With everyone's busy work, the two tents were put up again, and the four reindeer lowered their heads idly, searching for the moss and lichens buried under the snow.
Although this small flat valley is not very large, due to the obstruction of the surrounding stone mountains, there is not only almost no wind here, but also not much snow underfoot, let alone Those reindeer, even if there were a few of them, couldn't even bury their knees if they stepped on them without wearing snowshoes.
If that weather station is really here, the Germans undoubtedly chose a good place. At the same time, this also provides them with many convenient conditions for their subsequent job search.
Leaving the search for the ruins of the weather station to the three of them, Professor Jonas took out an ice ax from his mountaineering bag and took a kerosene gas lamp and walked alone around the edge of the valley. The foot of the mountain was spinning in circles, and from time to time, he would dig a few times with the shovel or ice ax in his hand. Judging from his focused look, it was obvious that he didn't want to explain too much.
"Victor, do you think we can find those precious meteorological data?" Eric asked while holding a newly assembled metal detector and drawing circles in the snow. .
"If you can find the meteorological data, let's put it aside. At least find the ruins of the weather station first." Wei Ran, who was holding a kerosene gas lamp in his hand, replied absently, with all his attention focused on it. On Professor Jonas not far away.
"I believe that the professor can definitely lead us to find that weather station."
Eric is extremely confident, "As long as we find those weather data, we will be able to have it in the future." "It's my own research topic."
Wei Ran turned to look at Leo, who was preparing dinner in the half-open tent, and asked in a low voice, "Speaking of this, Eric, what do you mean to Qiao?" How much does Professor Nass know?"
"What kind of knowledge?" Eric asked in confusion.
"Lower your voice"
Wei Ran approached Eric with a kerosene lamp and asked in a low voice, "Various aspects, such as his origin, His family."
"There is no doubt about Professor Jonas' business ability," Eric thought for a while and continued, "But he is also a poor person."
"Why do you say that?"
"He has a daughter"
Eric whispered, "His daughter and Professor Hawking, who won the Wolf Prize in Physics last year Suffering from the same disease, and it is more serious than Professor Hawking's. He also has a son..." Seeing Eric stop talking here, Wei Ran couldn't help but urge. asked, "What happened to his son?"
"If his daughter is a natural disaster, his son is a completely man-made disaster."
Eric said pitifully, " That bastard is addicted to drugs and has a lot of gambling debts."
"So Professor Jonas is short of money?" Wei Ran thought of the most critical question in an instant.question.
“Who is not short of money?”
Eric tilted his chin in Leo’s direction and said pityingly, “For example, my cousin needs to take care of four people. As a child, in addition to prospecting for gold mines and poaching, he also dares to do smuggling work, but even so, the monthly bills can drive him crazy."
You are looking for it. Who...
Wei Ran frowned secretly and took risks with two people who were in urgent need of money. How big is Eric's heart?
Before the two of them could say anything more, the beep of the metal detector in Eric's hand changed.
The two of them stopped together. Eric threw the metal detector aside, took the snow shovel from Weiran, and dug through the thick snow, revealing a small rusty section. , with a curved metal skin.
"Isn't this a bomb?" Eric threw away the shovel in his hand, subconsciously took a step back, and sat directly on the snow.
"How can there be a bomb made of thin iron sheet?"
Wei Ran handed the kerosene gas lamp to the other party to carry, he picked up the shovel himself, and moved along the position the other party had just dug. Both sides continue to expand their scope.
Gradually, an iron cylinder nearly two meters long and nearly half a meter thick was revealed in the snow.
"What is this?" Eric asked curiously.
"Airdrop tanks used by Germany during World War II"
As Wei Ran spoke, he gently opened the rusty iron sheet, and then he saw what was inside the abandoned airdrop tank. Containing the body of a dog.
Perhaps due to the year-round low temperature, this corpse managed to maintain most of its characteristics in life, which allowed Wei Ran to spot it at a glance. There were World War II German soldier tags hanging on its collar.
It is not difficult to imagine that this pet that accompanied the weather station staff on Bear Island did not survive the day of evacuation, and the Germans who finally chose to leave put their soldiers on the cards. Left to this friend who accompanied them through the long night.
“Keep looking”
Wei Ran said and put the lid of the airdrop tank back on, used a shovel to randomly pull up some snow and buried it again.
