Bi Fang's explanation suddenly ignited the audience's enthusiasm, but another question also appeared.
【How to make a fire here?】
Indeed, there are ice floes everywhere and nothing but water.
Is water flammable?
Of course it is flammable, but it must be ionized and decomposed first.
Looking around, the only flammable material that is truly operational is the clothes on Bifang's body. This can be used to light a fire, which is undoubtedly a way to quench thirst by drinking poison.
"So we have to cross the entire floating ice area to reach the real Greenland, a Greenland with soil. There may not necessarily be plants there, but there must be animals. With animals, there is the possibility of ignition."
"On the Antarctic continent and the Arctic glaciers, animal fat is the only other source of fuel available. Driftwood fragments can sometimes be collected on the coast - Greenlanders used to build with wood drifted from Siberian rivers through the Arctic Ocean.
houses."
"If you can find tundra areas, there are low spreading willows there. There are also some birch jungles and junipers growing in the forest extensions. Birch trees are oily trees and are very easy to ignite, even when the branches are wet."
"But that would be too difficult because the distance is so far that it's almost impossible to reach."
Bi Fang squatted down, untied the shoelaces on his feet, stretched them around his ankles, and tied them all the way to his calves.
"The only hope is to find another low plant that spreads like heather on the frozen soil. It is an evergreen plant commonly used by the Inuit people with small leaves and white bell-shaped flowers. It is only 10 to 30 centimeters tall.
It contains more resin and can burn when wet. It also has a name that is difficult to find in even the most complete English dictionary: casiope."
After changing the shoelaces, Bi Fang stepped on them, and they were obviously much more comfortable.
"The ice surface is too slippery and it is easy to sprain the ankle, so we must have good ankle support. For this purpose, you can untie the shoelaces and wrap the ankle so that it is not easy to sprain. Of course, the premise is that your
The shoelaces must be long enough.”
"Don't underestimate the ice surface. If you reach out and touch it, the surface will be covered in frost and it may look rough, but in fact it's terrifyingly slippery."
Bi Fang pointed to the ground and reminded that the ice surface is different from any artificial smooth surface. There is a layer of natural lubricant on its surface.
"There is a layer of water film on the surface of the ice. No matter how low the temperature is, it will exist. I remember I talked about this topic when I climbed Mount Everest and crossed the glacier. This layer of water film is not water in the ordinary sense, but a layer of water.
Special molecular structure."
"As for why, no one knows, maybe this will be a proposition that can win the Nobel Prize."
Bi Fang squinted his eyes, and the audience could no longer see his expression at this time, because Bi Fang's entire head was wrapped in clothes, with only a pair of eyes exposed.
At minus 40 degrees Celsius, any exposed skin may become necrotic.
This kind of outfit can also avoid snow blindness.
"The good news is that it has just dawned. Although the day is short, it is still more than six hours. We still have a lot of time, and as the sun shines, the temperature will rise a lot, which will reduce our movement.
There was some resistance.”
Bi Fang trudged on the ice, and the further he walked, the more the audience could feel the horror of the Arctic.
It's so desolate.
This is simply a white desert.
The power of nature is the most terrifying. No matter how fast your nerve reflexes are or how hard your bones are, they cannot withstand the cold.
"White desert is quite appropriate." Bifang smiled on the way, "Antarctica really has this name, because the average annual precipitation on the Antarctic continent is only 50 mm, and the average annual precipitation in the central part of the continent is only 3-5 mm.
It is the driest region on earth and is known as the 'dryest pole of the earth'."
"It's better in the Arctic. The precipitation in the Arctic is generally much higher than in the interior of Antarctica, but the average annual precipitation is between 100 and 250 millimeters."
"Just looking at the amount of precipitation, the Arctic is an arid area, not even semi-arid. The Greenland sea area is better. The precipitation is 500 millimeters, which can be considered semi-humid."
【Ah this】
【I was shocked by my old man】
[It’s really a “desert”]
[By the way, why is Greenland called Greenland? Is it the same as the Felam Strait? 】
"In fact, there is." Bi Fang nodded and confirmed this statement, "In 982 AD, a barbaric Norwegian was expelled for killing someone and became a Viking."
"Later, this pirate, under the name of 'Eric the Red', rowed a small boat from Iceland to a nearby relatively primitive island and started to settle there."
【That's Greenland】
[Damn, redhead! Pirate! Does he wear a straw hat? 】
【What Yonko?】
"The island is covered in ice and snow, and the living environment is very harsh. It is like a larger version of 'Iceland'. However, because the world was in a warm period at the time, Eric still discovered a piece of water grassland less than one kilometer long, which was green and full of life.
"
"So, Eric named the island 'greenland', and the next step is easy to guess, 'greenland', transliterated is Greenland."
"After the prosecution period for the murder case was over, Eric returned to Iceland and told everyone he met that he had discovered a green continent. As a result, he gathered a large number of followers around him."
"Four years later, in 986 AD, Eric led an expedition consisting of 25 ships. In the end, only 14 ships and 500 people reached Greenland."
"After these people landed on the island, they settled at Bratalid Point and began a fishing and hunting life for nearly 500 years until Greenland became a Norwegian colony in 1261."
【Another uneducated day】
【When can you give me the same brain as Lao Fang】
【I want too】
Bi Fang took out the kettle from his arms and shook it. The water inside had melted. He opened the lid and took a sip. He continued: "This story is not much, but one of the points is very interesting."
The audience's ears pricked up.
"From the map, Europe and North America seem to be very far apart, but in fact they are ridiculously close. Greenland is located at the junction of North America and Europe, and is only separated from Canada in the west by a strait."
"If the Vikings who settled in Greenland had gone one step further and reached Canada, or even gone north, the history of the country might have been rewritten."
"There are records that Eric and his crew encountered a big storm on their way to Greenland. Eric was pushed away from Greenland and saw a huge land covered with forests."
"That land is actually part of the North American continent. If Eric had stopped to explore that new land, then things would have been completely different. At least the theory that Columbus first discovered the New World would not be true."
"Of course, the interesting thing about history is that the world is full of certainties and uncertainties, and you never know what's going to happen next."