In order to survive the later stages smoothly, Bi Fang's goal was to eat twenty kilograms of prey every day.
There is less than half a month until the arrival of Yong Ye, barely fifteen days. During this period, there may be another blizzard. Combined with all other unexpected factors, plus the construction of a shelter, there are only a few days when you can actually go hunting and have a harvest.
Maybe only a week.
A healthy adult man eats about three kilograms of food a day, which is 45 kilograms in one month. In three months, he needs at least 135 kilograms.
In the Arctic, the demand is even greater.
A reserve of about 150 kilograms of food is relatively safe.
The combined weight of the two puffins, if their feathers are plucked, is probably less than eight pounds, or four kilograms. Today's task is less than a quarter completed.
[Isn’t this too difficult? Twenty kilograms is more meat than I can eat in a month]
[You didn’t eat meat as food]
[Not everything can be eaten, such as bones, meat, and lean meat. Eating lean meat in the Arctic is a complete loss-making business, right? 】
[I finally understand why Fang Shen was not bitten by a shark when he was trying to survive on the sea. He had too much emotional lean meat and would easily starve to death if he ate too much (funny)]
Continuing to walk along the river bank, Bifang would often dig out the snow to see what was under the snow.
When the frequency of moss on the ground increased significantly, Bi Fang knew that he was not going in the wrong direction.
"Under the influence of the rotation of the Earth, there is a prevailing wind trend throughout the world, which means that most of the time, the wind blows in one direction."
"In Greenland, under the influence of the pressure belt and the prevailing wind belt, the wind direction blows from west to east. Isn't anyone watching the weather forecast? You can look at the weather forecast for the past week to see if it is all right.
It's a west wind, even if it's not, it's still a southwest or northwest wind."
Several more curious water friends immediately quit the live broadcast, searched for the weather forecast in Greenland, and found that it was indeed the case.
In the past week, and in the coming week, more than half of the winds have been west winds, and the rest have been southwest winds and a small amount of northwest winds. The main wind direction is west wind.
【Absolute】
【Amazing】
[What should I do if I don’t know the direction of the wind?]
"It's okay if you can't tell the wind direction where you are based on geography and climate. Look at the snow ridges." Bi Fang pointed to the high snow ridges on the snowfield in the distance.
Snow is more sticky than sand, but under the influence of wind, it can also form sand dune-like snow dunes.
Under the influence of the prevailing wind, the snow ridges on the snow hills, without exception, were neatly facing Bifang, which also meant that Bifang was downwind at this time.
"The direction I walked was not random. On the one hand, it was to follow the river, and on the other hand, it was to follow the direction of the wind."
Downwind is naturally unfavorable for catching animals, but it is of great help for finding the forest.
"Do you still remember what I said before? It is difficult to grow trees on small islands smaller than a certain area at sea. Most of them are shrubs. Because the wind on the sea is too strong, the saplings will be blown away by the wind before they can grow up.
Blow it off.”
"The same is true in the Arctic. If a forest wants to grow in a place, it must be a valley. Only with mountains to cut off the airflow can trees grow normally."
"We follow the direction of the wind, and if there is even a shorter ridge to block the strong wind, plus running water, and we can climb over, it will most likely be a forest."
[It’s theoretically possible to go upwind, right?]
[If you go in the opposite direction, the direction of the river and the wind are inconsistent, so one of the two conditions is missing]
【Oh, I remembered it】
"In fact, I saw a raised hill here before setting off in the morning. Now we are walking in its direction. I don't know if we can reach it before dark."
Half an hour later, the appearance of a low mountain confirmed that Bifang's choice was very correct, and the distance was closer than he had previously guessed.
Bi Fang prepared to climb this low mountain with excitement. There must be a forest behind the mountain, he thought to himself.
Greenland's wildlife management system is very excellent. Every year, people with hunting licenses come here through various channels to hunt reindeer and Arctic musk oxen. This is also the main goal of hunters here.
Everything is enough to prove that there are not many large animals in the Arctic. If there were less, they would not be able to support giant carnivores like polar bears.
"But before we turn over, we have one more thing to do."
Bi Fang looked at the slanting sun in the distance. This was not the highest point in time that the sun had risen today, but it had moved a little further back, but it happened to be the highest point in temperature. It was warmer than yesterday, maybe below zero.
Above twenty degrees.
He began to take off his clothes, taking off his coat one by one, and was still in the snow.
"Because it's a headwind, if I roll over, the smell on my body will probably alert the animals, so I have to take a shower and take a snow bath before that."
"Believe me, the effect of a snow bath is quite good. The porous structure of snowflakes makes it a very absorbent material and can effectively remove odors."
After saying this, Bi Fang took off his shirt and started to unbutton his pants.
The skin was completely exposed to the cold air. Under the severe stimulation, the capillaries began to flow faster. Soon Bifang's upper body became slightly red, like a drunken blush.
【Hiss, take a bath?】
[Speaking of which, Lao Fang did not take a shower for a week (dog head)]
[If the smell is pickled on the body, it belongs]
[Is it normal to wash once a week in winter? Not to mention the Arctic (sweating)]
"Cherish this time. When the polar night comes, the temperature will be even lower. It will not be easy to find a suitable temperature spot to take a bath."
"Although we are in the Arctic, when the temperature and weather permit, we still take a bath and bask in the sun. Ultraviolet rays and clean air have miraculous effects on the skin, body and spirit."
Bifang took off the last piece of clothing and buried it in the snow. With only a pair of shorts left on his body, he jumped directly into the snow and crawled and rolled around.
When facing a cold environment, the human body will consume a large amount of heat through the expanded capillaries by consuming glycogen in the body in a short period of time.
During this process, if you are briefly exposed to a cold environment, you will not feel cold, but will feel invigorated.
Bi Fang grabbed a handful of snow and wiped his body carefully until his skin turned red. He felt as refreshed as after taking a bath.
But now that he was exposed to the sun, as long as there was no wind, Bi Fang could even feel a trace of warmth.
Ten minutes later, his body finally began to feel the cold. Bi Fang immediately crawled out of the snow, shook off the snowflakes stuck to his body, dug out the clothes that had just been buried in the snow, and reassembled them piece by piece from the inside out.
Put it on.
"It's as easy as washing away the fatigue." Bi Fang's eyebrows flew up.
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For people who sleep more than 9 hours a day for a long time, their language fluency will drop by about 20%, their learning ability will drop by about 22%, and their memory will drop by about 13%.
Thanks to Big Fat Zhang Fan for the 3,000-point reward, and thanks to Xianyu No. 1 for the 10,000-point reward.