When the alarm clock woke up the people in the two tents again, the sky outside was still dark, but this could not resist the enthusiasm of Eric and Professor Jonas. Not dressed properly, he called Wei Ran and Leo for help, and moved the huge wooden box they had brought so hard into the cave, which was still warm.
After Wei Yan rekindled the cast iron stove, the teacher and student had already emptied the wooden box, and then opened the lid of the box and the surrounding small covers.
Under the observation of Wei Ran and Leo, the two of them each picked up a Leica camera and replaced the film, and then stuck the adjusted lens on the two circular openings on the lid of the box. And secure it firmly with two rubber straps.
This was not over yet. The two of them placed the lit kerosene lamps on the windows on both sides of the box, letting the bright light illuminate every detail in the box.
It was only then that Professor Jonas compared the catalog he found yesterday, took out two thick folders from the shelf, and handed them to Wei Ran and Eric respectively.
"One negative can take four pictures. Before taking pictures, remember to align each page with the markings at the bottom of the box, and be sure to take pictures according to the page numbers."
While saying With that, Professor Jonas opened one of the folders, took out the first four, put it into the wooden box illuminated by the kerosene lamp from the side, aligned it with the red paint mark on the bottom board, and then pressed The camera shutter on the lid.
The crisp shutter sound sounded, and Professor Jonas put aside the two documents that had been taken, and said at the same time, "One final reminder, never adjust the lens. In addition, these original documents that have been taken are Don’t throw away the data. Although we can’t take them away, we can at least keep them here.”
So that’s how it works, is this just a copy box?
After understanding the operation process, Wei Ran finally understood why there was a shooting mission of two hundred photos in his return mission.
Seeing that Eric had already started shooting, Wei Ran picked up his own book of information, unwrapped the binding, put four pages filled with various meteorological data into the box and laid them out, pressing Released the camera shutter.
For a while, the sound of shutters kept ringing in the warm cave, and pieces of original data gradually accumulated on the desktops at the hands of Wei Ran and Eric.
Every time they finish taking a piece of information, Professor Jonas, who is sitting on one side of them, will help them sort it out and put it back on the shelf against the wall, and then give them new folders. .
The old guy will also put the film they replaced into a plastic sealed tube, mark it with a number, and place it neatly on the table farthest from the stove.
As for Leo, he had already carried his shotgun and went out hunting Arctic foxes on skis. He can't help with the work here, and Professor Jonas is probably not willing to let him help.
For the three people in the cave, this boring shooting work is definitely not interesting. Compared to taking away these heavy and eye-catching paper documents, taking only lightweight film may be a wise choice, but this is a pain for both Wei Ran and Eric.
Bending down and taking pictures of the dazzling wooden box for several hours, until Leo came back with two snow-white arctic foxes, they barely finished taking pictures of the first shelf. There are only three floors. There are as many as five of these four-layer metal shelves in this room.
"How much film did we use?" Eric asked while rubbing his sore lower back and neck.
"At least there are more than eighty"
Professor Jonas put the materials that Weiran had just finished back on the shelf, and at the same time replied, "Fortunately we brought There is enough film. According to the current consumption, it should be enough to capture everything."
"It would be great if I could take all these original files back," Eric said regretfully.
“It is indeed the best choice if you can take it back,” Professor Jonas agreed. “But so many paper documents are too eye-catching. Relatively speaking, it is more convenient to take the film back. ”
“It’s as if the film is not eye-catching”
Wei Ran muttered to himself, thinking that he should have completed the 200 photos taken in the return mission, and decided to simply Next, he watched the development of the situation with a cold eye, while thinking about what Professor Jonas did last night.
In the next few days, such boring shooting work was repeated day after day. More and more films were placed on the table, and more and more folders were waiting to be browsed on the shelves. few.
These files contain not only meteorological data, but a large part of them are telegrams from this weather station, radio transmission and reception records, letters labeled with different names, and even various polar regions that have nothing to do with meteorology. Research information.
They even found a lot of old photos in these folders. These old photos include those who worked here at that time, their pet dogs, and some particularly beautiful Arctic fox cubs.
Of course, they also spent Christmas here. , birthdays, and even large-scale photos of naked buttocks bathing in the snow in the ice and snow.
Obviously, regardless of Professor Jonas or Eric, these two teachers and students have made it clear that they are prepared to take photos of all the useful and unused materials, pack them up and take them away, even those who worked here None of the correspondence between the person and the family was spared.
Just as the fourth short day of their filming was coming to an end, the wind around the valley became louder and louder. Leo, who was supposed to go hunting, also hurriedly called everyone out of the cave. come out.
