When a large red and white ship appeared at the mouth of the Yangtze River, the attention of many people on the three islands was attracted by it.Like the last time the Shenyang arrived at the East Beach Pier, the ship’s appearance seemed to herald another major government operation.

“What ship is this?”Chen Bin and Dafei stood on the dock, looking at the huge ship that was approaching in the distance, and it was difficult to hide the excitement of the heart.

"Snow Dragon", Zhang can't see the eyes also fell on the ship.

"This is our country's polar research ship, that day I was in the training to guess what kind of boat we were sitting on, but I did not expect to really give Zhao Kang right."Zhang can smile and give the two companions who are about to go to the ship.

The full name of "Snow Dragon" is the polar research vessel of Xuelong, which is the third generation of polar icebreakers and scientific research vessels in China.China currently has no self-built scientific icebreaker, Xuelong was built in 1993 by the Ukrainian Kherson Shipyard, belongs to the Vitus Bering class icebreaker.

It is the largest polar research vessel in China at present, and it is also the only ship in China that can break through the ice in the polar regions, and can break through the 1.2 meters thick ice at a speed of 1.5 knots.

Zhang could have thought that as long as the ship with a larger strip could travel, or the same as when he went to the US, a warship was dispatched.But after training and the popularization of Zhao Kang's knowledge, he gained a new understanding of the Arctic Ocean and Egypt.

Especially on the route of the Arctic Ocean, most ships are afraid of hitting the ice, and the biggest feature of the Arctic Ocean's hydrology is that there is a perennial ice sheet, and the sea is also distributed from east to west drifting icebergs and floating ice, only the Barents Sea area is affected by the north corner of the warm currents all year round.

Most of the islands in the Arctic Ocean are covered with glaciers and ice caps, while the Arctic Ocean's coastal areas are mostly permafrost, with a permafrost thick reaching hundreds of meters.Zhang can reach their trip to the destination of the end of the seed bank is located under this permafrost belt, when it was built, scientists are looking at this terrain environment, so the location of the construction is selected here.

"Xuelong" has been heavily invested by the National Oceanic Administration to transform several times, in March 2007, it was in the Shanghai Puxi dock so far for the last upgrade.After the transformation, all the communication and navigation equipment of the "Snow Dragon" has been updated, abandoning the original compass guiding course and taking the laser path to guide the navigation.The transformed "Snow Dragon" has become the world's first research vessel equipped with a "broadband global regional network" system, in addition, the transformed "Xuelong" also installed the world's most advanced cabin automation control system, can be unmanned duty, the ship's mainframe, co-pilot, boiler and related auxiliary equipment can be controlled in the cab.

"This trip the government is under the cost of a lot of money," Zhang can pass lamented, "from the shipyard out of the 'Snow Dragon' does not say, but also specially for this line to scrape together a team."If this had returned in Norway and Egypt, I would have been a sinner.”

“Have confidence?Brother Zhang?”Fly asked.

“The government attaches great importance to my research, because since the extraterrestrial texts have been made public, the countries that have a little power are studying them, and everyone wants to be the first to know the secrets of these words.I can only translate the time and place represented in it for the time being, but for now, it is enough.You ask me if I have confidence, of course I have faith, because I know that my study of these words is ahead of others, and the government understands this, so I, like me, are starting to race against time.Once the state machine starts to turn, you see that such a big guy has been completely out.”

"Snow Dragon" is indeed large, it has a total length of 167 meters, a width of 22.6 meters, drinking water of 9 meters, full load displacement of more than 20,000 tons.And the ship has a total of seven floors, which can carry 130 people and carry a load of 10,000 tons.

There are helipad hangars and aprons on board, as well as helicopters and vehicles such as Yellow River boats.The ship has been to the Arctic and Antarctic expeditions several times, and the most recent travel plan is scheduled to depart from Shanghai in August 2012 to study the "accelerated ice change mechanism" and "the marine ecosystem's response to the rapid changes in sea ice".However, because of the disaster, the "Snow Dragon" had to stay in the port of Shanghai.

The government this time to piece together a team of people is very difficult, as Zhang can said, the high-level attaches great importance, because the outbreak of the disaster so that all the remaining countries are in the same running line, we may be "physical" different, but the starting point finally returned to the same.

The first country to discover the secrets of alien civilizations and conquer the virus will undoubtedly become the leaders in the future, so although the information that Zhang can crack is very small, but its weight is heavy enough.

