Chapter 29 The Arctic Ocean Shore
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The polar bear died after all. Its flowing blood was coagulated by the low temperature, and its warm body gradually became cold.
The wind was blowing and the snow was blowing. Cheng Fan stood on the snow, looking up at the gloomy and dim sky above his head. "Ang, ang, ang", several loud roars echoed in the empty snowy field, seeming to announce that he had arrived in this ancient land.
After roaring, Cheng Fan immediately dealt with the polar bear. He wanted to cut off the fur and meat of the polar bear.
Use the claws as sharp as a knife to peel the skin from the bear's legs. The temperature here is too low, so you must move quickly. If you don't do it quickly, the bear carcass will become cold and hard, and it will be difficult to peel off the entire bear skin.
After skinning for about half an hour, Cheng Fan peeled off all the fur except the bear's head. What was left on the snow was a naked, hairless, flesh-and-blood bear corpse covered with ice and snow, with only a complete head.
Cheng Fan looked at the fur in his hand. People often think that the fur of polar bears is white. In fact, it is not. Their fur is actually transparent and colorless. The texture of the fur is very soft. It seems to have a warm and comfortable feeling when you hold it in your hand. It's just that the fur is white.
The traces of flesh and blood underneath have not been completely removed, and there are small ice flakes condensed on it. If you touch it with your finger, you will feel that these places are frozen hard.
Without looking at it too much, this polar bear skin was undoubtedly better than the discarded brown bear skin. Cheng Fan put the bear skin that still smelled fishy on his body, retrieved the compass and tied it again, and then dragged the musk meat and the
The huge bear carcass moved forward in the wind and snow.
The wind is getting stronger and stronger, and the snow is getting heavier and heavier, spreading in the front, making people unable to open their eyes. This is probably what the so-called wind and snow block the road.
In the silvery snowy field, a little monster covered in bearskin walked north through the wind and snow.
The wind was like the wrath of the gods, and the snow covered the sky and the earth. The wind and snow were so strong that Cheng Fan felt that the things he was dragging were getting heavier and heavier. When he looked back, he saw that a thick layer of ice and snow had accumulated on the musk musk meat and polar bear carcasses.
If you can't continue walking, let's take a rest first.
Cheng Fan was looking for a suitable place to hide from the wind and snow in the snowy wilderness. With his eyesight far beyond that of humans, he saw a small hill in front of him. He could dig a hole there and have a good sleep until the wind stopped and the snow stopped.
Get on the road again.
Dragging hundreds of kilograms of stuff, Cheng Fan arrived at the mountainous area step by step. He chose a position leeward and started digging. It was better to say digging a hole than digging snow.
The snow here is very thick, several meters deep, and even in the Arctic summer next year, it may not be able to melt completely.
Fortunately, we were in the leeward, and the snow was relatively thin. Not long after digging, Cheng Fan dug out a cave five or six meters deep. He first dragged the muskox meat and bear carcasses into the cave, and then used snow blocks to cover the entrance of the cave.
Seal it, lie down in the cave and start sleeping.
Everything in the outside world has nothing to do with Cheng Fan at this moment!
The long wind and snow have covered this place, covering up the footprints of Cheng Fan. Here, you don't need to deal with the traces left by yourself. Nature is the best removal expert.
I don’t know how long I slept, how many hours, or how many days? Anyway, it wasn’t particularly long.
Cheng Fan woke up from his sleep and stretched out in the small, or rather narrow, cave. The air in the cave was turbid and dull. He dug out the layer of snow that had accumulated at the entrance of the cave and looked at the weather outside.
The wind is still blowing, but it's not that strong anymore, and the snow has stopped. Unfortunately, it's the polar night, so we can't see the beautiful scenery of clearing up after the snow.
Drag the muskox meat out and smash the ice cubes that have condensed on it. Although the natural environment here is dangerous, it still has some advantages. For example, this natural refrigerator can keep food fresh for a long time.
Sitting in the lee of the wind, looking at the sky and snowy fields, eating cold meat, Cheng Fan was thinking, when is it now, and how long will this long polar night last?
After eating half of the musk ox and replenishing his energy, Cheng Fan got up and continued his unfinished journey in the vast Arctic land.
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After walking north for several days, the wind blowing over me was still biting to the bone, but it carried a salty, wet smell from the sea. This was a phenomenon that only appeared when we were about to reach the seaside.
Wearing a polar bear fur, he was sneaking in the wind and snow. Except for the occasional black parts, Cheng Fan almost melted into the snow. He looked at the groups of seals and walruses on the beach not far away, and knew that he had arrived at the shore of the Arctic Ocean.
, will cross the sea again after a few months.
Running quickly on the snow, his steps were like flying. His running attracted the attention of the seals and walruses. They turned their eyes one by one. As soon as they saw Cheng Fan, they were so frightened that they fled into the cold sea one after another.
The scene was like a group of wrapped "dumplings" taking the initiative to cook.
"Plop, plop", the sea water splashed on the coast.
What they were afraid of was not Cheng Fan, but the polar bear skin Cheng Fan was wearing, mistaking Cheng Fan for a polar bear coming to prey on them again.
It's just that some sharp-eyed seals noticed that this polar bear's hair was a little weird?
Some people go into the water first, and some go into the water last. There are so many groups on the coast that it is impossible to get them all into the water in a short time. Even in the water, you may not be able to escape the claws of polar bears, let alone run away.
It wasn’t the polar bear that came over, but Cheng Fan!
Cheng Fan bared his teeth and rushed over, finding an adult seal that was still running towards the sea. He stabbed a claw directly through the seal's fat belly, cutting through the seal's thick subcutaneous fat and damaging its internal blood vessels.
Dark red blood suddenly surged out.
Without even looking at the damage caused, he rushed towards the walrus group again.
A walrus had just approached the water's edge, with half of its head already stretched out. As long as it exerted more force, it could enter the sea and escape the crisis, but a ruthless claw blade came from behind it and pierced its back and neck.
In the end, he stabbed the walrus directly through the neck.
The upper and lower blood holes gurgled with blood. The walrus' head that wanted to stretch out could no longer be stretched out, and the sea that it wanted to get close to again was so far away.
Many seals and walruses fled into the sea, leaving only the carcasses of a seal and a walrus on the shore. Cheng Fan dragged the seal and the walrus together, cut open the skins of the two animals, cut out their meat, and began to eat.
Seals and walruses have some similarities in appearance, except that the walrus has two distinctive tusks.
The flesh of both species is very thick, especially the part under the skin, which is almost entirely fat. This is a characteristic they have evolved for millions of years in order to survive. The thick fat layer is to maintain body temperature in this cold place.
It was too fat and greasy. Cheng Fan took a few bites and his mouth was full of oil. His original purpose of hunting these two seals and walruses was just to eat them, which proved that he had been to the Arctic and eaten a lot.
According to him, I am not only a traveler, but also a tasteful gourmet.
Yes, a foodie with good taste!
Cheng Fan felt that fat meat was unpalatable, so he tore open the seal and walrus completely with his claws, split the thick fat layer, and took out the lean meat inside to eat.
These guys are creatures that swim in the water all year round, and they must have a lot of muscles. Lean meat tastes much better than fat meat. Although it is tasteless, it is very elastic and chewy.
After eating and drinking, Cheng Fan looked at the two mutilated corpses at his feet, kicked them into the sea, looked back at the land he had traveled over the past few months, wrapped himself in the bearskin, jumped up, and
Chapter completed!