Chapter 844 Viewing Whales Underwater (1/2)

After seeing the submersible yacht, Li Du believed Cole and Jacob's words. They were not exaggerating one bit. This is most likely the most suitable boat in Sydney for sightseeing on the sea.

To put it more accurately, it was a submarine.

The Abyssal Dragon looked a little like a narrow raft, and like the long, narrow, wooden boats on the lake of Li Du's hometown. However, it was only its exterior that looked similar. In truth, the Abyssal Dragon looked nothing like a narrow raft and those long, narrow, wooden boats.

The submarine was approximately ten meters long and five meters wide. The first half of the sub was occupied by its cockpit while the other half was occupied by its cabin, which was very small and had only two seats.

Indeed, this sub could only carry two people plus the pilot. Furthermore, there were no extra spaces for the two people to move about, and each of the two people only had a seat that they could remain in.

Like a convertible, a glass bubble could be raised around the two seats. In other words, after a person sat in a seat, the seat could be enclosed in a glass bubble.

The pilot informed Li Du and Sophie, ”This boat is a four-propulsion, two-seater submarine. Every seat has been equipped with a glass bubble. Please believe me when I say that the glass bubble is extremely sturdy and will not break when we are underwater.”

Indeed, the Abyssal Dragon's strength lay in its ability to dive underwater, and the deepest depth that it could reach was 490 meters.

Despite that, Li Du was not brave enough to have it dive that deep. At 490 meters, if something were to happen to the sub, they would definitely not be able to survive even if they had ten lives.

The pilot explained to them that as they only wanted to view whales, he would at most dive ten meters into the water. Ten meters was a safe depth, and also the most suitable depth for viewing the ocean. Any deeper, and they would not be able to see anything, as the sunlight was unable to penetrate any deeper into the water.

While parked at the harbor, the Abyssal Dragon attracted many people's gazes.

Quite a number of people were taking pictures of it with their phones. When someone tried to get closer to it, the pilot hurriedly stopped him.

With Li Du and Sophie onboard the sub, the pilot operated the sub's steering wheel and LCD panel, and the sub slowly began to move.

Instead of immediately diving into the sea, the pilot first drove Li Du and Sophie around on the surface of the sea. It was only after a whale had been spotted that he took the sub underwater where they could view the whale from under the water.

In Australia, the golden period for viewing whales was from May to November every year. Witnessing the beauty and frightening size of the world's largest sea creature had become one of the unique experiences that many people enjoyed in Australia.

As Australia was surrounded by seas, one could view whales anywhere around Australia. Li Du and the others were at an area of the sea that was located in the southeast where the extremely rare blue whale could be seen. Since June was the last month of the year that the blue whales fed in this area, they could not be seen any later in the year.

The sub moved across the surface of the sea at a very high speed while following behind other whale watching boats, which were traveling along a fixed route in search of whales emerging from the surface.

In order to protect the whales, the Australian government limited the number of public whale watching boats allowed in that area, as well as the distance between the whale watchers and the whales.

However, only large boats were regulated. Subs like the Abyssal Dragon were not regulated and could view the whales up close, provided it was safe to do so.

The explanation that the government gave to the public was that large boats would very easily scare the whales due to their size. Also, once a collision occurred between the two, the whales would most likely die. As such, to protect whales, large boats were not allowed to get close to whales.

In truth, this was not the case. Even though some public whale watching boats were small yachts that were not even as large as some private yachts, they were still not allowed to get close to whales.

On the other hand, private yachts were allowed to get close. Everyone knew the reason behind the regulations. As Australia was a capitalist country, all of its resources were put into the wealthy people and capitalists.

After traveling southeast on the sea for half an hour, a spout of water emerged from the surface of the sea like a water fountain. At the same time, a dull, steam whistle-like sound could be heard.