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Happy Tycoon - Chapter 431

Published at 29th of September 2021 01:38:39 PM


Chapter 431: 431

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"Hey, Doug, come here, let me introduce you to the distinguished guests on the blue whale." old Kyle waved to a bearded, tall, middle-aged white man who looked like a savage at first glance.

The big man quickly trotted over. Before Kyle introduced him, he smiled and shook hands with Yang Jing, "Hey, Albert, and the beautiful miss Sofia, welcome to arlett. I'm Geras Henry, the humanitarian in charge of arlett Meteorological Observatory of the Canadian Environment Agency. You can call me Doug."

The big man is far from being as rude as he looks. On the contrary, Yang Jing thinks the word politeness is very appropriate for him.

Captain Andrey obviously didn't know the man. It is estimated that Douglas had not come here as the director of the weather station when he came last time.

After greeting again, old Kyle smiled and said, "Doug, Albert and Sophia have brought us so many delicious food. Should we prepare it? It's more than four o'clock now, and it's time for us to have dinner in less than two hours. I think we should hold a grand bonfire party to welcome our friends on the blue whale."

"Kyle, as you wish, I'm ready here. I'm waiting for your order." the big man saluted old Kyle playfully.

Old Kyle smiled and patted hard with both hands. After attracting everyone's attention, he said, "guys, let's move and welcome the friends on the blue whale to arlett with our greatest enthusiasm."

More than 20 people around responded with a roar. The military Lieutenant also said a few words to the walkie talkie. After a while, the roar of car motors came from the military base.

In mid July, there was no ice and snow around arlet, but in the distance to the west, the towering peaks were still covered with thick glaciers. The glaciers there are permanent glaciers. Even in the hottest July and August, those glaciers will not melt.

The bonfire dinner is indeed a bonfire dinner. After several strong men removed several stones in the middle of the square, a big pit more than one meter deep and about two meters in diameter appeared. Then these people pulled out a lot of dry wood from the back of the room by magic. The two strong men took off all their vests and began to chop the wood with a sharp axe.

Old Kyle smiled and explained: "Although there is fuel and gas in the base, wood is still indispensable. Every summer, when the sea route is open, cargo ships from Churchill port will bring us enough wood for the camp for one and a half years. No way, there are no trees within hundreds of miles around here, even the whole Ellesmere Island There are no trees. Therefore, all the wood we need for heating or other purposes must be shipped from the southern mainland. "

After a pause, old Kyle pointed to the wood and continued, "don't worry and use it boldly. The accumulated wood here is enough for us to use extravagantly for several years."

Greg asked curiously, "Professor, aren't there no resident population in arlett now? Why are there so many people here now?"

Old Kyle smiled: "Indeed, since the last group of five permanent residents left here in 2009, allet has not been a real human settlement. Most of the people living here now come by plane at the end of the cold season, and then go back by plane when the warm season is coming to an end. In the cold season, only a limited number of people live here Here. I have stayed here for more than two years because I want to do a research on the polar atmosphere. However, my research will be over in September this year, and I can finally go back and reunite with my family. Well, it's not easy for those soldiers. Last year, Lieutenant Rodman led four soldiers to accompany me through the long cold season and Four months of polar night. "

Yang Jing held out a thumb and said, "Professor, you are really admirable. If I can't see the sun for four months, I'm afraid I'll go crazy."

Alete is located in the high latitude area of 82 degrees north latitude. Here, there are four months of the year when it is all night. Similarly, there are four months when it is all day. Just like now, the sun does not fall for 24 hours, and there is no night in a day.

"Hehe, in fact, it would be nice if you get used to it. The polar night here is actually very beautiful. Although there is no sun, you can see the gorgeous Aurora almost every day. It's very beautiful. Albert and Sophia, if you have time in winter, you can try to live here for a period of time. You can not only see the beautiful Aurora, but also let you experience it The loneliness of a planet. Sometimes, loneliness reaches an extreme, but it is an enjoyment that people can't stop. "

Yang Jing and Ge Ge Ge looked at each other and shook their heads involuntarily. They both knew that this kind of day was not something they could enjoy.

