1444. Enter the ice bay
Ilulisat Ice Bay is located on the west coast of Greenland, about 250 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle, and is very close to the residential area. Although the city of Ilulisat is small, it is spread out very widely. There are also some residential houses, restaurants, hotels and other opens on the coast of Ice Bay.
This season when Qin Shiou came, it is suitable for watching aurora, but not for travel.
The little doorman told them that if they came here in summer, the snow on the coast of the ice bay would melt, revealing wild grass and shrubs, with a lot of green shade, which is much more beautiful than now.
In the current territory of Ilulisat, there are black and white. This is a world of ice and snow, and it is also a world without color.
Of course, this refers to the ground. The splendor of the sky is only seen in Qin Shiou's life. If the charm of the night sky in the world can be divided into ten parts, the night sky in the Arctic Circle will account for eight parts!
More of course, Qin Daguan Ren felt that he would have to take one part of the night sky on farewell to the island, and the others would be divided into one part.
The sled car was gliding, and the spectacular glacial bay gradually showed its vision.
Every year, Greenland transports a large number of ice crowns into the ocean. The Ilulisat Ice Bay is one of the sea estuaries of glaciers and is also the location of the most active glaciers in the world.
The little doorman introduced them: "This fjord is very long, gentlemen, it's just that it's winter now, there are too many glaciers drifting on the water, we can't see very far, but it's actually 40 kilometers long!"
"Wow, it's amazing." Winnie cooperated and smiled.
The little doorman twisted his nose and raised his head proudly and said, "Of course, this is a world heritage site. I mean, what kind of world cultural and material heritage is this ice bay."
Qin Shiou casually corrected: "It's a world material heritage, this bay should be incompatible with culture."
What he said was right, but the little doorman expressed dissatisfaction and introduced him to an art museum on the shore, which was full of paintings or sculptures made by tourists for the Ice Bay. He insisted that the Ice Bay was full of cultural atmosphere.
The source of the ice bay is the Jacob Port Glacier in the eastern region, which is the largest glacier in the northern hemisphere. It can flow 20 to 35 meters per day, and 20 billion tons of icebergs will collapse and be discharged from the fjord every year!
Qin Shiou and others parked the sled car and snowmobile on the shore, stood on the river bank and looked down, magnificent icebergs were drifting along the water.
There are constant sounds of "Gaba" in the ice bay. Qin Shiou knew that this was a terrible sound made by ice cubes cracking in the water. From time to time, there would be a loud "bang". This is the large ice cube dropped from the glacier, and it can splash huge waves after falling into the water.
Even though the winter temperature here always remains below minus ten degrees Celsius, the glaciers still do not freeze. Because icebergs continue to flow downstream, they destroy the frozen river surface. Not to mention that it is just frozen river surface, even steel plates can break the icebergs.
Looking at the icebergs slowly drifting, Winnie exclaimed: "I have never seen such a large iceberg. The ice floes in St. Johns are very small. I think if I go to the nearest to watch the iceberg, it will definitely feel more spectacular."
After hearing his words, the little doorman's eyes rolled around and then ran away.
In spring, the floating ice on the sea of St. Johns is the product of the melting and shattering of these icebergs. After the cracked iceberg flows out of the sea, it initially follows the sea current to the north and then turns south, so that it can flow into the Atlantic Ocean.
Some larger icebergs often have to drift to the sea surface at the same latitude as New York before melting. However, that was the case before. Now that global temperatures are rising, the influence of the greenhouse effect has spread to the Arctic, so the icebergs will melt away before leaving the Canadian waters.
The little doorman ran back after leaving for a while. He said happily: "You have to thank me. I found a sightseeing boat. You can go to the river to see the iceberg more clearly, and you can also play drifting!"
Following behind was a middle-aged white man. He came over and asked, "Do you want to go to the river to see it? But the speed must be fast, only two hours before the night is dark, and we must come back before dark."
Ilulisatt is not allowed to go out to sea until the ice and snow melts in April. This season is very dangerous now, just as this person said. You have to rush back before the sun disappears, otherwise you will be buried under the iceberg.
Qin Shiou shook hands with him, then looked at Winnie, Black Dao and others. Black Dao shook his head hard, and Damn, you can see glaciers everywhere in this bay. Going to sea at this time is a life-threatening thing! It's even more life-than-hit attacking terrorists in the Middle East!
Winnie did not make any statement, but was a little moved.
Seeing this, Qin Shiou hadn't made any promises, and the black sword and his team immediately looked like earth. Okay, let's get ready to die.
Sure enough, Qin Shiou said to the ship owner: "Okay, how about the charge? Let's go out to sea and go around, just look at the iceberg."
The inflamed bag whimpered, "Boss, can I watch snowmobile here?"
The little doorman said unhappily: "We don't have thieves here! Do you know that the security in our city is the best in the world! The best!"
The annoyed bag likes to tease the child very much, so he said, "How did you judge? I also said that our St. Johns is the best security."
The little doorman asked, “How many police officers do you St. Johns have?”
The angry boy was stunned and said inexplicably: "How do I know this? Maybe two hundred? three hundred?"
The little doorman smiled happily and said, "We, Ilulisat, only have six policemen! Can't this explain the problem?"
Qin Shiou was lazy to argue with these five cowards. He said, "This is voluntary. If you don't want to get on the boat, just wait here."
The angry bag immediately smiled happily. Hei Dao glared at him and said angrily: "Where is professional ethics? We are bodyguards now, do you understand?"
Qin Shiou thought to himself that if there was an accident at sea, someone might be protecting whom.
Going to sea is not just about looking at the icebergs, there is another project, which is floating in the sea of ice.
The boat they were riding was a wooden boat, only six meters long, and so many people were on board, it looked a bit dangerous.
Black Dao's face turned pale. After getting on the boat, they sat down honestly and kept drawing crosses on their chests.
Qin Shiou's eyes lit up after seeing the ship and said, "I have seen such a ship. This ship must have a long history, right?"
The reason for saying this is because he saw that the place where such a ship was under the sea, and he discovered the location of the Black Axe Pirate Ship in the North Sea. At that time, four such small boats were hung on the stern of the pirate ship.
The pirate ship has sunk to the bottom of the sea for more than three hundred years, and this ship must have a long history.
The ship owner looked at him in surprise and said, "Have you seen chalupas? Oh, this is the name of this kind of ship. It used to be used as whaling ships. Our ancestors took such a vulnerable wooden boat to fish whales." (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!