Live Wilderness Adventure

Chapter 722 Breaking Out of the Ice Field

"Twenty to starboard."

"Twenty right rudder!"

"Twenty degrees right!"

The helmsman turned the steering wheel, concentrating and experienced.

The searchlights illuminated the ground, and there were constant shouts and harmony from the bridge. Captain Harveys' voice was extremely high, ensuring that every order could be executed accurately.

Almost 100% of the ships can be reversed. Unfortunately, the route hundreds of meters behind has been frozen. For safety reasons, the Tesis had to turn its bow to leave the ice field and bring the gray whale into the the sea.

In addition, the average driver will not choose to drive backwards. The collision avoidance rules at sea recommend that the driver’s collision avoidance methods are almost all deceleration and steering, and only think of emergency braking or reversing when encountering an emergency situation or a collision risk—— — because it hurts the machine.

A correct but non-essential decision has resulted in days and nights of overtime and contempt from the engineering department. If even the engineering department can’t solve the problem, they will have to be towed to the shipyard by tugboat for repairs. A prescription will cost hundreds of thousands of ugly gold. All are cheap.

The worst case scenario is that if the tugboats can’t come in in the middle of the ocean or ice area where there are no villages or shops behind, the three hundred or so people on board can only cry.

This end must be tuned.

Harveys knew very well that turning the bow of the ship on the ice was a technical task, and it was very likely that it would roll over or damage the hull.

From the day he walked out of the university, Harveys has set foot on an ocean-going ship, drifting on the vast sea until now, dedicating all his youth to the sea.

From the second mate to the first mate, from the technical level to the management, to the current captain, they are all witnesses of the passage of time and hard work.

In the eyes of outsiders, the profession of a seaman seems to be very glamorous. While sailing, he travels around the world. Whenever he returns with a full harvest and enters a tavern, a large group of people will always sit around and listen to him tell interesting stories about the sea.

But in fact, the seemingly beautiful sea is full of dangers, especially in the Arctic Ocean.

Icebergs are alive.

Captain Harveys firmly believed.

Sometimes it's 99% underwater, with a cusp just above the surface.

Even normal people can get calluses from seeing this picture, but it's not a joke when they really see it.

At present, the navigation aids on most ships cannot scan the things under the water surface of the bow. You think the sharp side is passable.

Secondly, the iceberg is not fixed like other coastal reference objects, it can move!

Both ice sheets and icebergs will move, and the main driving force of the movement is wind, followed by ocean currents.

Under the influence of wind speed, some can even reach a movement speed of 44 kilometers per day, which can transport certain objects on land and even living animals and plants from their source areas to thousands of kilometers away.

Scholars who specialize in this method can infer the distribution of glaciers tens of thousands of years ago by looking directly at the sediments in the ocean.

In the dead of night, Captain Harveys often fell into such an illusion in his dreams: the ship was suddenly surrounded by icebergs, completely surrounded by icebergs, and they were all slowly approaching him. To make up for it, to wake up in despair, feeling terribly bad.

Later, the Tesis became an icebreaker, and this kind of nightmare was much less, after all, it was stacked, but it still cannot be taken lightly.

It can only be said that there are threats everywhere.

As the captain, Harveys walked on thin ice all the time, shouldering the safety of the entire ship, the lives of dozens of crew members, hundreds of passengers and the families behind them.

Bringing the brothers back home alive has been the only expectation of Harveys all along.

It's going to be a success!

Harveys, who was nearly sixty years old, felt his long-lost blood being ignited again, and his heart was tense and excited. He picked up the brewed coffee, trying to relieve some of the exhaustion caused by long hours of work.

The navigator on the side handed over the ice box and asked if he wanted to add ice cubes.

Harveys laughed: "Of course! I like ice cubes. However, I only like the ones in the glass, not the sea."

As an oceangoing sailor, every time I go to sea, I put my life into the sea.

Fighting against the wind and waves is full of dangers.

In the confrontation between man and nature, it is just a good wish for man to conquer nature.

Compared with the great nature, the power of human beings is really too small. But no matter what, only by being in awe of nature, being indomitable, and staying optimistic and strong can we survive in desperation and create miracles!

"Captain, I can already see them!"

"Is that the second officer? He's waving at us!"

"Success is in sight, stay focused, jump the bow, and do it one last time!"

"come on!"

The headlights of the Tesis directly shone on the open space, reminding Bi Fang of the days when he first came to the North Pole, and couldn't help but miss the daytime, as if it had become a very distant word.

One-third of the 100-day mission has passed, and I didn't expect it to be so exciting.

Gathering his thoughts, Bi Fang came to his senses and did not continue to dig holes, but expanded the area of ​​the ice cave on the basis of the original one, making it easier for the whales to breathe.

Generally speaking, the tactical radius of fast rudder turning is less than 5 times the length of the ship. If the aspect ratio is small, it will be smaller. However, on the ice sheet, this tactical radius must be extended a lot to avoid side collisions with the ice. .

The overall strength of an icebreaker is much higher than that of ordinary ships, but the hardest part is the bow. If you can use the bow to knock things open, try not to use other parts to avoid displacement.

When the Tesis completely crossed over, the distance between the two sides was less than 100 meters, almost close to each other.

Above this distance, the gray whale can also directly see the huge expedition ship, and the frequency of breathing has increased significantly, which is obviously a sign of emotional excitement.

The three big guys are terribly smart.

Taking advantage of the fact that the sea ice behind it hadn't frozen yet, the Tesis, which made a big circle, made a quick turn and returned to the original track.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the next step is to go back the same way!

The original waterway is indeed frozen, but the new ice is not as hard or thick as the old ice. In the pursuit of speed, it is natural to try to choose the method that saves trouble.

In the early morning, it was a sleepless night for all the audience at the same longitude, because tonight is the day when the gray whales will follow the Tesis to rush out of the ice!

The collision of steel and ice forcibly carved out a way out for the three giant beasts.

At ten past one, the Tesis returned to its original orbit.

At half past one, the Tesis advanced a hundred meters, leaving a sufficient gap between the ice and the ocean.

The snow on the ice field was cleaned up, and several small ice caves became signal beacons. Under the leadership of Bi Fang, the three big guys slowly swam under the ice surface, and the huge wide tail rolled up dozens of tons of seawater. , brought enough thrust to follow behind the Tesis.