Chapter 1364 Speculation and pleasure in suffering(2/2)
"Enderby Land" Dr. Yog gave a straightforward answer without waiting for Wei Yan to come up with the conditions.
Wei Ran was stunned when he heard this, dropped the coal shovel in his hand, and motioned for the other party to hide with him on the other side of the cave. Then he took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and gave one to the other party.
While lighting up his cigarette, he recalled the satellite map of Antarctica that he had studied carefully before entering this period of history. Wei Ran asked in a low voice in the swirling smoke, "How did you know?"
After a moment's hesitation, Dr. Yoger took out a glass medicine bottle from his pocket, which was only the size of a later toothpick tube.
This transparent glass medicine bottle is plugged with a thick rubber stopper and wrapped with thick medical tape for reinforcement.
Taking the glass medicine bottle, Wei Ran couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. There was a piece of moss growing inside the medicine bottle - green, vibrant moss. The piece of moss was only a circle larger than the bottle cap.
On the edge, there is a small blood-red stone the size of a quail egg.
"What is this?" Wei Ran asked as he returned the small ecological bottle to the other party.
"Moss from Enderby Land"
Dr. Yog lowered his voice and said, "Victor, our outpost at that time was near the coastline of Enderby Land. It took about an hour for a sled pulled by 16 Greenland sled dogs to run at full strength.
"
"Probably around 20 kilometers, not more than 30 kilometers."
After speaking, Wei Ran frowned and asked again, "How are you sure it's Enderby?"
"Although there were no windows in our cabin on the way here, we were blindfolded even when we got off the boat."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Doctor Jorg spread his hands, "But I am a doctor. On the way, I listened to him while treating the frostbite of the chief mate of the Norwegian whaler that sent us here.
I accidentally mentioned that they were returning immediately after sending us to Enderby Land."
"So that piece of moss..."
"When I went ashore blindfolded, my suitcase accidentally fell off."
Dr. Yog said frankly, "I accidentally packed the moss and the small stone together when I was packing my suitcase. I also took a look at the surrounding environment. There were a lot of moss and penguins there."
"Accidentally?" Wei Ran looked at the other party suspiciously.
"Dr. Cross is a naturalist and Carsten is a geologist."
Dr. Yog ignored Wei Ran's suspicion and said while putting away the small ecological bottle, "They all know much about Antarctica, and they have all told me that in Enderby, the most beautiful scenery is in the summer.
Moss and penguins.
Okay Victor, it’s your turn, I’ve told you the most valuable information I know.”
"The communication distance of our radio stations is about 300 kilometers."
Wei Ran whispered, "Considering the terrain here, its actual communication distance is probably even shorter."
"So we're about 300 kilometers inland from Enderby Land?"
Dr. Yog asked excitedly in a low voice, "With our sleigh, if the weather is good, it only takes up to 12 hours to reach the coastline?"
"Unless Antarctica is a flat plain without any elevation changes, but look at our surroundings."
Wei Ran added some conditions to the other party's idea, "In fact, it took us many days to get here. If we want to get back to the wooden house, considering the headwind factor, it may take longer."
“There are also terrible crevasses and blizzards.”
Dr. Cross, who had been eavesdropping on their conversation just now, also joined the conversation, "Staying until the summer and then leaving here is the most realistic way. Yog, in this season, and the whaling station is likely to have been destroyed.
Now, what if we can return to the coastline? It may not be as comfortable there as it is here."
"That's right." Yog sighed, "Dr. Cross is right."
"Victor! Yog! Come here and help!"
Before Wei Ran could say anything, Hannuo's call came from the door. Then, amidst the clanging sound of knocking, a big red slender empty iron bucket with ice and snow stuck to it was also knocked by Hannuo from the outside.
Pushed in.
Seeing this, Wei Ran and Yog immediately put down the tools in their hands and ran over, helping Hannuo, who was still outside, to move in one by one the five empty barrels he had pulled back with the sleigh.
At the same time, Dr. Cross also rushed back to Carsten's bedside before Hanno came in.
In the next few hours, Dr. Jorg called on Hanno to help him and made an airtight "cave door" using the wooden boards and canvas piled in the cave and the sleeping bag that originally belonged to Major Schubert.
On the Weiran side, closer to the inside of the cave and away from the coal pile, one of the oil drums was transformed into a fireplace with an oven and no smoke leakage.
In the following time, he worked tirelessly to fill the other four 100-liter oil drums that were being heated on three sides of the stove with ice and snow brought in from outside.
When the additional four oil barrels were finally filled with melted snow water, the cave, which was only 100 square meters, was not only equivalent to four oversized radiators that could store heat;
Hot water is available at all times.
This is undoubtedly a huge encouragement, especially when Wei Ran suggested that after the meal, everyone could set up a tent in the cave that was probably no longer needed, and then take a good sauna in the tent, everyone said
gave a cheer full of anticipation.
You know, even in that wooden house, Major Schubert never allowed them to do such a luxurious thing for the sake of saving fuel.
Perhaps because of the temptation of the sauna, the bread baked by Dr. Yog and the canned meat mixed with vegetables seem to have become less important.
After hastily filling their stomachs, everyone placed their lunch boxes containing leftovers on the hot water tank that was already burning by the fire to keep warm. Then, together with Wei Ran, they set up a thick canvas tent near the entrance of the cave.
Under the expectant gazes of the other three people who had taken off only their shorts, Wei Ran took out pieces of red-hot coal from the furnace and threw them into a leaky iron bucket, and then piled extra layers on top of the bucket.
A bucket was placed, and pieces of iron-rich red stone were taken from the oven that was converted from two 20-liter oil drums and filled with the bucket above.
Carrying the simple sauna stove into the tent, Wei Ran scooped up a cup of scalding hot water from another bucket and poured it on the burning stones.
"laugh--"
Amid the pervasive smell of oxygen, rich water vapor immediately filled the tent that had followed them all the way. Hannuo and the three people in the tent who had been waiting for a long time also let out a burst of joy along with this water vapor.
Like cheers.
Glancing at Carsten who was still lying on the hospital bed outside the tent, Wei Ran sighed secretly and tried to let go of his worries about Carsten. After closing the tent door, he scooped up half a cup of water and poured it on the hot
on the rocks, and not surprisingly attracted a second wave of cheers.
“That’s not bad!”
In the tent filled with water vapor, Dr. Cross said with a smile that could not be concealed, "Frankly speaking, this is probably the happiest day since I came to Antarctica. God testifies, I almost forgot the last time I steamed."
When is the time for the sauna?"
"This is just the beginning," Wei Ran said, scooping up another half cup of water and pouring it on the still hot stone.
Chapter completed!