Most modern icebreakers were giant ships. Li Du once learned about one, which had a displacement of 37000 tons, a power of 7.35 x 107 watts, a length of 194 meters, and a width of 32.2 meters!
To operate such a giant ship, it would take at least dozens of professionals.
The Blodwen family's icebreaker was not such a giant ship. Their family was very capable, but they had not reached the level of a country. The units that could build and maintain icebreakers were all owned by the country.
The Hammerhead Shark was modified from an impact ship. It was only 20 meters long. The hull of the ship was made of special steel plates that were at least 10 centimeters thick. The inside of the ship was supported by dense shaped steel components. The waterline of the hull was reinforced with anti-impact alloy steel.
In addition to the steel shell, the Hammerhead Shark also had a powerful heart, which broke the ice by hitting, pushing forward at full power, and then retreating to accelerate forward.
There were crew members on board, but Li Du chose to use his own people to steer the ship and let them be responsible for maintenance.
Brother Wolf sat in the cockpit as the icebreaker left the dock and headed north.
"This ship is really good," Li Du said, patting the side of the ship. "It's like a lump of iron. You have to take a ship like this to feel safe going to the Arctic."
"I'm afraid the owner of the ship is swearing now," Sophie said, shaking her head with a wry smile. "Isn't it a little mean for us to do this?"
Li Du said, "It is, but what does it have to do with us? It was Steve, that bastard, who did it, haha. "
Thinking of Bobby Blodwen's reaction, he could not help but laugh. That guy must have regretted provoking Steve and the others. In comparison, Steve and the Ford brothers were the robbers.
The weather was good, the wind was gentle, the temperature was low in the Arctic, and the sea was blue. From time to time, ice could be seen floating on the ocean.
The Hammerhead Shark didn't even bat an eyelid when it encountered such a block of ice. Instead, it directly accelerated and rammed into it, mainly relying on the power of the propeller and the bow of the ship to split open the ice layer.
However, this would consume a lot of fuel. Although this ship was not a pure icebreaker, it was still a gas guzzler. After crashing a few times, Brother Wolf would turn the bow of the ship to avoid the large ice blocks that they encountered again.
Entering the Arctic Circle, they entered the territory of the polar day, and it was daytime all day.
Li Du had experienced the polar day in Antarctica, but the Arctic was different. It was daytime all day, but at midnight, the sky would be darker.
After the first few hours of novelty, the rest of the journey soon became boring. Sailing on the Arctic Ocean was a boring experience.
In fact, such days were a little torturous. Without sunrise and sunset, one's biological clock would start to go haywire. Even if there was a clock to show the change of time, one's perception was different and would still feel uncomfortable.
It was not until they were gradually approaching the glacier that the scenery became interesting again.
Li Du had seen glaciers and icebergs in Antarctica. The glaciers and icebergs there were just blocks of ice. The Arctic was different. The surface of the glaciers and icebergs here had grayish-black floating soil with some plants growing on it.
It was summer. Not only had the North Pole entered the warmest season of the year, but it also had the most exuberant and luxuriant life of the year.
The Pole was pure white, while the Arctic was green.
After entering the glacier belt, the icebreaker shuttled across the sea, like a ship sailing on the Yellow River or Yangtze River. There was a thick layer of ice on the surface of the sea. The ice cracked, and seawater flowed through the cracks like a blue river.
The icebreaker could not go in. The ice was too narrow for a small boat to pass through, but a big boat like this could not.
The icebreaker could not enter. The ice crack was too narrow. Small boats could pass through, but large ships like this could not. If they forced their way in and got stuck, they would not be able to cry for help.
As for breaking through the ice? The Hammerhead Shark was just a knock-off icebreaker and did not have strong ice-breaking ability. Even a real icebreaker would be afraid.
The ice floes in the Arctic were so thick that some of them were two or three meters above the water. Li Du thought they were icebergs, but when he looked at them from the top of the ship, the ice was flat. Obviously, this was a regular ice sea!
"Boss, change course or go down?" Brother Wolf asked Li Du.
This was the Arctic. There was no reference, and the map was not reliable because the glaciers were constantly melting and reforming. Every year, the map would change slightly.
If they changed course, although the ship had satellite navigation, it would still be easy to get lost.
Besides, from the map, the old soldiers had driven the boat through the ice. Once they changed course, they might not be able to find a suitable route to the Invisible Cemetery.
Li Du pondered. At this time, Ah Bai, who was squatting on the side of the ship eating peanuts, called out. It waved its hand and pointed to the front of the ship.
Several other little guys huddled together to keep warm ran over to take a look and called out too.
Li Du went forward and saw a huge ice floe in front of the ship.
This made him a little puzzled. It was just a piece of ice. What was so special about it? They had encountered a lot of ice floes along the way.
He released the little bug to take a look at the ice floe, and it suddenly dawned on him: there were fish in the ice! A lot of fish were frozen inside!
Silver cod, haddock, and herring. These were the three common Arctic fish that were frozen. The little bug flew through the ice and Li Du found another big fish!
This fish was big, three or four meters long, but it was not a whale or a shark. Looking at its streamlined body and scimitar-like tail, it was a precious blue flag tuna!
Along the way, they mainly ate canned meat and dehydrated vegetables, which was the only food on the ship. There was not much fresh food.
There were many deep-sea fish in the Arctic Ocean. There were no nets on the icebreaker, so they could only use a fishing rod occasionally. However, it was difficult to fish under such circumstances, so they did not eat much fresh fish.
The fish had been frozen in the ice for an unknown period of time, but they should not have gone bad. Li Du looked carefully and saw that the fish even retained the appearance of when they were alive, vivid and lifelike.
Knowing what was in the ice, he perked up and said to Brother Wolf, "Hit that ice. The rest of you take the small boat down. There are fish in the ice. Fish them up and eat the fish!"
The Hammerhead Shark's horsepower increased. As the oars spun faster, the sturdy bow of the ship crashed into the huge ice floe!
Boom! There was a muffled sound and the front of the ice was smashed into pieces, big and small, falling into the water.
The icebreaker continued to move forward, brutally crushing the ice, and ice continued to fall.
Li Du's attention was on the blue flag tuna. He had only heard of this fish and had never caught it.
Fortunately, the location of the blue flag tuna was deeper, and a large piece of ice fell into the sea. Seeing this, Li Du personally disembarked and took Godzilla to find the big fish.
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