Chapter 646 Red-Haired Eric

Chapter 646 Red-haired Eric

【Crowdfunding Game】

【I offer a piece】

【I pay one dollar and twenty seven cents】

Bi Fang's explanation immediately ignited the enthusiasm of the audience, but another question also emerged.

[How to make a fire here? 】

Indeed, there were ice floes everywhere, and nothing but water was water.

Is water flammable?

Of course it is flammable, but it needs to be ionized and decomposed first.

Looking around, the only combustible thing that is really operable is the clothes on Bi Fang's body. Using this to ignite a fire is undoubtedly drinking poison to quench thirst.

"So we have to cross the entire ice floe area to reach the real Greenland, the Greenland with soil, where there may not be plants, but there must be animals. With animals, there is a possibility of ignition."

"Animal fat is the only other source of fuel available on the Antarctic continent and on the Arctic glaciers. Drift logs are also sometimes collected on the coast - the Greenlanders used to build from wood drifted from the Siberian river through the Arctic Ocean. houses."

"Tundra areas, if you can find them, where there are low spreading willows. There are also some birch thickets and junipers growing in the stretches of the forest. Birch trees are oily and very easy to ignite, even from wet branches."

"But that's very difficult, because the distance is so great that it's almost impossible to get there."

Bi Fang squatted down, untied the shoelaces on his feet, stretched them around his ankles, and tied them all the way to his calves.

"The only hope is to find another low-growing plant that spreads like heather on the permafrost. It is an evergreen, small-leaf, white bell-shaped flower commonly used by the Inuit, and it is only 10 to 30 centimeters tall. Contains more resin and can burn when wet. It also has a name that is difficult to find in the most complete English dictionary: Casiope."

After changing the shoelaces, Bi Fang stepped on them, and it was obviously much more comfortable.

"The ice is too slippery and it is easy to sprain the ankle, so we must have a good ankle support. For this reason, we can untie the shoelaces and wrap the ankle so that it is not easy to sprain. Of course, the premise is that you The laces should be long enough."

"Don't underestimate the ice surface. If you touch it with your hand, the surface is covered with frost. It looks rough, but in fact it is terribly slippery."

Bi Fang pointed to the ground to remind that the ice surface is different from any artificial smooth surface, and its surface has a layer of natural lubricant.

"There is a water film on the surface of the ice, no matter how low the temperature is, it will exist. I remember I talked about this topic when I climbed Mount Everest and crossed the glacier. This water film is not water in the usual sense, but a layer of ice. special molecular structure."

"As for why, no one knows, maybe this will be a proposition that can win a Nobel Prize."

Bi Fang squinted his eyes, and the audience couldn't see his expression at this time, because Bi Fang's entire head was wrapped in clothes, only a pair of eyes were exposed.

At minus forty degrees, any exposed skin is likely to die.

This kind of outfit also happens to avoid snow blindness.

"The good news is that it is just dawn. Although the day is short, it is still more than six hours. We still have a lot of time, and as the sun shines, the temperature will rise a lot, which will reduce our actions. There was some resistance."

Bi Fang trekked on the ice, and the further he walked, the more the audience could feel the horror of the North Pole.

It was so desolate.

It's literally a white desert.

The power of nature is the most terrifying, no matter how fast the nerve reflexes are, no matter how hard the bones are, they will not be able to withstand the cold.

"White desert is quite appropriate." Bi Fang smiled on the way, "Antarctica really has this name, because the average annual precipitation in Antarctica is only 50 millimeters, and the average annual precipitation in the central part of the continent is only 3-5 millimeters. It is the driest area on the earth, and has the title of 'the most dry place on the earth'."

"The Arctic is better. The precipitation in the Arctic is generally much higher than that in the Antarctic interior, but the average annual precipitation is between 100 and 250 millimeters."

"From the perspective of precipitation alone, the Arctic is an arid area, not even semi-arid. The Greenland sea area is better, with a precipitation of 500 millimeters, which can be considered semi-humid."

【ah this】

【Stunned my old iron】

[It's really a "desert"]

[By the way, why is Greenland called Greenland? Is it the same as the Ferram Strait? 】

"In fact, there are." Bi Fang nodded, affirming this statement, "In 982 AD, a barbaric Norwegian was expelled for killing someone, and he became a Viking pirate ever since."

"Later, this pirate, named Eric the Red, rowed a small boat by himself, set off from Iceland, and came to a relatively primitive island nearby, where he started a settled life."

[That is Greenland]

[Fuck, redhead! pirate! Does he wear a straw hat? 】

[What Four Emperors? 】

"The island is covered with ice and snow, and the living environment is very harsh. It is like a bigger 'Iceland'. However, because the world was in a warm period at that time, Eric still found a piece of water grass less than one kilometer, which was green and full of vitality. "

"So, Eric named the island 'Greenland', and the next one is easy to guess, 'greenland', which is transliterated as Greenland."

"After the prosecution period for the murder case was over, Eric returned to Iceland and told everyone he had found a green continent. As a result, he gathered a large number of followers around him."

"Four years later, in AD 986, Eric led an expedition consisting of 25 ships, and finally only 14 ships and 500 people reached Greenland."

"After these people came to the island, they settled in Bratalid Point and started a fishing and hunting life for nearly 500 years until Greenland became a Norwegian colony in 1261."

【Another day without culture】

[When can you give me the same brain as Lao Fang]

【I want too】

Bi Fang took out the kettle from his arms and shook it. The water in it had already melted. He opened the lid and took a sip, and continued: "This story is not really a big deal, but one point in it is very interesting."

The audience pricked up their ears.

"From the map, it seems that Europe and North America are far apart, but in fact they are ridiculously close. Greenland is located at the junction of North America and Europe, and there is only one strait between Canada and Canada in the west."

"If the Vikings who settled in Greenland went one step further and reached Canada, or even disappeared in the north, the history of the ugly country may have to be rewritten."

"There are records that Eric and his crew encountered a big storm on the way to Greenland. Eric was pushed away from Greenland and saw a huge land covered by forests."

"That piece of land is actually part of the North American continent. If Eric stopped to explore that new land, then things would be completely different next time, at least the claim that Columbus first discovered the new continent would not be true."

"The interesting thing about history, of course, is that the world is full of certainties and uncertainties, and you never know what's going to happen next."