Sometimes it bites the finger, sometimes scratches itself, sometimes yawns or dances with its hands. And its fur looks very tender, so cute.
After Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo successfully completed their first landing in batches, there was a sharing and learning session about penguins in the theater on the fourth floor. Polar expert Cathy Zell shared with Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo. He explained to Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo the types of penguins and the types of penguins that Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo would see on this trip to Antarctica. They also learned a lot of knowledge.
Penguins are actually birds, and there are now more than a dozen species. After settling in Antarctica, their wings gradually degenerated as the environment changed, and they gradually became amphibious. Penguins' fur is extremely dense and fine, and has good warmth retention to resist the harsh climate of Antarctica.
Nalanshiqi and Yunluo were able to see three types of penguins during their trip to Antarctica: white-browed penguins, chinstrap penguins, and Adélie penguins. If the weather allowed, Nalanshiqi and Yunluo could have a one in a thousand chance of seeing emperor penguins in some places in the La Mer channel, but unfortunately, the weather did not allow Nalanshiqi and Yunluo to go there at all, so the chance was 0. I hope I can go to Antarctica again in the future, even if it's just to see king penguins.
I don't know how many green apples I've eaten on the boat. I'll have another one before dinner.
There are large decks on both sides of the lobby where you can enjoy the view. Nalan Shiqi didn't wear sunglasses and the bright sun made her frown. The ultraviolet rays here are really strong. For someone like Nalan Shiqi who really doesn't like to apply sunscreen, she can only have this ability to shed her skin, and then she will become white again after a new layer of skin.
Antarctica is a place where Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo people have started to visit more in recent years. In the past, most of them were Europeans and Americans, but now more and more people from Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo want to come to Antarctica. Therefore, we can see that several ships come to Antarctica every year. The number of people is increasing every year.
The Gerash Strait is a waterway between the Antarctic Peninsula and several small islands nearby.
Gerlach was a Belgian naval officer who led an expedition to Antarctica from Chilean Patagonia. In February of the following year, he discovered the strait that now bears his name, as well as many places and islands named after his companions.
Unexpectedly, the Belgica, which had reached 71°31' south latitude, was trapped by early autumn ice floes and was stuck on the frozen sea for 377 days before escaping. This was the first adventure team in human history to spend the winter in Antarctica and escape by luck.
Nalan Shiqi doesn't like staying up late, even in Antarctica.
So although Nalan Shiqi sleeps much later than when she is at home, she will not play until late at night, so she must be in bed at 12 o'clock in the morning, and as a result, she can get up early every morning. Because the first login time this morning was relatively early, she still got up early in the morning and went to the restaurant to have breakfast, and then put on the login clothes and waited.
Here I would like to mention some precautions for landing. Actually, there are not many requirements. You must wear a life jacket, which is the red thing that Nalan Shiqi wears on her shoulders and fastens with a button at the waist. Another point is that you must disinfect your shoes before boarding the assault boat and when you return to the boat. The premise is first for the safety of Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo, and second to minimize the damage to the natural environment of Antarctica.
The landing site this time is called the Jerash Strait. Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo saw many glaciers early in the morning. The colors of those glaciers are so beautiful that Nalan Shiqi really doesn't know what fancy words to use to describe them. Nalan Shiqi just feels that such colors cannot be created by humans. Only the power of nature can make people awe.
The picture shows Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo waiting to land on the third floor. In the distance behind them is the blue sky and the sea, and in the near distance is a huge glacier. It is huge because most of the glacier is underwater.
After turning a few corners, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo found two ships. One was an abandoned and rusty ship, which had become a nest for many seabirds. The other was a sailboat with its sails lowered. The most important thing was that there were people on the ship, a few Frenchmen. Nalan Shiqi really couldn't figure out where they got the courage to use such a ship to cross the devil's westerly belt. How did they experience the baptism of Drake?
Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo's speedboat did not approach them. Later, they heard from others that they were close to the sailboat and even spoke a few words with gestures, because the other party spoke French.
Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo continued their tour. The theme of today's tour was glaciers. Glaciers are a form of water, which is formed by a series of transformations of snow. To form glaciers, there must be a certain amount of solid precipitation. Glaciers are the world's largest freshwater resource and the largest natural reservoir on Earth after the ocean. In fact, there are glaciers on all seven continents, but the glaciers in Antarctica are also called continental glaciers, which cover the widest area and are left over from the Ice Age, so they can be called ten-thousand-year glaciers. Not every place has glaciers with the extremely beautiful light blue color of the Antarctic glaciers. Glaciers are milky white at first. After a long time, glaciers can become more dense and hard, and the bubbles inside will gradually decrease, slowly becoming crystal clear, with blue crystal-like glaciers. The glaciers that Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo saw were all in motion, so this is one of the reasons why it is difficult for ships to sail in Antarctica. Glaciers have strong erosion power, so the glaciers that Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo saw are really varied, with all kinds of shapes.
In Antarctica, everyone is a landscape photographer. The air here is clear, dust-free, and dry. You can take pictures in any direction to see the beautiful scenery. Therefore, my friends who traveled with me really moved all their belongings here, including cameras and even Hasselblad H4D-60.
So every time we landed, whether we were cruising on the speedboat or moving freely on the shore, you could see people holding cameras and snapping away, some taking pictures of people, some taking pictures of penguins, some taking pictures of glaciers, some taking pictures of boats, some taking pictures of women wearing bikinis. But today, on the small speedboat of Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo, there was the most unforgettable time of Nalan Shiqi's entire trip to Antarctica.
Many people have asked Nalan Shiqi this question, what is the most unforgettable thing about Antarctica? Nalan Shiqi almost blurted out that it was the 15 minutes that made Nalan Shiqi cry silently. There are still big names from all walks of life on Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo's assault boat. Everyone is holding a camera, looking for various angles to take pictures and shouting and laughing. The driver of the assault boat also tried to drive the boat to the best place according to the different appearances of the glaciers, but as everyone's exclamations and shutter sounds became louder and louder, he suddenly turned off the boat and stopped.
They stopped at a shallow bay. Looking down, you can see rocks and even small fish on the bottom of the water. Next to them is a large glacier. When the boat suddenly stopped, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo were distracted for a moment and looked back at him. He said, "Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo, put down your cameras, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo, stop talking, close your eyes, and listen to the sounds of Antarctica with your ears."
His words seemed to have magic power, and it seemed that in fact, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo were longing for such solitude in their deepest hearts. Only Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo were alone with their hearts and the surrounding environment, nothing else. Nalan Shiqi put down his phone, found a comfortable posture, and felt his whole body slowly relax from head to fingertips to toes. Then Nalan Shiqi slowly closed his eyes, and even subconsciously held his breath.
Nalan Shiqi didn't know what kind of state of mind people had when facing the scenery of nature in the earliest times of human beings, or before the development of imaging technology. But at this moment, Nalan Shiqi suddenly felt wronged and sad, and tears welled up in her eyes almost instantly. Nalan Shiqi didn't even dare to open her eyes.
Nalan Shiqi forgot the driver's name. But it doesn't matter, his smiling words will always be in Nalan Shiqi's heart. This is the moment closest to this pure land. It is far away from the world, without noise. Close your eyes, talk to it with your soul, listen to its warm and heavy voice with your ears, and feel its embrace and breadth with your body.
Nalan Shiqi really heard it. There were the sounds of birds flying by, the cries of penguins in the distance, the crackling of glaciers breaking, the gurgling of floating ice, and the gurgling of flowing water.
The sound of Antarctica is just like its color. Rich and shocking. Closing your eyes is like being in the arms of a giant, who comforts and encourages you and takes you away from all the hustle and bustle.
