulle air force base was the largest, it was as high as more than 10000. How can it be boring?"Brian said, reaching out and drawing a circle, "You haven't been there. Although it is located 1207 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle, the scenery there is also very spectacular. It is the only place on earth where three active glaciers are integrated. Moreover, Tule is also the northernmost port in the world, and the deep-water wharf there is enough for the blue whale to dock. In addition, there is a 3000 meter long runway, every In, there were more than 3000 flights to and from Tulle Air Force Base alone. Tulle air force base can be said to be the most important military base of the U.S. government in the Arctic! It's not boring to serve there. "Greg asked curiously, "is there anything strange there? For example, what are you doing there? Or is there anything like high-tech radar in the base?"Brian shook his head with a smile and said, "I'm sorry, madam boss, I can't explain these things you consulted. Although I have retired for seven years, I still have to abide by some confidentiality regulations. I don't want to be chased and killed by the U.S. government for life because I say something I shouldn't say."Carl Morris looked at Greg with a disappointed look and said with a smile, "landlady, you don't have to be disappointed. Don't say it's you. Even those of us who spend all day with Brian, he never told us about some sensitive things in that damn base."Greg shrugged his shoulders and said, "well, I shouldn't ask about it. I'm just too curious."Because of the sudden snowstorm, at noon, except for the crew on duty, everyone came to a lively dinner.In this boring voyage, it is very necessary to have a dinner from time to time, which will help to alleviate some negative emotions caused by the boring voyage.However, to Yang Jing's surprise, the snowstorm came and went very quickly. After everyone was full at noon, they suddenly found that they didn't know when to see the sun again.Push open the hatch and go out. People find that the snowstorm has stopped. A dark cloud is faintly visible in the sky, pressing towards the southeast. Although there are still many clouds in the sky, it is not as scary as it was just now. The sun also shows its head playfully and tries to contribute its own heat to the sea area.Although it cleared up, the temperature became very low. Yang Jing looked at the outdoor thermometer. In just three hours, the temperature suddenly dropped from about 10 degrees above zero to 17 degrees below zero"The polar climate is like this, because the rising warm air flow in the whole northern hemisphere will cool down in the Arctic region, and then carry a huge amount of cold to the warm areas in low latitudes to supplement the air rising in the warm areas due to the rising temperature. Therefore, in the polar region, we can often encounter such sudden snowstorms. Don't worry, it's over now It's summer. If you pay a little attention to this kind of snowstorm, it won't cause any disastrous consequences. "Standing in the cockpit, Andry whispered to Yang Jing to explain the snowstorm.Yang Jing said with a wry smile, "with you, I'm not worried about the disastrous consequences. I just worry about the speed."At present, the speed of the blue whale is the safest three knots, that is, more than five kilometers an hour. This speed is similar to the normal walking speed of people. From here, it is more than 500 kilometers to reach the Cape Columbia at the northernmost end of Ellesmere Island. If it sails at this speed, it will take at least four days.Andre smiled: "Don't worry, this temperature can't last for a long time. You haven't been to the polar regions, so you may not know something about it. I go to the south pole or the North Pole twice a year, so I know more about this polar climate. Don't worry, the temperature will pick up in less than a day after this cold current passes. And I just observed it The cooling of the cold current is not so fierce. If we catch up with the fierce cooling, it is not uncommon to suddenly drop 40 degrees in a few hours. This is less than 30 degrees, which is a normal cooling. Don't worry. "Well, since Andre said so, Yang Jing can only choose to believe it. Although this guy has only taken over as the captain of the blue whale for a short time, he is an old sailor after all. He has much more experience in this field than himself.As Andre judged, at more than 9 p.m., Yang Jing felt that the wind direction had changed.The north wind, which was just like a knife, became a southwest wind silently after raging for more than ten hours, and the outdoor temperature rose from minus 17 degrees to minus 6 degrees at noon.The most important thing is that the sea ice has not increased much. Now the blue whale has increased its speed to seven knots again.Time passed quietly. Two days later, when the blue whale drilled out of the channel at the northernmost end of the Smith Strait, which was only 20 kilometers wide, the front suddenly opened up."The Arctic Ocean is here!" Captain Andrey said with a trace of excitement. Although the eyes are still white, this breadth can undoubtedly make people more excited than the narrow strait."This is the Arctic Ocean?" GERGE asked captain Andre."Yes, the real Arctic Ocean is ahead. But the sea temperature is still a little low. If we wait until August, the ice here will melt and break to expose the sea water.""So fast?" Yang Jing was also a little surprised. "Now the ice here is almost half a meter thick? Can you melt the half meter thick ice in more than 20 days?""No, it's not completely melting." Captain Andre shook his head with a smile. "Don't forget that we are at sea now. The sea water under the ice layer is moving all the time. When the thickness of the ice layer is less than 20cm, it is very likely to break under the strong fluctuation of the sea water. Once these ice layers break, the melting speed will speed up."Yang Jing nodded to show understanding.Andre went to the chart room, looked at the chart and said, "let's go. Now we have entered the Arctic Ocean, so we should visit the northernmost settlements of mankind.""The northernmost settlement?" giggled, then said excitedly as if he thought of something: "Captain Andrey, do you mean arlet?"Captain Andrey snapped his fingers and said with a smile, "yes, it's the northernmost settlement of mankind on the planet."Yang Jing asked Ge Ge in a low voice, "is that what arlet very famous?"Ge Ge nodded and said, "of course it's famous. It's the northernmost permanent residence in the world. It's located at 82 degrees and 28 minutes north latitude, only 800 kilometers from the North Pole."Yang Jing patted his forehead and exclaimed, "there are still people living in such a North place?""It's not a permanent settlement either. Alte is only a permanent settlement, but most of the people living there are temporary. More than a decade ago, there were five permanent settlers there, but no one has settled there permanently since 2011, but there are people there every year. There is a meteorological observatory and a military frontier base there And an airstrip, so several people are on duty there every year. "Andre praised: "Mr. Yang, I have to say that your fiancee knows a lot about this. She's right. Arlet is a settlement at the northernmost tip of the Arctic Ocean. When we researchers used to come to the Arctic, as long as we passed here, we usually went to meet and have dinner with the people on duty there. It's really not easy for them."
