Live Wilderness Adventure

Chapter 638 As long as the caliber is smaller, I don't feel at ease.

Walking in the huge seed bank, everything is full of science fiction.

It was like stepping into a huge spaceship carrying human hopes and fleeing into the universe. The surrounding sounds were monotonous and terrifying, only the sound of the cooling machine running.

Being far away from the places where human beings live gathers means being far away from unstable factors such as the vortex of war.

The remote geographical location and harsh climate are the hometown of polar bears. These unfavorable factors for human habitation can keep the "seed bank" away from various external threats.

The permafrost zone is very suitable for the long-term storage of seeds without being affected by temperature changes. The air in the cellar is changed every winter, but if it is not possible for some reason, the permafrost will also keep the seeds fresh and safe. For decades.

The last is stable geology. The possibility of earthquakes here is zero. The location of the seed bank is more than 130 meters above sea level. Even if the ice sheet in Greenland melts, or the ice in Antarctica completely melts, and the sea level rises by 61 meters, it will be safe. .

In addition, Longyearbyen has a very good port and airport, which provides convenience for countries to transport seeds here.

There is no better place on earth to build Noah's Ark than here.

"The construction of the seed bank began in March 2007 and was officially completed on February 26, 2008. At the completion ceremony, José Manuel Barroso, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the European Union, winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Nearly 150 people from 33 countries including Wangari Maathai and Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg attended the ceremony."

"That time was also the one with the largest number of visitors, and almost no one could come in after that."

"The Global Crop Diversity Trust will be responsible for providing technical guidance, delivery of seeds and management."

"According to the safety design model of the Ugly National Gold Reserve, a seed bank is built at the end of the tunnel, and a layer of 1-meter-thick concrete stone slab is built around the tunnel and the seed bank. Powerful airtight doors, 2 airlocks, the overall strength can withstand earthquakes, nuclear weapons and even asteroids hitting the earth."

Even if someone really wanted to sabotage the seed bank, it would not be easy.

The island where the seed bank is located has so far had no commercial flights.

Even Bi Fang himself had to take a boat to come here.

"The area where the seed bank is located is often visited by polar bears, which can be said to be the natural 'security' of the seed bank, because all outsiders who enter their territory are regarded by polar bears as 'unwelcome people'."

"Locals rarely come here on their own initiative, because it's really dangerous. In fact, if Mr. Fang hadn't come here today, we planned to drive there to pick you up."

There was some helplessness in Barrett's words. According to Bi Fang's flight, he had just arrived today, but he rushed here non-stop throughout the day, leaving them no time to prepare.

"Haha." Bi Fang scratched his head, "No wonder I saw a lot of polar bears on the hillside when I came here."

Barrett has an old trough.

Even the builders of the seed bank need to treat polar bears with kindness and strength, feeding them and guarding them with guns, so that they can live in peace with them for the time being.

Besides Bi Fang, who else in the world would dare to run around in the wilds of Svalbard alone?

Polar bears can be seen on almost every hillside, and if you are not careful, you will become the ghost of the bear's mouth.

【666, Seeing Lao Fang running over by himself, I thought that was the way to come here. It's quite dangerous when I think about it.】

【plus one】

[It turns out that I was thinking too much, Lao Fang is an abnormal way of traveling]

Turning to the end, Barrett also showed everyone this year's new seeds.

The seeds are contained in a sealed glass test tube, which looks very ordinary.

"This year was another month of volcanoes, floods, and locust plagues, and the seed bank was filled with another 60,000 seed samples, which can be regarded as accelerating the stockpiling of samples."

"very beautiful."

Bi Fang praised that in the transparent resin tube, the carefully calculated seeds are densely piled up, and the size and shape of each seed are almost exactly the same, which has a unique aesthetic feeling.

"Although the monetary value of these boxes is small, they may hold the balance of global food security and biodiversity."

After solemnly putting the seeds back into the storage box, Barrett led Bi Fang away from the warehouse, and the audience was even reluctant to part.

Before I knew it, I had been here for nearly three hours.

Returning along the original road, passing through the long corridor, Barrett closed the doors one after another, and returned to the original small room.

Barrett carefully opened the outermost iron door, looked through the crack for a long time, and made sure that there were no polar bears outside and that the environment was safe before taking Bi Fang out.

Barrett's task is to act as a tour guide, and the entire seed bank does not need to be guarded, so they just leave together.

Walking outside the dome, the sky above the head is already dotted with stars.

As soon as the audience's eyes moved up, they couldn't move away.

[Wow, why is this starry sky so beautiful? 】

Follow Bi Fang to travel north and south, the audience in the live broadcast room has never seen a starry sky, the clearest time should be the one in the desert.

But even that time, it was far from being able to compare with the starry sky at this time.

Under the black curtain, densely packed, full of stars.

clarity.

It is clearly the night, but it reminds people of the word Chengche this time.

Even without a flashlight, you can see the general situation around you.

"It's a pity that there are no auroras tonight." Bi Fang lamented, "Auroras are very common on Svalbard, and this is the only place on earth where you can see auroras during the day."

"Tourists from all over the world will come here at this time to enjoy the gorgeous northern lights. From early spring to autumn, Svalbard will have 99-141 days of extreme daylight. At this time, there will be a spectacle of daytime sunshine, but unfortunately we have no chance to see it .”

Feeling a little regretful, Bi Fang stepped on the snow and followed Barrett to the off-road vehicle parked on the other side of the seed bank.

No wonder I didn't see it when I came.

Bi Fang suddenly realized that this off-road vehicle was parked on the other side when he came, and was blocked by the wedge-shaped seed bank exposed outside the mountain.

Get in the car, turn on the heater, and it will be much warmer at once.

At this time, the temperature outside the car was eight degrees below zero.

While waiting for the engine to warm up, Bi Fang noticed the gun holster under the rear seat with sharp eyes.

Barrett noticed Bi Fang's gaze, picked up the holster and took it apart, revealing the whole picture.

"CR308, caliber 7.62×51mm, AR rifle developed by the German Heinel Defense Company." Bi Fang recognized the model of the gun with just one glance.

"That's right." Barrett was surprised by Bi Fang's expertise, but then he thought about the identity of the other party, and found it not surprising, "This rifle fires medium-caliber full-power ammunition, and it can have enough ammunition when encountering a polar bear attack." Lethality, a 20-round magazine is enough to knock down one head."

"The scientific research station in your country is basically equipped with this kind of gun. A three-meter-long polar bear, but I don't think it's reliable if the caliber is smaller. In fact, I'm not even sure if a magazine is enough."

Barrett had obviously dealt with polar bears before, but he didn't have a clear understanding of the power of guns and the defense of polar bears.

There are only a handful of people who have ever shot a polar bear these days.

"Actually, it's not that exaggerated." Bi Fang smiled.

Huaxia has many photos of the early establishment of the Great Wall Station, many of which have foreign gun-wielding guards on the outside. At that time, they were holding Winchester lever rifles with round bullets.

The polar bear is strong, but if twenty medium-caliber rounds are fired at full power, it will not only fall down, but also become a sieve.

In the northern Pacific Ocean there is a huge garbage island known as the Pacific Garbage Patch. Ocean currents carry plastic and other waste into the vortex funnels, which don't allow the trash to float any further, creating giant islands of trash. The entire garbage island covers an area of ​​more than 1.6 million square kilometers, which is six times the size of the United Kingdom. There are about 100 million tons of various wastes, 70% of which fall into the seabed, and it is called the eighth continent.