Traveling is not utilitarian for me. Nalan Shiqi doesn't want to be a photographer or a writer. She just wants to share her true feelings with friends who resonate with her. Nalan Shiqi's favorite way to travel is not to take a camera or a mobile phone. She can listen to the voice of her heart, use her eyes and heart to remember the touching moments, and share them with friends in words and text. Antarctica, Nalan Shiqi's growth journey.
The expedition team members taught Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo about black ice. Black ice is not really black. Everything in the world will turn into the opposite when it reaches its extreme. It is the same principle. The reason why it is called black ice is that it looks like black among many white glaciers and floating ice. Because it is too pure, it becomes transparent when it is white to a certain extent, and it looks like black when it is transparent to a certain extent.
Any piece of black ice is no less than several thousand years old, and most of them are even a hundred thousand years old or even older, because it is extremely pure and dense. So it is also very sharp. For example, if the kayak that Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo were riding was unfortunately hit by black ice, it would probably leak and capsize.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo didn't take a picture of the black ice in the water, so they took turns taking pictures after it was brought out. Of course, the expedition members said that this piece of ice was not of the best quality. If they were lucky enough to come across good black ice, they would often bring it back to the boat to mix with drinks. Well, just imagine drinking whiskey mixed with pure, 10,000-year-old ice water, it would be absolutely cool.
Even when I got back on the boat, I couldn't miss the beautiful views of the glaciers. On the terrace of my bedroom, I took out my camera and kept taking photos. The boat was sailing very slowly, which meant that there were pieces of glacier ice of different shapes floating in front of me. After taking a photo of one, I wanted to take the next one. Each one was different, so I got the following pictures. Every picture can be used as a wallpaper, they are so beautiful.
I took a lot of pictures of these floating ice with ripples. These ripples are because these floating ice are always moving, so the circles of water ripples are spreading out. The part of these floating ice above the water is milky white, and the part under the water is the ultimate beautiful blue.
After a morning of shopping, I was exhausted. I had lunch at the French restaurant on the second floor. It is worth mentioning that the French restaurant on the second floor has different lunch and dinner every day, and the menu is placed at the door before the meal. And there are several days with special vegetarian menus, which Nalan Shiqi likes very much. Of course, because the whole ship is full of Chinese people, the chef of the restaurant specially made some meals that are not on the menu for Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo. For example: white porridge for breakfast and egg fried rice for lunch and dinner. (⊙o⊙. And the handsome waiters in the restaurant finally learned to say in Chinese: fried rice, white porridge, fried eggs.
As soon as we entered the restaurant for breakfast, the waiter came up and said with a smile: white porridge, white porridge, fried eggs, fried eggs. Haha, very cute. Nalan Shiqi doesn't like Western food, and doesn't like all kinds of things made with cheese, including salad dressing. And because of vegetarianism, in the early days when supplies on the ship were limited and couldn't be bought outside, sometimes the only things we could eat were fruits, vegetables and rice. However, this didn't affect Nalan Shiqi's mood for eating at all. In fact, Nalan Shiqi is really not picky.
The travel agency specially prepared black bean chili sauce and black bean Lao Gan Ma for people like Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo who are not used to western food. Haha, they are all vegetarian. I ordered egg fried rice with Lao Gan Ma and it tasted so good. Well, after eating, it looked like this.
After dinner, I took a nap. In the afternoon, there was a sharing session by Hurun in the theater on the fourth floor - the story behind the Hurun Rich List. Hurun is a very humorous and talkative person. His Chinese is very good. From the time he shared his initial experience, I felt that this person is really smart. It is impossible for him not to succeed. He is an accountant and likes to study numbers. The photos taken in the theater are not clear. Many data analysis angles are very interesting. In fact, you can take a look at his magazine.
There was another real landing in the afternoon. This time, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo landed at a scientific research station with many small red houses on the shore.
But now these houses are occupied by penguins, they have nests around the houses. You can't get close to them, so you can't see what's inside the houses. After Nalan Shiqi came back, he checked and found out that this research station is Japanese... Hum╭(╯^╰)╮Here Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo can climb to a high place and look into the distance, which is very spectacular. (To be continued...)