When the alarm clock woke up the people in the two tents again, the sky outside was still dark, but this could not resist the enthusiasm of Professor Eric and Professor Jonas, who were not even dressed.
, then they called Wei Ran and Leo for help, and moved the huge wooden box they had brought so hard into the cave, which was still warm.
After Wei Yan rekindled the cast iron stove, the teacher and student had emptied the contents of the wooden box, and then opened the lid of the box and the surrounding small covers.
Under the observation of Wei Ran and Leo, they each picked up a Leica camera and replaced the film. Then they stuck the adjusted lens on the two circular openings on the lid of the box and fixed it firmly with two rubber straps.
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Before this was over, the two of them placed the lit kerosene gas lamps on the windows on both sides of the box, letting the bright light illuminate every detail in the box.
Only then did Professor Jonas refer to the catalog he found yesterday, take out two thick folders from the shelf, and hand them to Wei Ran and Eric respectively.
"One negative can take four pictures. Before taking pictures, remember to align each page with the markings at the bottom of the box, and be sure to take pictures according to the page numbers."
As he spoke, Professor Jonas opened one of the folders, took out the first four documents, put them into the wooden box illuminated by the kerosene lamp from the side, aligned them with the red paint markings on the bottom board, and then
Pressed the camera shutter on the lid of the box.
The crisp sound of the shutter sounded. Professor Jonas put the two completed documents aside and said, "One final reminder, do not adjust the lens. In addition, do not discard the original documents that have been completed. Although we
You can’t take them away, but at least you can keep them here.”
So that’s how it works, is this just a copy box?
After understanding the operation process, Wei Ran finally understood why there was a shooting mission of two hundred photos in his return mission.
Seeing that Eric had already started shooting, Wei Ran picked up his own book of information, unwrapped the binding, put four pages filled with various meteorological data into the box, laid them out, and pressed the shutter of the camera.
For a while, the sound of shutters kept ringing in the warm cave, and pieces of original data gradually accumulated on the desktops at the hands of Wei Ran and Eric.
Whenever they finished taking a piece of information, Professor Jonas, who was sitting on either side of them, would sort it out for them and put it back on the shelf against the wall, and then give them new folders.
The old guy would also put the films they replaced into plastic sealed tubes, mark them with numbers, and place them neatly on the table farthest from the stove.
As for Leo, he had already carried his shotgun and went out hunting Arctic foxes on his skis. He couldn't help with the work here, and Professor Jonas probably wasn't willing to let him help either.
For the three people in the cave, this boring shooting work is definitely not interesting. Compared with taking away these heavy and eye-catching paper documents, it may be a wise choice to only take away the light film, but this is
Wei Ran and Eric suffered a lot.
They bent over and photographed the dazzling wooden box for several hours. Until Leo came back with two snow-white arctic foxes, they barely finished photographing three floors of the first shelf. And this
There are four levels of metal shelves, and there are five of them in this room.
"How much film did we use?" Eric asked while rubbing his sore lower back and neck.
"At least there are more than eighty"
Professor Jonas put the data that Weiran had just taken back on the shelf, and at the same time replied, "Fortunately, we brought enough film. Based on the current consumption, it should be enough to take pictures of everything."
"It would be nice if I could take all these original documents back," Eric said regretfully.
"It is indeed the best choice if you can take it back," Professor Jonas agreed. "But so many paper documents are too eye-catching. Relatively speaking, it is more convenient to take the film back."
“It’s as if film is not eye-catching.”
Wei Ran muttered to himself, thinking that he should have completed the 200 photos taken in the return mission, and simply decided to watch the development of the situation coldly, while wondering what Professor Jonas did last night.
In the next few days, such boring shooting work was repeated day after day. There were more and more films on the table, and fewer and fewer folders on the shelves waiting to be browsed.
These files not only contain meteorological data, but a large part of them are telegrams from the weather station, radio transmission and reception records, letters labeled with different names, and even various polar research materials that have nothing to do with meteorology.
They even found a lot of old photos in these folders. These old photos included photos of those who worked here at that time, their pet dogs, and some particularly beautiful Arctic fox cubs.
Of course, there are also large-scale photos of them spending Christmas and birthdays here, and even taking a bath with their bare buttocks in the snow and ice.
It was obvious that regardless of Professor Jonas or Eric, the two teachers and students were ready to take photos of all the materials that were useful or unused, pack them up and take them away, even the people who worked here and the correspondence from home.
Didn't let it go.
Just as the fourth short day of their filming was coming to an end, the wind around the valley became louder and louder, and Leo, who was supposed to go hunting, hurriedly called everyone out of the cave.
