My Deep-sea Fishery

"Well."

Xiang Yang was stunned for quite a while.

Knowing that there are many drift ices in the Weddell Sea area, and they are big, but Xiang Yang did not expect such a large piece of drift ice.

Four thousand square kilometers, how can this be a piece of drift ice, it is just a big island, right?

Moreover, if Xiang Yang remembers correctly, the largest iceberg in the world before that was named A-32A, with an area of ​​about 3,880 square kilometers, and it was also located in the Weddell Sea.

If these two icebergs collide, and the ship happens to pass between the two icebergs, Xiang Yang can hardly imagine the consequences.

I'm afraid it will be impossible to come out in a few years.

Gao Chuang fumbled in his pockets a few times, then turned his head to look at Xiang Yang, "I didn't bring any cigarettes, did you bring them?"

Xiang Yang hurriedly fumbled for his upper body pocket. Although he doesn't smoke, most of the people on board and with whom he deals with smoke, so in order to socialize, Xiang Yang keeps a pack of cigarettes in his pocket at all times, specially for smoking of.

He took out the pack of cigarettes and distributed them to Gao Chuang, Chen Qingsheng, Xu Fang, Fang Youqun and others, and the pack was exhausted. Xiang Yang simply gave up this pack of cigarettes, and directly gave up the last few cigarettes left. Pass them all to Fang Youqun.

Fang Youqun quickly accepted it. It was a good cigarette, and he was usually reluctant to buy it.

Gao Chuang lit a cigarette, exhaled smoke, coughed violently, and finally said: "Since that huge drift ice entered the Weddell Sea, the Weddell Sea has become more dangerous."

Xiang Yang nodded in agreement, "Yes, such a large iceberg must not be a whole during the process of falling off, and there must be a lot of drift ice that is slightly smaller than it. Wise choice."

Although Xiang Yang himself is not afraid of drift ice.

Even if he was really trapped by drift ice, Xiang Yang could still escape with the power of the mysterious jade shell.

But the other crew members on Xiang Yang's boat, I'm afraid it's really more ominous than ominous.

"Then Mr. Gao, you mean we won't enter the Weddell Sea?" Chen Qingsheng asked tentatively.

"I'm not afraid. I bought insurance, so it depends on whether you are afraid." Gao Chuang joked with a smile.

"Well."

Everyone was amused by Gao Chuang's words.

After regaining consciousness, Chen Qingsheng smiled wryly and said, "Mr. Gao, you really know how to joke."

"Squeak, squeak."

Suddenly, there was a sharp creaking sound from the ship's wall.

Xiang Yang quickly walked to the side of the ship and looked under the side of the ship.

I saw a chubby animal soaking half of its body in the sea water, with its head and paws floating above the water, scratching the hull of the boat vigorously with one big paw.

"Is this also a seal?" Fang Youqun wondered.

The creature had a broad face, close-set eyes, and a strong, black paw that was scratching the hull.

Its coat is silvery white and smooth, with distinct black bands forming many saddle markings on its back, roughly in the shape of a harp.

If this mysterious creature is also a seal, it is really much cuter than the leopard-shaped seal that Xiang Yang and the others saw in the dungeon.

"Yes, that's right, this is a harp seal." Xiang Yang nodded.

Most people have never heard of the name of the harp seal.

But in fact, most people have seen the appearance of a harp seal.

In the outside world, the word seal actually refers to the harp seal. On the Internet, there are emoticons or avatars of this cute creature everywhere.

The harp seal is a fairly hardy marine mammal.

They are mainly distributed in the polar regions north of Atlanta to the Arctic Ocean.

Harp seals like to live in the open ocean and the edge of the coastline in the polar regions. They generally feed on cod, sweetfish and herring, and sometimes prey on Antarctic krill. They usually migrate in large groups along the edge of the ice belt.

Once, the seals were one of the favorite animals of Antarctic fishermen because their pelts were very valuable, but now the animals are banned.

Harp seals have long been hunted for their fur and seal oil value.

Since 1987, the "Marine Mammal Regulations" has explicitly prohibited the hunting of harp seal pups. The seals hunted must be seals that can survive and live independently.

Today, the number of such seals is extremely small.

"This seal is so cute. It's the same as the leopard seal we saw before. Can it bite?" Fang Youqun asked.

Xiang Yang rolled his eyes, "Nonsense, the existence ranked fourth on the list of the world's cutest species selected by CNN, do you think it is cute or not?"

"As for whether it bites or not, I don't know, why don't you go down and try?"

Fang Youqun quickly shook his head like a splashing drum, joking, this thing has a leopard in its name, can it stop biting?

"Weird."

Fang Youqun looked around, and then said, "There is no continent nearby. Could it be that this harp seal also lives on the ice floe?"

Xiang Yang nodded, "It can survive on ice floes."

Harp seals do not actually have a fixed habitat. They mainly move around the sea near the ice floes, swim to the far sea when migrating, and also go to the Arctic ice floes when they breed, molt and rest.

Harp seals can swim up to 5,000 kilometers a year, and their migration patterns depend on where they breed and molt.

It breeds in the southernmost part of its range in winter and molts near its birthplace in spring.

After molting, harp seals return to the northernmost parts of their range to spend the summer.

Harp seals will return to their breeding grounds after the beginning of autumn.

Harp seals only gather in groups during the breeding season and moulting period, and spend the rest of their time alone. The formed seal group does not have a social and hierarchical system. It spends most of its life at sea and less time on land.

Even when they were back on the road, landing attempts were usually made at night.

Only during the breeding and shedding period will they stay on the ice for a long time.

Of course, even on the ice, the harp seal generally will not be idle. It will spend several months on and off the ice floe to dig holes so that it can enter the water and breathe by itself.

While talking with Fang Youqun, the harp seal in the sea also raised its head and looked eagerly at Xiang Yang on the deck. That cute leopard face looked like a ball of snow-white smiles Elf in general.

At this time Gao Chuang came over, he was quite surprised and said, "Oh, it's really a harp seal."

Seeing Gao Chuang's surprised look, Xiang Yang asked, "Why, Mr. Gao, is this harp seal very rare in Antarctica?"

"It's hard to see, it's hard to see, and it's common to say it's common. I haven't seen this kind of guy for several years anyway." Gao Chuang said.