winter in greenland

When they returned to the "Moby Dick", there were still three hours before the ship sailed. Dan was about to turn into the corridor of the crew lounge on the first floor when he bumped into Xia Zuo head-on.

"You are back." He greeted the two of them listlessly: "The shift will change after 3 hours, and you can go back to your room to sleep for a while. I have already put the spare uniform on the bed for you."

August caught the point keenly: "You live together?"

Dan: "..."

Xia Zuo raised his eyelids and glanced at him: "That's right, he's my assistant, and the resources on the ship are limited. Is there a problem with us living together?"

August didn't speak, but pursed his lips and looked at Dan, with a faint accusation in his eyes.

Dan sighed: "Okay Xia Zuo, I understand, I will change your shift in 3 hours."

Xia Zuo nodded and left first. Before turning around, he didn't forget to turn his head and wink at Dan triumphantly.

Dan: "..."

He looked at August with some headaches: "This is the regulation on the ship. I signed a contract with them. We just share a dormitory."

August still didn't speak, but the corners of his eyes drooped slightly, and Dan suddenly saw a bit of grievance in his eyes.

"Then I can't sleep in your room?" He tried to reason with August.

"Your contract doesn't stipulate where you sleep, does it?" August's eyes flickered with a hint of cunning.

Dan pushed him helplessly: "Stop making trouble, go back and rest, I have to change shifts later."

August took two steps in his direction and looked back at him: "Give me the phone."

Dan took out his mobile phone from his pocket and handed it to him: "What?"

August pressed a series of numbers on the screen: "This is my temporary number during my stay in Iceland, go back to sleep, and I will be with you when the time comes."

Dan: "Huh? Together with what?"

August raised his eyebrows: "Of course it's on duty."

Dan didn't understand what August meant by "with you" until he changed into his clothes and went out three hours later.

August stood at the door of their cabin, and when he saw him coming out, he tapped the watch on his wrist: "You are two minutes late."

Dan: "...how are you here?"

August: "I said, I will accompany you on duty."

Dan looked incredible: "I am on duty in the cockpit, and you can't go in with me."

August looked at him for a while, then whispered: "I know, I can wait for you outside or stand with you for a while."

Dan met his gaze, and for a moment only felt that his heart had softened in a mess.He pulled August's collar and kissed him quickly: "Don't stand here in such a cold day, I will feel bad."

After speaking, he turned around and hurried towards the cockpit.

August did not reach the cockpit door to "stand up" in the end. He wandered around on the first floor and went around to the second deck. From the angle he stood, he could see a corner of the cockpit obliquely.

The "Moby Dick" had already set sail, and the huge hull was advancing steadily on the sea surface. He squinted his eyes, lit a cigarette, and looked at the sea level far away, feeling more at ease and calm than ever before.

It was almost noon when Dan finished checking the logbook and was about to go to the restaurant for lunch. As soon as he walked out of the hatch, the phone in his pocket vibrated. It was August: "Go out, turn right, and look up."

With three very simple words, Dan followed his instructions and went out to turn right. The moment he looked up, he saw August standing on the second deck and shaking his hand.He stood in a position against the light, and the sunlight coated him with a layer of furry edges from behind.

Dan couldn't help showing a smile, pointing to the direction of the restaurant to signal the restaurant to meet him, and the second officer came out from the cockpit just after he was about to leave, holding a record in his hand, frowning a little: "Dan, Have you confirmed the above data?"

Dan took the notebook and looked at it: "Yes, the radar data is updated in real time."

"The data in this direction is a bit strange. It stands to reason that we have been nearly a hundred nautical miles away from Svalbard. Why has the ice distance in this direction not changed? Did Xia Zuo notice it when he changed shifts with you?"

Dan looked at the form carefully, and slowly frowned: "Xia Zuo didn't say anything, so I guess he didn't notice this problem. It's a bit abnormal looking at it now."

The second officer said apologetically: "Maybe I need to trouble you to check the radar with me first."

Dan nodded briskly: "No problem."

August found a seat in the restaurant, and after waiting for about 10 minutes, he didn't see Dan's shadow. It was a little strange. Through the window of the restaurant, he saw Captain Fitch hurriedly leading Xia Zuo and several people from the corridor. walked over.

Seeing the seriousness on Xia Zuo's face, and thinking about Dan's delay in coming, August frowned, got up and followed out.

In the radar monitoring room on the fourth floor, the second officer was holding a seaman by the collar, and he was out of breath: "There is a clear regulation on the ship that you can't drink alcohol during the rotation. I think you don't want to do it anymore, but you want to go to court!"

The crew member who was held by the neck was smelled of alcohol, and his eyes became clearer from the initial confusion. After seeing the second officer in front of him, his face became a little frightened, and he stammered: "I ...It's so cold, I just want to drink two sips from the port to warm up...I didn't expect..."