"A snowstorm is coming," Professor Jonas looked up at the gloomy sky and made an extremely certain judgment.
“A snowstorm indeed”
Eric's tone was somewhat excited, "Professor, there are still many meteorological equipment left in the cave decades ago. Do we want to monitor this weather change?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Compared with these, let's think about how to survive first." Before Professor Jonas finished speaking, Leo quickly said something in Norwegian.
Eric's expression changed and he quickly translated, "Leo said that we must reinforce the tent before the snowstorm comes, and we must stay away from the foot of the mountain. This is when avalanches are most likely to occur."
"What do we need to do?" Professor Jonas asked quickly.
Eric turned to communicate with Leo, and then said according to the script, "Carry out all the oil barrels in the cave, surround the tent, and reinforce it with snow. This is the only way to survive the snowstorm. Now
Even the fishing boat has probably set sail back to Finnmark, and we can only pray that we can survive the storm."
"Then let's start quickly," Professor Jonas said without thinking, and was the first to get into the cave.
Under the busy work of four people, empty oil drums with a capacity of 200 were carried out of the cave one by one, and the two tents were surrounded by a circle. The surroundings were even buried with snow, and the lower edge of the tent was pressed down.
, leaving only an entrance and exit of less than half a meter.
In addition, at Leo's suggestion, one end of these oil drums was smashed open with ice picks and axes, and the inside was filled with the snow that could be seen everywhere.
By the time Leo, who looked nervous, tied the four reindeer to the steel drills that had been smashed deep into the snow, the sky had turned completely dark, and the flying snowflakes fell in the howling wind, and then were swept up by the strong wind.
Up in the air.
Leo shouted a few words to Eric at the top of his lungs, and when the latter nodded, he immediately pushed Wei Yan into the tight tent, and used the 200-liter oil drum that he had brought back from the fishing boat a few days ago.
The tent door was held down inside.
With some gestures, he signaled Weiran to light up the gasoline stove and turn it on to the maximum. Leo stood on the sleigh and stuck his head out of the vent on top of the tent to look outside. Then he quickly took out a canvas bib from the sleigh.
Surround the vents, leaving only a small circle the size of a bowl for ventilation.
The squeaking high-pressure gasoline stove continuously provided heat to the tight tent, but Leo's expression became more and more nervous. From time to time, he stood up and knocked on it with the trekking pole he had been holding in his hand.
Use cone-shaped tent fabric to avoid being crushed by too much snow outside.
Although this tent seemed far less sturdy than the warm cave, less than an hour later, everyone including Wei Ran dispelled this self-righteous illusion amidst the loud noise caused by the avalanche outside.
It was only then that he truly understood why the Germans at that time built a wooden house in the middle of the valley as if it was unnecessary after digging that strong cave.
In this terrifying blizzard, as time passed by, the snow around the tent also formed a rounded arc, which also forced Leo and Wei Ran to push from inside almost every ten minutes.
The edge of the tent will prevent it from being crushed by snow.
At the same time, in another tent, Jonas looked at Eric who was constantly busy, reached out and touched the zipper of the hiking bag behind him, and then his old face darkened.
But just for a moment, Jonas put on a gentle smile, picked up a bottle of potato wine and shook it at Eric, "Eric, come and have a rest. Although this snowstorm is big, it may be very dangerous."
It will pass soon, and there are valleys around it, so don’t worry too much. We might as well have a drink now.”
"This is the first time I've seen a snowstorm"
Eric stood on the sled and looked outside. Then he sat next to Professor Jonas with lingering fear and sighed, "It's hard to imagine how those Germans persisted in such a hellish place."
"It's really hard to imagine, but it's their persistence that left us a treasure, isn't it?"
While Professor Jonas was speaking, he suddenly raised the thick glass wine bottle in his hand and hit Eric hard on the head.
With a muffled sound of "bang", the glass bottle containing most of the wine liquid exploded with dark red blood, and the unsuspecting Eric's eyesight went black and he fainted.
Throwing away half the bottle of wine in his hand, Professor Jonas took out a bundle of rope from his bag and tied Eric's hands and feet, and then blocked his mouth with a cotton glove.
Until it was determined that Eric, who was still in a coma, had completely lost his ability to resist, Professor Jonas fumbled around on his body and finally pulled out a film from Eric's pants pocket.
"Eric, you shouldn't be curious."
Professor Jonas muttered to himself as if he was neurotic, "Those meteorological data are your treasure. You shouldn't steal any of these films that belong to me!"