The lunch at noon was really unique, so everyone ate very full. There was nothing to see in the afternoon, so everyone returned to the boat.
The Blue Whale still has a few last supplies to prepare. In another two or three hours, this giant ship will be able to ride the waves again.
Yang Jing and Gege had just returned to their room and were about to take a rest, but before they even entered the room, they heard Gege's mobile phone calling frantically.
This is quite rare. Although Gege's phone had been roaming for a long time, it has hardly rung since leaving Boston. One reason is that there is no signal at sea, and the other is that Yang Jing and his friends are using maritime satellite phones at sea.
Today in Longyearbyen, Gege's cell phone naturally had a signal, but because there had been no calls in recent days, she almost never brought the phone with her when she went out and kept it in the cabin.
After opening the door, the phone had been hung up. Gege walked over and picked up the phone. She saw that there were twelve missed calls, and the person who called was the same person - He Rui.
Yang Jing also saw the name at a glance, "Huh? He Rui? How did you get in touch with this girl again? My God, among the few people I can remember in this life, this girl is definitely one of them!"
He Rui and Gege were both classmates of Yang Jing, but Yang Jing and He Rui had little contact during school.
Gege was amused when she heard this, "Do you still remember when she scolded you that year? Forget it, it's been so many years, don't worry about it."
Yang Jing spread his hands, "I'm not such a petty person. I've forgotten those things a long time ago. By the way, what is He Rui doing now?"
"After graduation, my third sister got into the base research center in Shanghai through connections. She has been drifting outside for her adult life. Sometimes I can't get in touch with her even if I want to. It's strange. Why is she calling me at this time?"
"Just call her and ask. She called you so many times, maybe there's something important."
While Yang Jing was changing his clothes, Gege moved a chair closer to the porthole and, while admiring the scenery outside, she called back.
After a while, Gege's surprised voice and laughter were heard from the other end. It was obvious that Gege was very happy to suddenly get in touch with her old friend and bestie.
After Yang Jing entered the bathroom and took a shower, the two were still talking on the phone. Yang Jing pointed to the watch at Gege, and Gege stuck out her tongue, nodded embarrassedly, then said a few words and hung up the phone.
"What are you talking about? You seem to be chatting so enthusiastically. If I didn't know it was He Rui on the other end of the phone, I would really be jealous."
Gege didn't take it as an offense, and smiled as she hugged Yang Jing's arm, "Honey, how are our itinerary for tomorrow?"
Yang Jing glanced at his wife and said, "What can we do? Captain Andre said we will leave the port at 6:00 today, sail south around the southern tip of the Svalbard Islands and enter the Barents Sea, then sail east along the Russian coastline until we reach our destination."
Gege shook Yang Jing's arm like a spoiled child and said, "Honey, can we not leave tomorrow? Tell Captain Andre that we should go a little further north after leaving the port tomorrow. It's not far, less than 200 kilometers. At standard speed, it will take about six or seven hours."
Yang Jing asked in confusion: "Where are you going? Go north? There is nothing good in the north? Oh, is He Rui somewhere in the north?"
Gege nodded excitedly, "Didn't I just tell you that after He Rui graduated, she entered the Polar Research Institute in Shanghai through her father's connections. In the past two years, she has been doing scientific research in Antarctica with her father. This spring, she came to the Yellow River Station in the Arctic alone. Yang Jing, the Yellow River Station is in New Alesund, less than 200 kilometers away from here. Let's go and take a look. I have been out for so long, facing a bunch of white and black people all day long. I really want to see the faces of our Han people."
Even Yang Jing was a little tempted by this. During the one month he had been at sea, except for Lin Dan, a Han Chinese, all the people around him were foreigners. If Gege hadn't said this, Yang Jing wouldn't have noticed anything, but after Gege said this, Yang Jing also thought this was feasible.
"Do you really want to go?"
"Of course. Not only to meet He Rui, but mainly because I also want to see what our country's polar research station looks like."
"Okay! Since you want to go, let's go. I'll tell Captain Andre right away."
Yang Jing is the boss who hired the Blue Whale. Strictly speaking, during the period when he hired the Blue Whale, as long as he did not violate the relevant rules of navigation, he had full command of this polar research vessel.
Moreover, this ship was rented to Yang Jing. Although he proposed to visit Ny-Ålesund in the north, which added two days to the plan, Captain Andre strongly agreed with this.
With one more day's journey, Ingram could collect one more day's rent, and two days' rent would be fifty or sixty thousand dollars. Besides, Yang Jing was responsible for the supplies, so Ingram didn't have to pay for two more days' supplies, so why didn't Captain Andre agree?
Of course, because of this extra plan, Captain Andre added some more supplies. According to Captain Andre's understanding of Yang Jing, the big money sponsor, if this sponsor arrives at the Huaxia Yellow River Station Scientific Research Base in New Alesund, he will definitely send out a lot of supplies. In this case, it is better to add more in Longyearbyen to avoid not being able to take them out when the time comes.
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