Bifang pulled the reins in his hand and stopped Sansha, who was still sprinting. However, due to inertia, the sled still slid forward dozens of meters.
The undulating sea not far away was already visible to the naked eye. After a day of traveling, we finally arrived at the Greenland seaside again. This was much faster than walking on two legs.
Bi Fang took off the tools he had prepared from the sled, took off the reins of Sansha, walked to the beach, and started refining salt according to the same steps as before.
"I have refined it several times, and I still use the same old method, filtering, evaporating, precipitating, dissolving..."
Until late at night, Bi Fang, who had been extracting for several hours, finally collected more than half a pot of sea salt in one go, which was enough for survival.
After obtaining the necessities for survival, Bi Fang also worked hard for a day and prepared to build a temporary residence to rest.
After a day of running, it was almost seven o'clock in the evening when we arrived at the coast. If we had to rush back overnight, we would have to stay up all night. Bi Fang had no intention of doing this.
Moreover, the main purpose of going out to obtain salt this time was not the only purpose. Bi Fang also wanted to see if he could catch some more prey, such as reindeer, musk oxen, and even puffins.
"But please do not rest on the coast. It is very dangerous, because you are likely to encounter seals, walruses, and even polar bears that come ashore."
"There are about six species of seals on the west coast of Greenland, and they're easy to spot if you're cruising the fjords by boat. The weight of these seals generally ranges from 100 to 300 kilograms, depending on the species."
"In addition, Greenland's walruses are also very large. Unlike seals, they are often found on the eastern coast of Greenland or near the seaside."
"Don't look at the animal world where they are all fat and seem cute and honest. In fact, the tusks of walruses may grow to several meters long and can be used for defense. The male body length is more than three meters and the weight is
They are all between 1,200 and 3,000 kilograms.”
"Although these guys move very slowly, believe me, if you encounter them while you are sleeping, being caught off guard will definitely be a disaster."
Bi Fang said seriously.
Animals are ferocious, and weight is an extremely important reference indicator. The ferocious beasts he mentioned are all several times the size of humans.
Perhaps due to its structure, it is not powerful for those who are prepared, but it cannot be taken lightly.
[Mom, are walruses so fat? One ton to three tons? 】
[Good guy, isn’t this thing fatter than a musk ox? 】
【You can only eat one for a long time, right?】
[Eat, eat, eat, just think about eating, can’t you think about its ivory (dog head)]
[After all, he is an elephant in the sea. Although it is outrageous, it is not unacceptable. 】
Nearly one kilometer away from the coastline, Bi Fang set up camp on the spot and dug a "top-side and side-dug snow cave" with Sansha.
"The top and side of the snow cave can be dug together. It sounds fancy, but it actually means literally. The top and sides can be dug together."
"The final result of digging is the same, which is to dig a tunnel and connect it to an arched cavern. The depth of snow required for the cave is consistent with the depth required for the snow cave, which is at least one and a half meters deep and three meters deep.
The above depth effect is better.”
"The downside is that you need to cover the hole in the top with snow blocks, and the process of making and placing snow blocks is much more complicated than digging a snow cave."
"It's just that compared to snow caves, the main advantage of digging snow caves on the top and side is that it allows two people to dig at the same time, the construction speed is faster, and there is no need to dig snow inside and then transport it out through the tunnel."
Although there is only Bifang here, it doesn't matter, he has three dogs!
As long as they are given a direction, a three-meter tunnel is nothing to them. In the end, only a space of about 1.8 meters square can accommodate two people.
Bi Fang found the appropriate depth of snow through detection, and then used skis to compact the snow at the selected location.
"Sleeping caves need to be located beneath this compacted area, and the compacted snow provides a foundation for capping the snow. If the compacted snow is relatively shallow, snow elsewhere will need to be shoveled into the compacted area."
Above the snow, increase the depth, but we are in the North Pole, where the most snow is there. If it were in other places, we might have to create a place to collect snow."
"If the snow is shoveled from other places, you don't need to use boots to compact it, but you need to use a shovel to compact the snow. It's best to compact the snow as soon as you find a suitable location. Because other parts need to be built, and it will take a while.
, compacted snow can freeze together, and only in this way can a strong snow hole be dug."
"After it's smoothed, don't walk in the area or you'll create cracks in the snow. This is another step that needs to be done early because the snow is stronger when it freezes."
Yawenba
"For example, if you dig a path to a snow bunker the day before moving camp, you can carve out thick and durable snow blocks from this path."
"Wait until the compacted snow freezes solidly, and then dig a hole in the center of the compacted area above the future snow cave. The hole should not be too wide, and only people are allowed to stand in it and shovel the snow out. The smaller the hole, the better.
The easier it is to seal it with snow blocks.”
"Be careful not to stand immediately on the hard snow around the hole. If you do sink in the snow, fill the accidental hole with compacted snow and try not to cover the vulnerable area with snow afterwards.
"If the snow is too dry to compact to fill the accidentally created hole, you can quickly create 'epoxy resin' from water and snow."
"Dig down a few feet, then start digging sideways..."
While introducing the points to note, Bi Fang drew a circle and asked San Sha to start digging with all his strength. From start to finish, in less than an hour, a camp that could accommodate one person and three dogs was built.
The next day, Bi Fang took the refined sea salt and got on the sled to go home in a curved way, trying to find more signs of animals.
I even saw a polar bear lying on the sea ice in the middle. The moment it saw Bifang, the polar bear didn't make any reaction. Maybe it felt that it was too far away and couldn't catch up. It just lay on the ground without asking.
But Bi Fang breathed a sigh of relief.
Maybe this polar bear was staring at an ice cave, Bifang thought, recalling the polar bear's lazy appearance.
"laugh!"
A huge stream of water suddenly exploded on the flat ground and sprayed high into the air. Bifang, who was standing on the sled, pulled the reins and couldn't help but watch.