It's the so-called "an inch of time is an inch of gold", and it's also the so-called "life is short and have fun in time". There are plenty of good days waiting for you to enjoy in the flower world outside, but you can't spend too much time in such a place.

Although there are more than one hundred snowfalls on 365 days a year in arlet, it is still very arid and belongs to semi-arid area. So these fine pines from Canada have long been dried out and can be split with an axe.

The chopped firewood was put aside. One of the men in his vest was sweating. He put more than ten pieces of smaller firewood into the pit, poured some gasoline on it, lit a match and threw it in.

"Bang!" with the sound of gasoline deflagration, the raging flame suddenly came out of the pit, and the dried firewood made a "crackling" sound under the burning of the flame, which seemed to welcome their glory in the flame.

When the campfire burned completely, nearly 50 people had gathered in the whole small square. Even the soldiers of the Royal Canadian Army on duty came here under the leadership of lieutenant Rodman. As for duty, go to his sister. Although I am a soldier, a soldier is also a normal person at this time, isn't he? It doesn't matter if you listen to the radio for a while.

Including the seven Royal Canadian Army soldiers led by Lieutenant Rodman, there are a total of 27 personnel in the whole settlement of arlett, and four of them are from distant Los Angeles.

After talking, Yang Jing and Ge Ge Ge agreed that these four adventurers absolutely deserve the word "great". The four of them began to cross the whole North American continent on foot in September last year. Then in winter, taking advantage of the ice on the sea, they crossed the frozen straits between the Arctic islands by means of dogs and sleds, and finally arrived at Grice Fjord, a small city at the southern end of Ellesmere Island.

After a week's repair in Grice Fjord, the four of them continued to cross Ellesmere Island by dog sledge, and finally arrived in arlet in mid June. The journey took nine months and covered more than 8000 kilometers and more than 5000 miles!

Although the whole feat is not as far away as the long march taken by the Chinese elders in those years, it is definitely better than the long march in terms of hardship.

You know, when they crossed the whole North American continent, they were in the northern part of the extremely cold North American continent for six months. In the Arctic islands in the cold season, it can definitely kill people. However, these four people went so hard across the whole North American continent, almost from the southwest corner of the North American continent to the northeast corner.

However, when Yang Jing and Ge Ge Ge learned that the four of them risked their lives to go through this trip, each of them would receive a bonus of one million dollars, they were relieved.

It turned out that the four took part in a reality show organized by Fox TV. The name of this reality show activity is "challenging the limits". This program is not very popular among ordinary viewers in North America, but it has a high position among some people who love traveling.

According to the requirements of the program, people participating in the program should start from Los Angeles. They can't rely on mechanical force in the whole process. They can only rely on their legs or riding, dogs pulling sleds and sailboats.

There are many groups of people participating in this program. Some people travel around the world in a sailboat, while others walk along the Cordillera mountains to the southernmost end of the South American continent.

The group composed of the four of them is the most dangerous group. As long as they can arrive in arlet smoothly, the program team will pay them a million dollars.

Of course, they use a micro digital camera to record their journey every day and rely on satellite signals to send them back to Fox TV. These recorded shots are slightly edited, which is the most real content and shots in the program of the day.

But even for the prize of one million dollars, the four of them can cross the whole North American continent in this way, which can definitely be described as "great".

Yang Jing thinks she can't accomplish such a feat

But just because he doesn't want to play like this doesn't mean that another doesn't want to play like this.

Ge Ge cuddled Yang Jing's arm, "Husband, would you like us to have a chance to take a hike like this? For example, we can cross the whole Antarctic continent when it is coldest in July in the southern hemisphere; well, or we can cross the whole Sahara desert when it is hottest in July in the northern hemisphere... Wow, just the two of us, Chris, they don't take either of them. I think it's right A very romantic thing. "

Yang Jing wishes she couldn't sew the girl's mouth. If she wants to die in a pattern, she can't take such a way? In July, whether it's across the Sahara or Antarctica, it's not much better than touching the switch

This girl must have been poisoned! No, stay away from these four guys!





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