The second mate punched him on the cheekbone: "I have notified the captain and first mate, you can explain yourself when they come." His tone was cold, and he threw him out of the testing room after speaking.

Dan had already leaned over and pressed a few buttons on the console. At this moment, the second officer came over and looked at him with some anxiety on his face: "How is it?"

Dan shook his head: "It seems that the sensor on the right side is indeed malfunctioning."

The "Moby Dick" is equipped with a small multifunctional radar, mainly to monitor the ice floes on the nearby sea surface to avoid collision accidents. There are one sensor on the port side and one on the starboard side.The work of the observers on board is not complicated, and the main data are automatically generated by the computer. The observers only need to upload the observation report to the cockpit in time, and pay attention to the abnormal condition of the radar sensor.

This type of radar is overhauled twice a year, and it has never had a problem since the Beluga was loaded, but this time it broke down when they were floating in the vast sea.

The second officer rubbed his hair: "What the hell."

"Is there a special maintenance officer on board?" Dan just finished speaking, Fitch and his party had already walked in from the outside, he said in a deep voice, "No." After speaking, he glanced at the observer who was obviously hungover by the hatch With a glance, his gaze was as sharp as a falcon, and he walked straight to the observation platform without saying anything.

"Are you sure the sensor on the starboard side is completely out of order?" Xia Zuo asked behind him.

Fitch tried a few times on the master console, and sighed in frustration: "It's definitely not working."

Xia Zuo frowned, and took a step forward: "Shall we return?"

Fitch thought for a few seconds, then took the communicator on the side: "Call the cockpit, this is the radar observation room on the third floor, I'm Fitch. Report the current location of the 'Moby Dick'."

After a burst of noise, a report from the cockpit came from the communicator: "Reporting to the captain, the 'Moby Dick' is currently in the Greenland waters, the exact location is 76°63′N, 3°47′ E. According to the current sailing speed, it is estimated that it will take about 3 days to arrive at the port of Reykjavik."

Fitch struggled for a few seconds, then made a decision: "The voyage remains unchanged. From now on, the second officer will be on duty in the radar monitoring room, and the autopilot mode will be cancelled. Xia Zuo and I will drive manually the entire time, and the rest will return to the radar monitoring room." Please cheer me up for your respective posts! As for this bastard," he glanced at the alcohol-smelling crew by the door, "I will be shut down on the lower deck first, and I will deal with it myself when I return to Reykjavik.

"...Also, I will personally announce the special situation to the tourists later. Regarding the failure of the radar sensor, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, I hope that everyone here will not spread the news everywhere." After finishing speaking, his gaze slowly Sweeping around everyone's faces, he walked out of the monitoring room first.

The fourth floor is an area that tourists are forbidden to enter, and August is waiting at the entrance of the second deck on the third floor.When he finished smoking his fifth cigarette, he finally saw Fitch leading Xia Zuo and a few crew members down the gangway on the fourth floor. Dan followed behind them with a worried expression on his face.

He dodged to the side, not letting Fitch and others see him, and went down the gangway on the other side to return to the restaurant.

When Dan walked into the restaurant, he saw August by the window at a glance. The other party raised his hand at him and pointed to the table - the waiter on the side had just finished serving the food and was about to leave.

Feeling that the uneasiness shrouded in his heart dissipated a little, Dan smiled and walked towards his lover.

"It's just in time. I saw lamb chops on the special menu today, so I ordered one and tasted it." August didn't say a word about the nearly an hour of waiting.

Dan was a little apologetic: "You have waited for a long time, sorry, there are some temporary things on board."

August didn't take it seriously: "Eat first."

Dan was really hungry, cut a piece of lamb chops, hesitated for a while when he raised the fork, and said: "You should be more vigilant in these two days and nights."

August didn't answer, and carefully cut the portion in front of him into small pieces, then pushed the plate in front of Dan, adjusted with his, and then said slowly, "It's Radar?"

Dan looked at him for a second and sighed, "You were up there just now?"

"I didn't go up. I just saw the captain and I was a little curious, so I followed him out. I stayed on the second deck. According to the behavior of this ship, the fourth floor is usually a radar monitoring room. You have been on it for so long. It is not difficult to guess. Something went wrong."

Dan didn't speak, August paused, and then said: "So Fitch's decision is to go back to Reykjavik?"

Dan nodded, frowning slightly: "In the next few days, he and Xia Zuo will drive manually. But I always feel some bad premonition..."

August waved his hand in front of his eyes in a funny way: "Don't think so much, I'm here." He said it calmly, as if he was just stating a simple fact.

This is indeed just a simple fact.

Dan stared at him for a while, and finally put the piece of meat on the fork into his mouth, his brows and eyes curved: "Yes, you are here."