Chapter 1166 Antarctic Ice (1/2)

Wilkes Land was a vast ice field. It was first visited by an American named Wilkes from 1838 to 1842 and was named after him.

Li Du did not know much about the place. He had the guts to go there because he wanted to give Steve some respect.

Li Du had never been to Antarctica. He felt that the southernmost continent was just a piece of white ice, desolate and cold.

However, according to the pamphlet, it was not cold in this region of the Antarctic in the daytime, and the temperature could hover around zero degrees Celsius. Wearing ordinary winter clothes would keep one warm.

Of course, during an ice storm, the temperatures would drop a lot, but fortunately, ice storms were very rare in the summer season.

The main items on the brochure list were clothing, sunscreen, and other daily necessities. To live in the Antarctic, one needed a down jacket, waterproof pants and gloves, sweaters, warm caps, and sunglasses.

There were some of these in the airplane cabin, but it was not certain that they would fit. Therefore, Li Du decided to go to Hobart and buy them.

One did not need to wear extremely thick clothes in Antarctica, but it was necessary to keep them close to the body to make sure they fit, or else they would not retain body heat.

In Hobart's department store, there were winter coats for visitors to Antarctica, and when the people outside still wore short sleeves, they left awkwardly with a pile of thick clothes in their arms.

On the plane, they began to change clothes; the air conditioning on board had a very good refrigerator-like effect, in order to let them feel the Antarctic temperature in advance.

The party gradually added layers of clothes, and by the time they woke up, everything below the plane was white as far as the eye could see!

Li Du asked in surprise, ”Is this Antarctica? My god, this ice sheet is really white!”

”Sir, this is not an ice sheet. This is a neat, even cloud,” said a random bodyguard.

Sophie laughed. ”Are you sleeping like a log? Would we reach Antarctica after we have just closed our eyes for a while?”

”But we did arrive in Antarctica,” The bodyguard continued.

Sophie stopped laughing, and Brother Wolf helplessly shook his head, saying, ”Couldn't you say so at once?”

After less than half an hour, the plane began to land.

There was a natural runway on the ice sheet, and the pilot chose to land on a very flat area, but because the friction resistance was small, the plane skated on the ice after gliding straight forward. It only showed some signs of slowing down after gliding a considerable distance.

Li Du looked out of the window. The scenery outside was not very interesting. It was just a large expanse of white, the same all around. Far in the distance, there was a bump of a snow mountain, the only variation in the local scenery.

Brother Wolf handed him the goggles. ”Boss, be careful.”

Li Du nodded in understanding, knowing that looking at the snow for too long would cause snow blindness.

Steve and Elson, both wearing fur coats, waited for them at the end of the road. They drove a sleigh. The thing looked like the front half of a bulldozer, which was very interesting.

When they met, Steve gave Li Du a big hug and smiled. ”I didn't expect to see you here.”

”It is fate, Steve,” Elson chimed in. ”You and Li are bound by destiny.”

This was not nonsense. Li Du felt the same way, he did not know that Steve had gone to the Antarctic, and yet they met.