Chapter 1180 1180. Things Are Hard (4/5)

Chapter 1180 1180. Things Are Hard (45)

After resting for an hour and a half, they went out to work again.

Some people stayed to dismantle the tent and clean up the mess, while others took tools and went into the ice and snow.

Woody gave Li Du a pot of hot wine, so that Li Du drank the wine while walking on the ice field to supplement the energy consumed by the little flying insects, and felt better in the afternoon.

They searched carefully on the ice sheet, the ice sheet was too big, and their few people sprinkled on it, like a few drops of river water sprinkled into a large lake.

Another afternoon of busy work, still nothing.

It was windy in the evening, and the sky was still bright and sunny, but a gust of wind attacked the ice field, blowing up some ice slag and sweeping it on people's bodies, making their faces uncomfortable.

Steve waved his hand and said, "Li, get on the sleigh, we'll retreat!"

Survival in Antarctica needs to be cautious, and you can’t be too cautious. Once you find signs of changes in the weather, you have to return to the camp as soon as possible.

It's somewhat frustrating to go out and spend so much energy and manpower, but in the end it doesn't pay off.

Steve saw Li Du's depression, and said with a smile: "Go back to drink and adjust your mood. It's too common to get nothing here."

Li Du spread his hands and said, "There are so many of us, I thought we would find a meteorite, even a small one."

"How can it be so easy?" Steve shook his head, "You are spoiled by good luck, man, it is good luck to find a meteorite here a year, in fact, our family has built a camp here for twenty years No, only five meteorites have been found."

"So few?" Li Du said in surprise.

Steve nodded helplessly: "Too few, too rare, otherwise they wouldn't be so valuable. They are too scattered and lack markers. Sometimes you don't know where you are looking, whether you have searched before. "

This dispelled Li Du's idea of ​​staying here and looking for meteorites to make a fortune. He was not afraid that the meteorites were hidden deep, but that the meteorites were scattered too much.

Not long after they rushed back to camp, a storm blew up outside.

It was the first time for Li Du to encounter such a strong wind. In fact, this was a tornado, and it wasn't just one tornado. Several tornadoes came at the same time, wreaking havoc on the ice.

This is a very special experience. In the past, no matter in China or the United States, it was rainy or snowy when there was a strong wind.

It's not that Li Du has never experienced a big storm, like when he went to Australia for the first time, the storm even swept a shark in the sea to the shore.

But that's not the same as it is now, it's sunny out there, it's clear and there's a good view, and then there's a storm.

Li Du's view was unobstructed in front of the window, and he could see very far away. From this very long distance, he saw several tornadoes twisting and appearing.

Because there is nothing on the ice layer, and there are very few snowflakes. Although Antarctica is very cold and has a lot of water and ice, the weather there is actually very dry, with an average annual precipitation of about 50 milliliters, which is equivalent to the Sahara Desert.

That's why Li Du and the others were so worried when Sophie's sled crashed into the air yesterday. The sled slid on the ice with no cushion at all, and when it hit it, it hit the ice firmly, which was very painful.

The place where Li Du and the others are located is not far from the coastline, and it does not belong to the inland area. There is still some snowfall, which spreads on the ice.

When the tornado came, the snow danced wildly in the air first, and was quickly swept away. It was unknown where it went.

In this way, without snow, there is no reference in Li Du's field of vision, only the ice that has been immobile for thousands of years and those arrogant tornadoes.

Without a reference, he couldn't see the scale of the storm, he could just see the tornadoes moving across the glacier.

If you don't look at the place where the tornado is, it seems to be very quiet outside, and there is no sign of strong wind.

But the insulation room he was in was shaking all the time, and the windows were slammed by the wind, as if someone had set off firecrackers on the window, which formed an extreme experience:

People can't see the wind, but they know that the strong wind is raging outside!

The strong wind came and disappeared quickly. After they finished their dinner, the house became quiet.

After a while, Li Du went out to try it out, but the weather became quiet with only a few small winds.

Steve paid attention to the weather station, and the weather will still be fine in the next few days without major storms, so they continue to work together to find meteorites.

So much effort was spent, but nothing was achieved.

The world is hard, even if you have supernatural powers, sometimes it is not so easy to make money.

Li Du finally couldn't take it anymore.

No wonder Woody and others despised him at first, saying don't think that finding a meteorite makes you a meteorite hunter. This job is not that simple, or it is very simple and tortures people.

There is nothing on the glacier, there are skuas, penguins, seals and sea lions on the seashore, and if you go further inland, there are only ice blocks left.

Working in such an environment is very boring, and it is an extreme torture to the human spirit. Li Du soon became impatient and decided to leave.

Steve was more patient. He sent Li Du to the plane, saying that he would stay here for a while until spring, and then returned to the United States to prepare for Siberia.

The plane sailed all the way until it landed in Hobart.

After leaving the airport, Li Du pulled down the car window and looked out, looking greedily.

Green trees, red flowers, blue sea, colorful clothes, and warm sea breeze, all of which cannot be enjoyed in Antarctica.

He has only been to Antarctica for a week, but psychologically he feels that he has been away from the civilized world for a long, long time.

Even the three hairy kids felt the same way, Ah Ao tried his best to poke his head out, opened his mouth and stuck out his tongue in the wind, with a look of enjoyment on his face.

I bought some supplies on the island by car, and the yacht Lee-Martin came to pick me up. Big Ivan was driving the boat, smoking a cigar, and dressed in vacation clothes. He looked very leisurely.

"How's the day?"

"It's so cool." Big Ivan said proudly, "Every day is diving, fishing, soaking in hot springs, picking black grapes, hunting, wow, it's so cool! How about you, boss?"

Li Du said: "It's so cool, every day is full of ice and snow, ice cubes, ice caps, ice layers, it's so cool, isn't it?"

Sophie shrugged indifferently and said, "It's okay, I think it's good to stay indoors and read a book, after all, the sunshine there is very good."

Looking up at the brilliant Australian sun, she added: "Of course, the sun is better here."

On the return trip on the yacht, Li Du sat on the deck with his feet on the railing, and looked around casually with a glass of iced juice in his hand.

The boat sailed for a long time, and Shaou Island appeared in his vision. Suddenly, the sea surface seemed to be boiling, and the sea water began to churn.

Brother Wolf turned the rudder with experience and said, "Maybe a whale is about to appear."

Not long after his words fell, fish appeared on the surface of the water. Soon, these fish spread their wings, jumped out of the sea water, and flew up with the sea wind...