Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 374 Joa Harbor

The discovery of the Nether made the atmosphere on the ship suddenly lively, but in the next two days, everyone searched the entire bay but did not find the location of another Dread.

"It may be that the ship got stuck in the ice and continued to drift away to other places." Liang En made a judgment after looking at the overall situation, because he remembered that the two ships were found about the same distance from each other. Dozens of kilometers away, not together.

Although their current discovery can be called a success, it always feels regretful to find one of the two ships. Therefore, after searching the entire bay and failing to find it, everyone gathered in the conference room again and discussed.

"Basically, it can be judged that the other ship should be in a place further south, because the north wind was blowing at that time, and now the Nether we found is near the landing point of the other party. It should be the ship in the north. The Terror is impossible. Farther north than this."

After synthesizing the little memory of the previous life in his mind and all the information he now knows, Liang En quickly came to a judgment.

"As for the specific area, it's hard to say, because we can't be sure how far the Terror was carried by the ice floe at that time, so the area of ​​​​the sea that needs to be searched will be very large."

"Yes, don't say that we only have one ship now, I guess it's impossible to call all the ships from the Canadian archaeological department to get it done in a short time." Scudder nodded in approval.

So after a brief discussion, Liang En and the others finally decided to go to Yoa Port, the only human settlement on the island, to look for clues, because most of the people there were hired by the Canadian government to patrol this sea area, and they might find something. .

Of course, there is another reason for going to Yoa Port now, that is, they have already contacted the Canadian department in charge of archaeology, and the other party's personnel will take a plane to Yoa Port to receive the things Liang En and the others discovered.

It will take more than a day from the northwest corner of the island where Liang En and the others are to the southeast corner where Yoa Harbor is located. During this time, Liang En and the others can just take a little rest.

"This kind of good weather will probably last for a while." Liang En, who was standing on the upper deck, opened the window and looked at the sky. "I hope that the good weather will continue until the Horror we are looking for."

To be honest, the map he checked on the Internet back then was so rough that the circle marking the shipwreck location had a diameter of more than 60 kilometers in reality, so it was impossible to determine the exact location of the shipwreck.

"I think the search work should go smoothly." Joan of Arc said while leaning on the railing and looking at the sea in the distance. "I hope we can find our target quickly, this place is really a bit deserted."

The reason why Joan of Arc said this is also very simple, because they have basically not seen many living creatures these days, and the only life is the moss and lichen on the rocks on the island.

"Don't worry, you just need to endure it for a few more days." Liang En said lightly, patting the back of Joan's hand that was clutching on the railing. "If it gets colder, the sea will freeze, and the wind and waves will increase. At that time, we will retreat regardless of whether we can find it or not."

Because the temperature was a bit low up there, the two of them quickly returned to the cabin, and after entering the meeting room, he found that everyone was gathering here to discuss the reasons why Franklin's team was completely wiped out. .

"I guess this may have something to do with the name of the ship. Neither ghost nor fear are good words." After taking the stage, Liang En first analyzed the matter from a more metaphysical perspective. "You know that some ships have unlucky names on the sea."

It is not completely unreasonable for him to say this. For example, the British Royal Navy once named two ships after snakes. As a result, both ships were inexplicably wrecked. Since then, they have stopped naming their ships with snakes.

In addition, the Royal Navy also has such a question on the registration form made by officers that officers are required to fill in: lucky/unlucky.

"In addition to the inauspicious name of the ship, rotten food and bad weather, I think there should be a problem of metal lead." After relaxing the atmosphere, he raised a point from memory.

"Actually, before the middle of the 20th century, not many people discovered that lead, a heavy metal, is harmful to humans, so many items that come into contact with food contain too much lead."

"The hardest hit areas with heavy metals exceeding the standard are the water supply system and various parts that use welding technology, because these places need to use a lot of tin, and at that time tin was often mixed with a lot of lead."

"You're right, so we feel that there are still many things we can do next, such as testing these remains and the salvaged items." Scudder pointed to the direction of the warehouse next door and said.

When the divers went into the water, it wasn't just the ship's clock that was salvaged, there were also some items scattered around the ship. These items included containers, pipes and wooden blocks and a series of ship's items, which are now stored in the warehouse next door. among.

It is not very difficult to test the lead content of human bones and those metal containers. Unfortunately, there is no corresponding equipment on board, so these things can only be written in the report and handed over to the Canadian side.

It was already early morning when the ship sailed into the port, so everyone rested on the ship all night, and did not go ashore until the next day to discuss the situation with someone.

As the only settlement on the island, the small town of Yoa Port has a total of more than 400 people, most of whom are local aboriginal Inuit.

Most of them are now employees of regional administrative agencies, and most of the young people are recruited as militia patrol members, and some work in mines more than 20 kilometers away. There are very few traditional fishing and seal hunting people.

However, the climate in the polar region seems to have changed more drastically than in other places. For example, the weather was fine all the way before, but today's weather suddenly deteriorated. The strong wind mixed with some debris made it difficult to walk.

After removing the rubbish that had been blown by the wind and sticking to them, Liang En and the others knocked on the door of the city hall, and then revealed their identities to the staff inside and explained their purpose of coming.

After a brief communication with the local officials, they were accompanied by a staff member to the headquarters of the militia patrol, and then asked the team members who patrolled around all day what they had seen and heard.

This is actually an important part of the scientific expedition, that is, to visit the surrounding aborigines to ask how the situation is. After all, many important discoveries in history are known from these aborigines.

Many places are very difficult for scholars from outside to search, but often locals will inadvertently discover the clues of ancient ruins that have been hidden for a long time.

However, this kind of collection work is also very difficult, and the biggest difficulty is that ordinary people lack knowledge of these ancient civilizations.

Therefore, in the process of collecting information, it is necessary to consume a lot of energy to find out those meaningful existences from a large number of narratives of the other party, and then extract the content you need from them.

(End of this chapter)