"You are such a kind-hearted person"
Eric joked, picked up the metal detector at hand, and continued to look for possible weather station ruins.
But before they could take a few steps, the detector made an unusual sound again, and it was from here that the airdrop cans were dug out one by one.
Unfortunately, most of these airdrop cans are empty, and a few of them even have traces of the iron sheets being cut and removed. However, following these neatly arranged airdrop cans, Weiyan and Eric successfully found the ruins of the weather station buried in snow.
Their discovery naturally attracted Leo, who had already prepared dinner, and Professor Jonas, who was still circling the foot of the mountain.
The four of them each took a snow shovel and carefully cleared the snow on the surface along the burned wood they had just discovered. Gradually, the foundation of a wooden house covering an area of only seventy or eighty square meters was revealed. What can be seen from this foundation are just logs smashed into the frozen soil one by one. In addition, there are a large number of charred wood fragments, as well as some pots, pans, and deformed tin cans. class stuff.
"Where is the meteorological data?" Eric asked Professor Jonas disappointedly.
"Don't worry, let's eat first and then take a rest."
Professor Jonas walked towards the tent and said confidently, "We will find it soon. Those meteorological data."
"Really?" Eric asked with a frown.
"Of course it's true, otherwise what would we do in this hellish place from France?" Professor Jonas said as he walked further and further away.
Wei Ran, Eric, and Leo, who didn’t know what was going on, looked at each other. After Eric explained a few words to Leo in Norwegian, the two brothers took one step at a time. He turned around and followed Wei Ran to the tent in the distance.
After Leo served everyone the food, Jonas took the initiative to open a bottle of wine and poured everyone a glass before saying, "After dinner, Victor, you and Leo went back to the ship to bring back some fuel. We may need to stay here for a few more days before we can see the meteorological data."
"Professor, why don't you explain the data first. Where is it?" Eric asked again impatiently.
"We will find out when they come back with the fuel," Professor Jonas said confidently, "Don't worry, we will be able to find the meteorological data soon."
Not only did the old guy bite him to death, but the food in the hands of the other people didn't seem so fragrant anymore. The group of people filled their stomachs indiscriminately, and Wei Ran and Leo didn't even bother to rest. At Eric's urging, they removed the wooden poles supporting the tent from the sleigh, and then they each shouted to the reindeer and pulled. He drove the empty sleigh straight towards the dock.
Almost at the same time that the two cars disappeared, Professor Jonas called Eric and walked back to the ruins of the weather station, lit a cigarette and explained, "According to my father's diary, According to the records, they put all the supplies in the warehouse before leaving here."
"Where is the warehouse?" Eric asked.
“Did you see that mountain?”
Jonas signaled the former to turn around, pointed to the short mountain not far away and said, “They built the first mountain on that mountain. For the two signal towers, we only need to connect a line between the weather station at the foot and the top of the mountain. The warehouse is built on the rock wall at the edge of the valley where this line passes.
So we just need to wait for them. After you come back, dig out the entrance to the warehouse buried in the ice and snow, and you will be able to find the meteorological data."
"Why didn't you tell me just now?"Eric asked confused.
"See if your cousin Leo will bring more people here"
Professor Jonas said bluntly, "If he brings more people, It's enough that only the two of us know this secret. If he and Victor only bring back fuel, how about we start looking for that warehouse immediately?"
"Leo absolutely. He won't do that kind of thing."
Eric said helplessly, "Besides, even if he has that idea, he can wait until we get on the boat with our things."
p>“That’s why I asked Victor to follow him.”
Professor Jonas said in a sullen voice, “Victor seems to be much more cautious than you. Ask him about the situation on the ship, and we will know whether Leo is trustworthy."
"It's up to you." Eric patted his forehead, "I know Leo. , if there is gold in the warehouse, maybe he will be tempted, but even if it is gold, he will only ask for some of it, and will never do what you said."
" I hope so." Jonas spread his hands, "I just asked them to help get some fuel back, right?" Eric opened his mouth and followed Jonas back helplessly because there was no sleigh. For support, I could only bend down and get into the low tent.
On Weiran's side, when he called the reindeer and followed Leo through the entire island in the dim night, running from the easternmost point to the westernmost simple dock, he successfully found it. Their fishing boats are still waiting here.