“You both talk to your wife, huh?”Looking at the icebreaker that was about to come to Hong Kong, Zhang Can suddenly asked.

Chen Bin nodded, and Da Fei suffered a bitter face, "Cai Ling heard that I was going to such a long place to be very worried, how can I coax her tears."

“What did you finally say?”There is some curiosity.

“Chen Ting, help me.”

“She has a way,” Zhang couldn’t, nodding.

"Professor Zhang," said a man who was carrying a team of soldiers, and he saluted Zhang, "I am Lieutenant Xu Yihang, and this time I am ordered to escort you to Spitsbergen and Egypt."

"Hello, Lieutenant Xu," Zhang Cui quickly shook hands with him, "and you're working on it."

Chen Bin also shook hands with Xu Yihang, and he looked at the people brought by the second lieutenant, the number of them was about 30 people, and it should be three classes according to the preparation.

In addition to soldiers and Zhang, there are more than 50 crew members and three experienced research experts.So many people were mobilized in a matter of days, and although they did not know Zhang, everyone knew that they were involved in a meaningful action.

Xu Yihang's team was originally used as a sharp soldier to attack Changxing Island, but the government decided to transfer them after studying Zhang's application.No one knows what the coordinates and time of the deciphered information represent, but that is the direction, so the government is willing to support Zhang at all costs.

Before the sea, Zhang can feel that the "Snow Dragon" is like a mountain, and after the ship comes ashore, Zhang can reach the gangway on the side of the ship, he was finally able to see the real face of this giant ship up close.

The fifteen thousand-ton behemoth feels very shocking, its hull painted with a dazzling red, and the building on the hull uses the same pure white as ice and snow.The tall bridge tower stands in the front half of the ship's hull, and in the bridge building, all kinds of cabins are available.Zhang and Chen Bin and others entered and found that in addition to the living compartment of one or two people, the bridge building also had swimming pools, libraries, gymnasiums, indoor basketball courts, karaoke, laundry, operating room and other medical facilities and living and recreational facilities at night.

“It hangs too much!”Chen Bin and Da Fei opened their eyes, the two had only heard that there would be these facilities on luxury cruise ships before, and they did not expect that there would be research ships.

“Please put your belongings in the living compartment marked with your own name, and in ten minutes everyone will go to the conference room.”

Hearing the sound of the trumpet on the wall of the corridor, Zhang Cang and others quickly found their own life cabin and sorted things out.He didn’t have much to bring with him, because they had been notified in the training before departure, and many things were already ready on board.Chen Bin and Da Fei are not the same, although they also participated in the training before departure, but A Cai and Chen Cailing are not at ease, to their luggage stuffed a lot of cold clothes, for fear of two people suffering in the polar region.

Waiting in the conference room is a lecture prepared for departure, the content of which is the "Snow Dragon" rules.

The speaker was one of three experienced shipboard experts, Xia Yunli, who had been waiting in the conference room in advance.When he arrived, he began to give the lecture.

"You are basically on board the Snow Dragon for the first time, probably only know that it is a polar research vessel, many people may not know the difference between the research ship and other ships, then I want to tell you today is the difference between them is the role and function of the ship, as well as the equipment it carries and so on."

“Let’s talk about the rules on the boat.I took this ship as if it were my home, and I had been with it for more than a decade, and we had been to Antarctica together and the Arctic.Because it is doing scientific research, and the research site is the place where it has not been developed, we will strictly abide by some corresponding rules.For example, the environmental protection code, after boarding, our garbage should be classified and managed, and garbage should not be dumped into the sea.There are also safety codes, which are not allowed to wear slippers outside the living cabin and, if possible, I would like to try not to wear them anywhere on the ship, as they are vulnerable.”

"The next most important thing is two points: First, smoking is strictly prohibited on the ship, our Snow Dragon is carrying a helicopter, and it also carries aviation gasoline, once it is caused by smoking and fire, it will be very dangerous in the sea."Second, everyone wants to save water, so I don't need to say more."

In the conference room, everyone began to talk softly, and the people present here in addition to Zhang and Chen Bin, there were soldiers from Changxing Island and members of the shipping team.None of these people are the old crew members on the Xuelong, so they feel a little fresh after facing these "rules" of Xia Yunli.

The whole ship is familiar with the "Snow Dragon" only Xia Yunli, because he was the research personnel on the ship, and the other two experts who are good at the field are not polar expeditions, but they are the most professional personnel that the government can send.