Chapter 706: A Rare Icebreaker Expedition Ship
The sound of the steamer's whistle could be transmitted up to five kilometers away, and the distance could grow further above the vast and silent ice field, so that before the Taysis had officially reached the shore, Bi was already running towards the shore with the three fools in his sleigh.
The steamer approached the ice field, and Bi headed towards the coast.
It's a two-way street.
A quarter of an hour later, Bi Fang finally saw the huge cruise ship cruising on the ocean on the long coastline, the cruise ship was lit up, and the hull of the ship emitted a soft orange light, which made the tense atmosphere a little more relaxed.
It's just that because Bi Fang only provided an approximate direction, and did not accurately reach the latitude and longitude, the people on the ship had not yet found the suitable route that Bi Fang said.
The fuel that Bi Fang quickly brought was still on the ground, and the sparks that were stored were quickly ignited and ignited.
If it were daytime, Bi Fang would still be able to make a banner out of musk cow hide, and the brown musk cowhide would definitely be extremely eye-catching on the white ice field, but in the North Pole in the eternal night, this trick was obviously useless, so he could only switch to a bonfire.
A small bonfire burns under the stars, and although it is not large, it is also very conspicuous.
The crew with binoculars on the side noticed a light in the dark night, looked that way, and easily spotted Bi Fang and his three sled dogs standing on the shore, and immediately looked up and shouted to the captain's room: "Captain, I found it, ten o'clock direction!" ”
Harvey walked quickly, raised his binoculars, quickly locked on to the target on the shore, was overjoyed, and immediately gave the order: "Left rudder ten!" ”
The crew at the helm did not have any stagnation, and the body reflexively turned the rudder, while repeating: "Left rudder ten! ”
After a few moments, the command was completed, and the sailors reported the effect of the execution: "Ten degrees left!" ”
Harvey nodded silently, and the Tesis, who had changed course, headed straight for Bifang.
Seeing that the distance between the two sides was gradually getting closer, Harvey gave another order: "Full speed, don't stop, let's hit it directly!" Start breaking the ice! ”
"Yes! Get ready to break the ice! ”
The crew who was operating the signal lights on the side quickly signaled according to the instructions, and Bi Fang on the shore saw the flashing lights.
Bi Fang, who had a certain understanding of the signal, instantly understood Captain Harvey's thoughts, which meant paying attention to avoidance, and he quickly pulled the reins, turned the direction of the sled, and ran inland.
"Invincible Begins with Sacrificing to the Ancestors"
After leaving nearly 100 meters, Bi Fang stopped his sleigh and watched the Tesis gradually approaching, his eyes showing anticipation.
The audience's eyes widened, many of them had never seen an icebreaker before, let alone seen it break the ice, which was very novel.
The three fools sat in front of Bi Fang, watching the huge Tesis approaching, they couldn't help but be a little anxious, stood up and barked at the cruise ship, and finally Bi Fang pinched the back of the three fools' neck meat respectively, so that they could barely settle down, but just looking at the trembling double strands of the dog, you know that this guy is still very scared in his heart.
It seems that he has never seen a ship, Bi Fang thought to himself.
[The big one is coming, the big one is coming! 】
【Rush Rush Rush! 】
[It's coming, it's coming, it's going to be bumped]
Under the excited barrage of sailors, the Tesis did not pause at all, but increased its full speed and crashed towards the ice field, and finally in front of millions of people, the collision of steel and ice occurred.
"Kwachacha."
Perhaps it was the polar night, or perhaps the Taysis was caught in a snowstorm and the hull was close to the thick, only to realize that the Taysis was covered in hoarfrost, and the steel hull emitted the unique structural crashing sound of the giant, and the steel sound reverberated in the empty cavity and finally transmitted to the ice field.
There is no imaginary shock, no exaggerated scenes, such as entering the ...... Ice-free realm.
Without the slightest froze, the Tesis slammed straight into the ice, shattering pieces of ice like a hot knife into butter.
The earth trembled slightly, and the ice fields that had been connected together once again turned into ice floes, drifting towards the sea.
For safety reasons, there were no tourists on the deck to avoid a sudden flutter in the event of a collision that could lead to a fall into the ocean, so only a few sailors were on patrol.
"Dog, go!"
Bi Fang pulled the reins and sat away from the shore once again in his sled.
The ice-breaking of the Tesis was a little better than he had imagined, and a distance of a hundred meters was not safe, and he had to retreat a little further.
The dog, who had already had the intention of urinating, rushed away and withdrew directly to three hundred meters away.
The world's professional icebreakers can be divided into seven levels of icebreaking ability, the first level is the strongest icebreaking ability, and the third level of icebreaking standard is that it can continuously break 1.5 meters thick 2 years of sea ice.
The Snow Dragon II is a three-level icebreaker, while the earlier Snow Dragon is basically between the fifth and sixth levels, so for the thicker ice layer, the Snow Dragon can only look away.
Strictly speaking, there are only two or three of the strongest icebreakers that can break through three meters of ice in a row, such as the White Bear and the "Victory Fifty Years" in the Red Era.
Naturally, the Tesis can't be compared to these monster ships, even if it is completely transformed enough to be comparable to a new life, it is only an expedition-class cruise ship, but it is also an icebreaker!
Icebreaker tourist boats, which are extremely rare!
Many travelers to the Antarctic or the North Pole are very concerned about the ice-breaking ability of the ship, and often ask if they are on an icebreaker.
This is actually confusing the Antarctic scientific expedition with the Antarctic tourist voyage, and the scientific expedition needs to go to many areas that have not been explored by mankind, and the ability to break the ice is very important.
Tours, on the other hand, usually only visit a small area, and in many cases icebreakers are not used at all; As long as the bow is reinforced, a ship with ice resistance is fine.
The so-called anti-ice ship is due to the special structure of the hull to greatly enhance the ability of the hull to resist glaciers.
Vessels need to meet certain requirements, meet certain technical parameters and performance in order to obtain the relevant ice class certification, which is classified as ABC class.
Put simply, the higher the level of ice resistance, the deeper you can go into the ice-floe-covered waterway, and the more you can travel between the ice floes and reach places that other ships can't.
The lower the ice resistance level, the smaller the range of reach and movement.
So in Antarctica, there are no icebreaker tourist ships at all, as long as there are a few in the Arctic, and fortunately, Tesis is one of them!
At the time of the initial transformation, Captain Harvey had made a lot of money, and he had lost money for a long time, which made him wonder if it was worth it.
No one could have imagined that the moment when the Tesis would really show its might would be today.
It has to be said that this is the lucky ship of gray whales.
As the ice continued to crack, the Tesis smashed into the ice field like a sharp-beaked hammer, tearing a large gap.