Watching the five people disappear on the ice field, Bi Fang looked back at everyone present.
Three tourists, four sailors, plus myself, this is the only remaining manpower configuration.
There are a total of eight people, and one of them needs to watch the engine and other equipment to prevent malfunctions or freezing, while also taking care of the safety of the rest of the people to avoid the accident just now.
The remaining seven people are responsible for two huge ice caves exceeding ten square meters. Keeping them from freezing in an environment of more than 50 degrees below zero is an extreme challenge no matter how you look at it.
Everyone is afraid and thinks this is an impossible task.
"Everyone, please stop standing and continue. Don't open the second freeze for the time being, and do your best to keep the gray whale breathing." The second officer immediately gave up one of them and concentrated all the remaining hands on an ice cave.
There are only seven people left. Even if they can't guide the gray whale to the coast, they must at least keep the basic base until the next group of people comes to change the guard.
"As long as you persist a little longer, someone will come over later!"
At the insistence of the second officer, everyone finally started to move sparsely, and Bi Fang ran a few steps and found the sled people who were driving back.
Since there was no clear command to stop, Goudan led the dogs and rushed out for several hundred meters before realizing that Bifang had disappeared and quickly rushed back to him.
What the Inuit said was absolutely correct. Goudan's intelligence is indeed rare. Ordinary sled dogs cannot notice that the driver suddenly disappears and can come back on their own.
Bi Fang patted Goudan's head and cut off a piece of venison to reward it. He found a still raw reindeer skin on the sled. He didn't have time to tan it, so he made three cuts with a dagger and made a simple coat to wear on himself.
On the body.
He picked up the electric saw that the sailor just dropped on the ground, pulled the rope, and started cutting the ice. The hardness of the newly frozen ice was not too high. The sharp steel could be easily inserted into it without pressing, and the ice chips were broken.
Flying.
【Chainsaw Man Fang Qita joins in!】
【Do you also want to be a dog?】
The extreme cold made my body feel intensely uncomfortable. Even though my face was covered with strips of cloth, I still felt like it was about to burst. My eyes, the only ones in direct contact with the air, were extremely dry and felt like they were swollen. I needed to close my eyes from time to time.
Otherwise, Bi Fang is really worried that he will be blinded by the cold.
"Our skin isn't the only place that freezes in extreme cold temperatures. If you're out in extremely cold windy weather, your cornea can also freeze. The protective layer of tears that covers your cornea can keep your eyes from freezing.
Sensitivity to light causing blepharospasm.”
"However, this kind of freezing is recoverable in a short time. As long as you can get out of the cold environment in time, the cornea can recover. But if your cornea is frozen for a long enough time, it may cause permanent damage, so if you can,
Be sure to wear goggles.”
Bi Fang closed his eyes and waited until he regained consciousness before opening them again and continued to devote himself to the great cause of cutting.
Cutting ice cubes is more difficult than imagined. Under capillary action, seawater will overflow along the cut gap. It doesn't matter if it is normal, but in an environment of minus 50 degrees, the seawater will freeze in a few seconds.
When it turns into ice, the newly cut ice cube will be connected to the ice sheet again, making it difficult to style and scrapping all efforts.
Otherwise, the sailor would not have tried to kick it after cutting it open, which almost led to a tragedy.
"We can only cut into smaller pieces."
Bi Fang pulled up the mask, took a step back, reduced the cutting area, expanded it little by little, and threw the broken ice cubes into the center of the ice cave to cause ripples to prevent the sea from freezing.
Half an hour later, support still had not arrived.
Everyone was starting to feel a little tired.
"Why haven't you come yet? It's already half an hour later. There's enough time!"
"I can't cut it anymore, this thing is too heavy."
"Just take a rest if you can't do it. Don't force it. It's too dangerous."
The second officer swallowed and felt a soreness in his forearms. He raised his head and looked at the ice field, wondering why no one had come yet.
Looking around, I saw that both the newly dug and the ice caves left before were all frozen, and it was impossible to tell that there had ever been a big hole here.
It wasn't until an hour later that two snowmobiles arrived in a hurry, and a total of eight sailors and two tourists took over everyone's work.
Several people immediately collapsed to the ground and drank hot water in large gulps.
The second mate waved his arms and asked, "Why did you come just now?"
"Sorry, the snowmobile suddenly stalled on the way. As a result, within half a minute, the fuel tank was frozen and couldn't move at all. We had to tow it back, then change another one and drive over again." The leader was helpless.
.
"What a hell!"
This is the polar night in the Arctic. As long as the engine is turned off, any mechanical vehicle is at risk of being scrapped.
Bi Fang let go of the chainsaw in his hand, handed it to another person, and turned his tired arms. The others could take a short break, but Bi Fang never took a break while holding the chainsaw for more than an hour.
Turning his sore arms, Bifang returned to the sled and sat on it to rest for a while.
After his condition recovered slightly, Bi Fang came to an open space, poured out the peat soil, lit it with some tinder, and built a bonfire.
Then he took out two wooden bowls, put two pale pink "semi-round stones" in them, and stuffed a little crushed ice into them.
【what is this?】
【Is Lao Fang boiling stones? 】
【Have you ever seen pink stones (eat melon)】
[If I guessed correctly, this should be a deer brain (dog head)]
"Yes, it's the reindeer brain."
Bi Fang knocked on the pink "semi-circle stone" and it made a sound that was the same as a stone.
The soft deer brains do not need any special container to store. If you leave them in the natural environment for a minute or two, they will freeze like rocks. Just stuff them into a bag and it will be stored very well. If it is
Under normal circumstances, the brain may become smelly and rotten in less than a day, and then it cannot be used to tan rawhide at all.
"Musk ox skin is used as a sleeping bag, and it is inconvenient to use. Now my clothes are not enough to keep out the cold. Two pieces of reindeer skin need to be tanned and softened as soon as possible, and then made into clothing to help us withstand the severe cold."
"The skin of these big guys has the same effect as the skin of musk ox. It is also furry and can withstand temperatures as low as -50 degrees Celsius."
The crushed ice in the wooden bowl quickly boiled, melting the pale pink pebbles, making their color more conspicuous, and you could even see the exposed capillaries on the skin.
Crush it and apply it evenly on the reindeer skin. The same steps are familiar to the audience, so Bi Fang did not spend more time explaining, speeding up the process and constantly stretching and stretching it.
Soon the two pieces of rawhide were completely tanned, and the hard parts were softened, leaving only the final step of smoking.