redvbooks Chapter 377 Clues and Searches
Chapter 377 Clues and Searches
Chapter 377 Clues and Searches
During the banquet, Liang En and the others inquired a lot of very valuable news from the residents of these islands, and the most important news came from one of Mir's cousins, Sammy Kergwick.
The Inuit said he and a friend were driving snowmobiles near King William Island seven winters ago when they found a pole sticking out of the ice in an isolated, icy bay. noodle.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a 6-foot wooden mast.A friend snapped a picture of Kogwick hanging from the pole with his arms and legs wrapped around it.
During that trip, though, he left his camera behind and never told anyone about it, but he kept thinking about Franklin's expedition.
After finishing the banquet and returning to the ship, everyone immediately gathered in the meeting room and began to summarize the information obtained from chatting with the locals before, and then discussed around Sami's information.
After everyone put together all the information they knew, everyone agreed that Sammy's clue should be the most valuable and most likely to find the missing ship.
"It is a very normal thing for ice floes to gather on the bays of islands while floating at sea, so those ice floes probably floated into the bay with the Terror, and then the ship sank after the ice melted. "
After synthesizing the local terrain, ocean currents, and Sami's discovery, Liang En quickly put forward a conjecture about the current whereabouts of the undiscovered Terror.
So they waited at this place for another two days, and after the wind began to stop, they handed over materials with the local archaeological department personnel who came by plane, and then set off again after simply replenishing fuel.
The ship slowly set off from the port, and then drove towards the coast on the west side of the island. According to their plan, they will arrive there this afternoon or evening, and then directly use sonar to scan the seabed.
"We'll rest for one night after we get there. After all, exploring unknown seas at night is a very dangerous thing." Scudder looked at the nautical chart and said, "Anyway, we have more time now."
Skold said this because researchers from Canada's local archaeological department, Parks Canada, took over the search for the Buck River estuary.
For Liang En and the others, they really don't have much energy to search for the mouth of the Buck River on the southern coastline, so they simply handed over this thing to Parks Canada.
After all, many rules are the same all over the world, and they are now active in Canada, and there is no guarantee that they will never come here in the future, so sometimes it is necessary to make some concessions.
But then again, after all, the Buck River Estuary was probably the last place where the entire expedition team disappeared, and it was Liang En and the others who first discovered and proposed it, so no matter what they found, Liang En and the others were also credited.
The search has started since entering the bay, and I have to say they are very lucky that there is not much ice in the entire area now.
You know, if the two missing ships were hidden under the thick ice that was common in Franklin's time, or even the ice of the 20s and 80s, it is unknown whether they will be found.
Even not so long ago, the ice in the Victoria Strait melted only once every 10 years, but now it usually melts every summer.And this is very beneficial to the sonar on board, especially the side scan sonar, to maximize its effect.
Unlike the bay where the Nether was found before, this bay is deeper.At the same time, the sea water is also more turbid, so it is much more difficult to search.
Fortunately, there is no need to conduct underwater surveys now, they just need to wait for the results of the sonar search on the boat, so the people on the boat seem relatively relaxed at this time.
Especially after knowing that the seabed in this area is the same as the previous seabed, everyone is more relaxed after the sunken ship is likely to be lying on the seabed in a good state, because this means that the sonar search will be very convenient and will not be misunderstood. sentenced.
But what they didn't expect was that the search took a week, because the entire bay was too big, and the only clues made it impossible for them to expand the scope to a relatively small area.
This also made the atmosphere on the ship a bit depressed. After all, most people don't have much to do on the ship in the current sonar search situation, and the surroundings are too desolate, so they will naturally feel bored.
Fortunately, the sailors on board are in very good condition. At least compared with half a month of ocean voyage, this kind of short-distance search close to the coastline can be regarded as easy and enjoyable.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Liang En had to find a job by himself, and that was to use this search as a pretext to start writing the novel "Polar Evil Spirit", which is not available in this world.
In his previous life, he first watched the TV series "Polar Evil Spirit" and then read the novels.Although he can only remember most of the content of the novel after his body has been strengthened repeatedly, it is enough to restore the novel.
After all, after he received a series of enhancements, his writing level has improved significantly compared to third-rate online novel writers, so it won't be too difficult to restore this novel with the original novel as a reference.
Although there must be visible differences between the final product and the novels in another world, especially in the choice of words and sentences, it should not be a big problem to tell the whole story.
Other people who have nothing to do have also found what they can do. For example, Joan of Arc, Fan Meng and several bodyguards are exercising in the gym, while Pierce and Scudder get together to chat about archaeology and antiques.
But even so, for these non-professional seamen on board, this time is relatively boring, so sometimes it is obvious that everyone's mood is gradually sinking.
"It's okay, this situation is normal." When everyone gathered for dinner, Liang En encouraged everyone who looked a little tired and bored.
"In fact, it is really rare to find the target location as quickly as we did. Under normal circumstances, it may take us several months to find clues, and it is very normal to spend several years or even ten years to find the target."
"Of course I know this, but the waiting time is still too long for an amateur like me." Mr. Scudder shook his head with a smile. "Is there any way to speed up the process?"
"Yes." Liang En said after thinking for a while, "We have figured out the surrounding ocean conditions in the past few days. The depth of this sea area is more than 15m, and the sea surface is also very calm, so we can completely search at night."
After hearing Liang En's words, Scudder subconsciously turned his head to look at the captain beside him. Obviously, this matter required the captain's approval, and the captain immediately gave an affirmative answer.
"No problem, sir." The captain with the walrus beard nodded. "We are very close to the port and have sufficient supplies, so we don't have to worry about the next consumption."
"And this area is more suitable for night operations whether it is weather, sea conditions or submarine terrain, and we also have enough personnel on board to perform rotations."
(End of this chapter)