"A snowstorm is coming." Professor Jonas raised his head and glanced at the gloomy sky, and made an extremely certain judgment.
"It is indeed a snowstorm"
Eric's tone was a little excited, "Professor, there are many meteorological equipment left in the cave decades ago. Do we want to monitor this weather change?"
"Compared with these, Let’s think about how to survive first.” Before Professor Jonas finished speaking, Leo quickly said something in Norwegian.
Eric's expression changed and he quickly translated, "Leo said that we must reinforce the tent before the snowstorm comes, and we must stay away from the foot of the mountain. This is the best time to do so." It's prone to avalanches."
"What do we need to do?" Professor Jonas asked quickly.
Eric turned to communicate with Leo, and then said according to the script, "Carry out all the oil barrels in the cave and surround the tent, and reinforce it with snow. This is the only way to The way to survive the blizzard is that even the fishing boat may have returned to Finnmark due to the wind. We can only pray that we can survive the blizzard."
"Let's start quickly." Jonah. Professor Si said without thinking and was the first to get into the cave.
With the busy work of the four people, empty oil drums with a capacity of 200 were carried out of the cave one by one, and the two tents were surrounded by a circle. The surroundings were even buried with snow. By the way, The lower edge of the tent was suppressed, leaving only less than half a meter of entrance and exit.
In addition, at Leo's suggestion, one end of these oil drums was smashed open with ice picks and axes, and the inside was filled with the snow that could be seen everywhere.
By the time Leo, who looked nervous, tied the four reindeer to the steel drills that had been smashed deep into the snow, the sky had turned completely dark, and the flying snowflakes were falling in the howling wind. , and then was swept into the air by the strong wind.
Leo yelled a few words to Eric at the top of his lungs. When the latter nodded, he immediately pushed Wei Ran into the tight tent and used the rope he pulled back from the fishing boat a few days ago. The 200-liter oil drum held down the tent door from the inside.
After some gestures, Weiran signaled Weiran to light up the gasoline stove and turn it on to the maximum. Leo stood on the sleigh, stuck his head out of the vent on top of the tent and looked outside, and then quickly got out of the sleigh. He took out a canvas bib and surrounded the vents, leaving only a small circle the size of a bowl for ventilation.
The noisy high-pressure gasoline stove provided a steady stream of heat to the tight tent, but Leo's expression became more and more nervous. From time to time, he stood up and held the tent with his hand. I tapped the cone-shaped tent fabric with the hiking pole in my hand to prevent it from being crushed by too much snow outside.
Although this tent seemed far less sturdy than the warm cave, in less than an hour, Wei Ran and others dispelled this self-righteousness amidst the loud noise caused by the avalanche outside. the illusion.
It was only then that he truly understood why the Germans at that time built a wooden house in the middle of the valley as if it was unnecessary after digging the strong cave.
In this terrifying violenceIn the wind and snow, as time passed by, the snow around the tent also formed a rounded arc. This also caused Leo and Wei Ran to push the edge of the tent from the inside almost every ten minutes. To avoid being crushed by the snow.
In another tent at the same time, Jonas looked at Eric who was constantly busy, reached out and touched the zipper of the hiking bag behind him, and then his old face darkened.
But just for a moment, Jonas put on a gentle smile, picked up a bottle of potato wine and shook it at Eric, "Eric, come here and rest. This time Although the snowstorm is heavy, it may pass soon, and there are valleys around it, so don’t worry too much. We might as well have a drink now.”
“This is the first time I’ve seen it. Blizzard"
Eric stood on the sled and looked outside. Then he sat next to Professor Jonas with lingering fear and sighed, "It's hard to imagine how those Germans were doing this kind of thing at that time. The place persisted.”
“It’s really hard to imagine, but it’s their persistence that left us a treasure, isn’t it?”
Jonas? While the professor was speaking, he suddenly raised the thick glass wine bottle in his hand and hit Eric hard on the head.
With a muffled sound of "bang", the glass bottle containing most of the wine liquid exploded with dark red blood, and Eric, who was unprepared, also blacked out and fainted.
Throwing away half the wine bottle in his hand, Professor Jonas took out a bundle of rope from his bag and tied Eric's hands and feet, and then blocked his mouth with a cotton glove.
Until it was determined that Eric, who was still in a coma, had completely lost his ability to resist, Professor Jonas fumbled around on his body and finally pulled out a film from Eric's pants pocket.
"Eric, you shouldn't be curious."
Professor Jonas muttered to himself as if he was neurotic, "Those meteorological data are your My treasure, you shouldn’t steal any of these films that belong to me!”