The sound of the ship's whistle can be transmitted up to five kilometers away. On the vast and silent ice field, this distance can be further increased. Therefore, before the Tesis has officially arrived at the coast, Bi Fang and the three fools have already driven the sled towards the coast.
Run to the shore.
The ship approached the ice sheet and headed towards the coast.
This is a two-way journey.
A quarter of an hour later, Bi Fang finally saw the huge cruise ship wandering on the ocean on the long coastline. The cruise ship's indicator light was on, and the hull exuded a soft orange light, which made the tense atmosphere a little more relaxed.
However, because Bi Fang only provided a rough direction, not accurate to the longitude and latitude, everyone on the ship had not yet discovered the suitable route Bi Fang mentioned.
Bi Fang quickly brought the fuel still on the ground, and used the stored sparks to quickly ignite it and ignite the light.
If it were daytime, Bi Fang could still use musk ox hide to make a flag. The brown musk ox hide would definitely be very eye-catching on the white ice sheet, but in the Arctic in the eternal night, this trick is obviously useless, so he can only use it instead.
bonfire.
A small bonfire was burning under the starry sky. Although it was not big, it was still very conspicuous.
The crewman holding the telescope on the side noticed a beam of light in the dark night. Looking over there, he easily spotted Bifang and his three sled dogs standing on the shore. He immediately raised his head and shouted to the captain's cabin.
: "Captain, we found it, direction ten o'clock!"
Harveys walked quickly, raised his telescope, and quickly locked the target on the shore. He was overjoyed and immediately gave the order: "Left rudder ten!"
The crewman at the helm turned the helm without any hesitation, turning the helm like a conditioned reflex, and at the same time repeated: "Left rudder ten!"
After a while, the command was completed, and the sailor reported the effect of execution: "Ten degrees left!"
Harveys nodded quietly, and the Tesis, which changed its course, headed straight towards Bifang.
Seeing the distance between the two sides gradually getting closer, Harveys gave the order again: "Full speed, don't stop, we will hit you directly! Start breaking the ice!"
"Yes! Get ready to break the ice!"
The crewman operating the signal light quickly set off the signal according to the instructions, and Bifang on the coast saw the flashing lights.
Bifang, who had some knowledge of signals, immediately understood what Captain Harveys was thinking, which meant paying attention to avoidance. He quickly pulled the reins, turned the direction of the sled, and ran towards the inland.
"Invincibility starts with sacrificing the ancestor"
After nearly a hundred meters away, Bi Fang stopped the sled and watched the Tesis approaching gradually, his eyes showing anticipation.
The audience's eyes widened. Many of them had never seen an icebreaker before, let alone watched an icebreaker break the ice. It was very novel.
Sansi sat in front of Bi Fang. Seeing the huge Tesis approaching, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious. He stood up and barked at the cruise ship. In the end, Bi Fang pinched the back of Sansi's neck and let them go.
He reluctantly calmed down, but looking at Goudan's trembling buttocks, he knew that this guy was still very scared inside.
It seems that he has never seen a boat, Bi Fang thought to himself.
【The big one is coming, the big one is coming!】
【Go, go, go!】
【Coming, coming, colliding, about to collide】
Under the excited barrage of water friends, the Tesis did not pause at all, but instead increased its power and crashed into the ice sheet. In the end, in front of millions of people, the collision of steel and ice occurred.
"Kwachacha."
Perhaps it was due to the polar night, or the Thesis encountered a blizzard. The hull was close to the thick snow, and the audience discovered that the Thesis was covered with hoarfrost, and the steel hull made a structural collision unique to the giant.
The sound of steel echoed continuously in the empty cavity, and was eventually transmitted to the ice sheet.
There is no imaginary shock, no exaggerated scenes, it is like entering... an ice-free realm.
Without any stagnation, the Tesis hit the ice sheet directly, shattering pieces of ice like a hot knife cutting into butter.
The earth was trembling slightly, and the ice sheet that was once connected once again turned into ice floes, drifting overseas.
For safety reasons, no tourists came out to watch on the deck to avoid sudden vibrations during the collision and causing it to fall into the ocean. Therefore, only a few sailors were patrolling.
"Goudan, let's go!"
Bi Fang pulled the reins and sat on the sled away from the coast again.
The Tesis's icebreaking was better than he expected. The distance of 100 meters was not safe, so it was necessary to retreat further.
Goudan, who had already felt the urge to pee, ran away and retreated directly to 300 meters away.
Professional icebreakers in the world can divide their icebreaking capabilities into seven levels. Level 1 has the strongest icebreaking ability. Level 3 icebreaking standards can continuously break 1.5-meter-thick sea ice for 2 years.
Xuelong 2 is a level three icebreaker, while the earlier Xuelong is basically between level 5 and level 6, so the Xuelong can only stay away from older and thicker ice.
Strictly speaking, there are only two or three of the strongest icebreakers today that can continuously break three meters of ice, such as the White Bear and the "Victory Fifty Years" in the red era.
Naturally, the Tesis cannot be compared with these monster ships. Even if it is completely transformed and can be compared to a new life, it is only an expedition-class cruise ship, but it is also an icebreaker!
Ice-breaking tourist boats are extremely rare!
Many travelers to the Antarctic or the North Pole are very concerned about the ice-breaking ability of the ship, and often ask whether they are on an icebreaker.
This actually confuses the Antarctic and Antarctic scientific expedition voyages with the Antarctic tourist voyages. Scientific expedition voyages need to go to many areas that have not been explored by humans, so ice-breaking capabilities are very important.
Tourism usually only visits a small area, and in many cases there is no need for an icebreaker at all; as long as it is a ship with a reinforced bow and ice resistance, it will be enough.
The so-called ice-resistant ship has a special manufacturing structure that greatly enhances the hull's ability to withstand glaciers.
Vessels need to meet certain requirements and meet certain technical parameters and performance to obtain relevant ice class certification, which is divided into ABC classes.
In short, the higher the ice resistance level, the deeper it can penetrate into channels filled with ice floes, travel between ice floes, and reach places that other ships cannot reach.
The lower the ice resistance level, the smaller the range of reach and movement.
Therefore, there are no ice-breaking tourist ships in Antarctica. There are only a few ice-breaking tourist ships in the Arctic. Fortunately, Tesis is one of them!
During the original renovation, Captain Harveys spent a lot of money and suffered losses for a long time, which made him doubt whether it was worth it.
No one thought that the moment when the Tesis would truly show off its power would be today.
I have to say that this is the lucky ship for gray whales.
As the ice continued to crack, the Tethis was like a sharp-beaked hammer, smashing into the ice sheet arbitrarily and tearing open a large crack.