In fact, if you observe carefully, you can still see many scenes along the way that are worth a laugh.
However, while seeing the joy, it is inevitable to see some things that make people feel depressed.
For example, just when the Blue Whale was about to reach its destination, Yang Jing and Gege once again witnessed the cruel side of nature.
The Blue Whale's destination is tentatively set as Rastorguyev Island near the Russian coast. The island is located on a continental shelf. The closest point to the Eurasian continent is only less than 400 meters away. The entire island is surrounded by an archipelago.
It is obviously impossible to get close to Rastorguyev Island. With the draft depth of the Blue Whale, even if it sees Rastorguyev Island, it can only drop anchor in the sea at least three kilometers away from the island.
This entire area is strictly no-man's land, there is not even a person, so where is the deep-water port for the Blue Whale to dock?
Therefore, if you want to reach Rastorguyev Island, you still have to rely on the two speedboats and the Antarctic Tern helicopter.
But even if they wanted to get close to the island, they had to carefully pass through the densely packed islands in the north. When the Blue Whale slowed down and carefully crossed the archipelago, almost everyone on the ship saw this shocking and helpless scene.
A huge sperm whale was stranded.
No one knew how long this sperm whale had been stranded, but its huge body was just lying on the shore, with half of its body on the shore and the other half soaked in the sea water.
There happened to be a big low tide a few days ago, and it is estimated that this huge sperm whale accidentally ran aground at that time.
For huge whales, the biggest killer is probably the coastline. Once they get stranded, it usually means death.
This sperm whale, estimated to weigh at least 25 tons, died here for this reason.
However, even if it died, its body could not be preserved.
It wasn't because of decay, but because a group of polar bears had set their sights on the huge corpse.
The temperatures in the spring and summer in the northern hemisphere this year are relatively high, which makes it more difficult for polar bears to hunt than in previous years. Many polar bears are hungry when summer comes, and some have not eaten even a little meat or fat for several weeks.
As mentioned earlier, in this situation, if the polar bears cannot catch prey, they will not be able to replenish enough fat before winter comes, and there is more than a 90% chance that they will die in the harsh winter.
Just like these six or seven polar bears, they are obviously as emaciated as the polar bear that was driven away by the walrus herd before. If judged according to the normal trajectory, these polar bears will not survive this winter.
But there is always a way out for the polar bears. Just when these polar bears were about to starve to death, God took advantage of the shallows and low tides to send them a big gift, a gift that was enough to keep them going through the winter - a stranded sperm whale.
Compared to seals and walruses, whales have more fat in their bodies. Although small whales like beluga whales are also on the polar bears' diet, hunting whales in the ocean is still a nearly impossible task for polar bears.
But once a whale is stranded, it will inevitably attract all polar bears within a radius of hundreds of kilometers. A sperm whale weighing 25 tons is enough to feed six, seven or even ten polar bears.
It is no exaggeration to say that if the body of this sperm whale had not completely decayed before the arrival of winter, the body of this sperm whale alone would be enough to support ten polar bears through a harsh winter.
Nature is so cruel and ruthless, but sometimes it provides a way out.
No wonder the saying "Life and death in the Arctic are forever intertwined" is so popular in the Arctic Circle. This scene is a vivid demonstration of the true meaning of this saying.
It's very cruel and very real, but it makes people feel very uncomfortable when they watch it.
Along the way, Gege and Yang Jing saw too much joy and sorrow. After the Blue Whale dropped anchor in the sea about three kilometers away from the east end of Rastorguyev Island, this week-long journey finally came to an end.
Next, it was Yang Jing and his team's turn to search for the legendary treasure of the last tsar according to the treasure map drawn by General Kolchak's adjutant Kuvaevich Antonov.
But it is not easy to find the exact location where the treasure is buried.
The difficulties Yang Jing and his team faced were even more difficult than when they were searching for Bartholomew's treasure some time ago.
The reason for this is that the treasure map drawn by Kuvayevich Antonov is too crude and the scale is surprisingly small. It is no exaggeration to say that although Kuvayevich Antonov used to be Kolchak's adjutant, it is unknown how he got this position. Apart from anything else, if General Kolchak saw this hand-drawn map, even General Kolchak would not be able to bear it.
It is said that the prime minister is a seventh-rank official. Although you, Kuvayevich Antonov, are not the prime minister's doorman, General Kolchak is at least an admiral of the Russian navy. His power is extraordinary. But as General Kolchak's adjutant, how can your level be so low? You can't even draw a map properly.
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