Chapter 2 Arctic Auk

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"I am a Chinese and I am proud of the strength of my motherland!"

"Icekeepers, Chinese researchers guarding the North Pole? I love it!"

"Seeing the Chinese flag raised at the North Pole makes my blood boil!"

"This is a romance that is unique to Chinese people. I am in tears!"

"Pride is pride, but as far as I know the North Pole is uninhabited, right? Is there any point in stationing here?"

Huo Yu couldn't help but purse his lips and smile when he saw the recognition point of continuing to enter the account.

After sorting out his thoughts, he said to the camera:

"The responsibility of the icekeepers is to study climate change in the Arctic and solve the problem of global warming."

"At the same time, we also have to fight against poachers, find new resource points, study unique Arctic creatures, etc..."

"In today's era of frequent extreme climate events, icekeepers are the first line of defense in the struggle between humans and nature."

"In the context of global warming, the temperature increase in the Arctic is greater than the global average. This is the 'polar warming amplification', or amplification effect for short!"

"To this end, countries and organizations around the world jointly established the Icekeeper Organization three years ago and stationed themselves at the North and South Pole in an attempt to reverse the negative impact of the greenhouse effect on Blue Star."

"This is the Ice Keeper!"

After Huo Yu's impassioned words, the audience in the live broadcast room was silent for a moment, and then became excited.

"Is this the Icekeeper? The guardian of all mankind!"

"Salute to the icekeepers who are fighting on the front line of climate warming!"

"I'm sorry. Forgive me. I didn't know until today that there is a group of people who are working silently in the ice and snow for our Blue Star."

"I'm in tears, brothers, start brushing up the gifts!"

The live broadcast room's popularity continued to rise, and some viewers began to buy gifts.

Huo Yu secretly communicated with the system and turned off the gift function.

The salary of the icekeeper is not low, and the gift money is enough.

More importantly, buying gifts will reduce everyone's sense of identification with the icekeeper and affect the income of identification points.

Which one is lighter or heavier, Huo Yu can still carry it clearly.

"Forget the gift, let's briefly explore this outpost first."

"Although it looks a bit dilapidated here, the outpost is actually fully functional, but it has been unmanned for too long."

As the camera continued to move, a simple outpost came into view.

The main body of the post is a two-story building, covering an area of ​​about 50 square meters.

The first floor occupies a larger area with studios, storage rooms and control rooms.

The second floor has a corridor and bedroom with bathroom.

In addition to the two-story building, there is also a warehouse built attached to the building.

Outside the warehouse is a black snowmobile and a solar generator.

Huo Yu turned on the generator and casually cleared away the snow that had been blown in by the wind.

Then the stove was lit with smokeless charcoal from the warehouse, and the deserted small building finally had a glimmer of life.

"The conditions are too difficult. If I came, I might not be able to hold on for a day."

"Be confident and remove the possibility."

"Be confident and exchange days for hours."

"Being able to survive alone in a place like this requires a strong body. Can the anchor do it?"

Huo Yu looked at the flames in the stove and replied, "Don't worry, every icekeeper is both a warrior and a scholar."

“I studied Arctic geography for four years in college, and then joined the Army for two years after graduation before joining the Icekeepers.”

"Although it is difficult to survive alone here, I have this confidence in myself!"

As Huo Yu said, he not only has a strong talent for scientific research, but also has strong physical strength.

It belongs to the type with developed mind and limbs.

The most important thing is that he is still hanging!

The number of people in the live broadcast room continues to rise, reaching a popularity of 5,000 people.

Huo Yu patted his thermal clothes and stood up.

"Okay, let's go patrolling outside. This is my territory!"

Huo Yu walked outside and started the snowmobile.

After putting on the equipment, the snowmobile made a buzzing sound and sped towards the ice field in the distance.

The little black ball in the live broadcast leisurely floated next to Huo Yu and transmitted the picture to the live broadcast room.

"I'm finally out and I can't wait."

"Am I the only one who thinks the anchor looks cool riding a snowmobile?"

"Will you see any animals in the Arctic? What animals are there in the Arctic? Penguins?"

"xswl, tell me a joke, there are penguins in the Arctic."

Huo Yu saw the barrage through his goggles and couldn't help but said: "There used to be penguins in the Arctic."

As soon as this statement came out, the live broadcast room was in an uproar.

"It's true. I don't know much about reading. Don't lie to me, host."

"There are polar bears in the Arctic and penguins in the Antarctic. Isn't this common sense?"

"Originally I believed that the anchor was the icekeeper, but as soon as these words came out, I wasn't sure anymore."

Regardless of the doubts on the barrage, Huo Yu continued: "There once was an animal in the Arctic called the great auk. People called this animal penguin, which is the English name of penguin."

"But it is not accurate to say it is a penguin, because the great auk looks very similar to a penguin, but it is not related to penguins. Instead, it is a close relative of the murre, razor-billed puffin and arctic puffin."

"Like penguins, auks are aquatic birds that cannot fly. They can use their wings to swim underwater. They look very naive."

The wind on the motorcycle was very loud. Fortunately, the radio function of the live broadcast black ball was very strong. Huo Yu's words were clearly transmitted to the ears of the audience in the live broadcast room.

"It turns out that there are penguins in the Arctic too. I'm so excited."

"As expected of a professional, I paid attention."

"I went to Qiandu to check. There are indeed such animals in the Arctic, but they..."

"What's wrong with them? Why are they still half talking?"

"They became extinct as early as July 3, 1844." People in the live broadcast room heard Huo Yu's calm voice.

"The great auk's meat is delicious and its fat is thick, but it is their feathers that kill humans."

"The feathers of the great auk can be brought back to Europe and used to make mattresses and fashionable hats, and are deeply loved by humans. Therefore, the extinction of the great auk is caused by the indiscriminate killing of humans in order to obtain feathers."

"July 3, 1844 was the day of the auk's extinction. On Fire Island near Iceland, the last pair of auks were brutally killed by humans while they were incubating their eggs."

"Since then, humans have never seen this cute and docile animal, and the great auk has become an extinct species."

The live broadcast room fell silent for an instant.

Only then did the audience realize why Huoyu said that there used to be penguins in the Arctic.

Before the audience could recover, the snowmobile suddenly stopped and stopped on the snow.

Huo Yu looked at the ground solemnly and said softly to the audience in the live broadcast room:

"Looks like we're in luck, there's animal activity around here!"

As the live broadcast camera zoomed in, everyone saw that this piece of snow was different from other neat and white ground.

A large mess of footprints of different shades!