Live Wilderness Adventure

Chapter 775: Direction

At night, the stars hang down the plains.

Spots of light flickered on the surface of the sea, and the sound of water rippled.

Bi Fang lifted the wooden boards, turned over the palm leaves, and opened the canvas bag, and placed pieces of shark meat patties in it. When he picked up one, it exuded a strong smoky smell, sometimes mixed with a little bit of fishy smell.

Minced meat, then marinated with salt and spices, then exposed to the sun, finally smoked, and even fried on one side, after such a complicated procedure, ordinary people may not be able to smell the unique smell of shark meat. But to Bi Fang's nose, it still exists, but it has been basically covered by the smoky smell.

It doesn't taste like shark meat anymore, it's more salty and smoky, but it's not unpalatable, just like ordinary meatloaf.

It's just that in order to remove toxins and urine smell, such a complicated production naturally lost a lot of nutrients. Bi Fang mixed it with the fish caught today, and the taste was not bad.

"That's the end of today's live broadcast. Although it's nothing serious, the real difficult period will come later. I need to keep my spirits up."

After dinner, they chatted on the live broadcast for a while, Bi Fang turned off the live broadcast, and lay in the Viking looking up at the starry sky.

The hull was heaving and unsteady.

The hull of the Viking is very deep, so deep that when you lie inside and look out, you can only see a starry sky. Although it is narrow, it can give people a sense of security.

With the back of his head resting on his arm, Bi Fang fell asleep with a little tiredness.

the next day.

The fishing line was stretched straight, Bi Fang stood at the bow of the boat wrestling with the big fish in the sea, sweat dripped down the corners of his forehead, leaving streaks of hoarfrost.

The whole boat was dragged by the fish, and the shadow cast by the sun was blurred, making it hard to see what kind of fish it was.

Half an hour later, the fishing line that could no longer hold on broke with a snap, and the big fish disappeared without a trace.

Bi Fang collapsed on the boat, panting heavily, lifted the lid of the carbon water collection device, picked up the wooden water cup and drank it all in one gulp, breathing a long sigh of relief.

He stretched out his hands, which were covered with cracked epidermis, with a little pain and numbness, almost bleeding from the big fish.

[Damn, I feel like it's almost there! 】

【Pity】

[I bet, at least a bluefin tuna! 】

[Fang Shen, what kind of fish is that? Quickly talk]

Bi Fang shook his head: "I don't know, I was underwater the whole time, the weather is so good today, there are spots of light on the water, I didn't see what kind of fish it was, maybe it was blue flag tuna, haha .”

It has been sailing for a day, and it is indeed quite rare to encounter such a big fish, but Bi Fang is not a pity, he is not fishing for food.

It's best to have it, and you won't starve to death without it.

"There are fewer and fewer birds in the sky."

Bi Fang sat up and looked up at the sky. During the day yesterday, birds were often seen on the sea, but now the birds are gone.

This showed that the direction of the canoes was correct, and they were moving away from the island and the land.

"There is another interesting thing about the flying bird, and that is how the Polynesians searched for islands in the vast Pacific Ocean."

"Ocean-sea voyages are not enough to have a boat. The Polynesians still need to solve the problem of navigation. Although there is no compass or nautical clock, people at that time have learned to use the astrology. , they don't know where the island or land is."

[In other words, if Fang Shen didn’t say anything, I didn’t even realize this problem]

[So it was confirmed by Asuka? 】

[What is contact context, hahaha]

"That's right, how to find the island, their method is more groundbreaking, that is-follow the bird!"

"Polynesians discovered that most seabirds need to nest on islands, and even if they go out to look for food, they will not leave the island too far away."

"At dusk, the birds will always fly in one direction, follow them, and it's easy to spot the island."

[I really kneel down to the wisdom of these ancients! 】

【Too witty】

[In other words, if you use the stars to judge the direction at night, what should you do during the day? If you go wrong, you can only go wrong? 】

"Not really." Bi Fang pointed to the sun in the sky, "If you are sensitive enough to the height of the sun, you can actually roughly judge the direction directly, or erect a shadow to see the length of the shadow. High expectations."

"Although it will change with the seasons, the law of the sun's altitude change is constant. Just record the month and clearly grasp the sun's altitude change in this month."

[Is this something humans can do? 】

The audience was a little surprised.

There is no doubt that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, and rises to the highest point at twelve o'clock. Then, by comparing with yesterday, we can naturally get the approximate time now.

It's just that such a comparison is too overwhelming.

But this is not the case for Bi Fang. The memory forest allows him to compare the photo of the highest point of the sun yesterday with today, and the error can even be reduced to within half an hour.

"With time, it is naturally easy to judge the direction. For example, if you draw a watch and mark the time, it is the simplest way to judge the direction by the watch method. Look at the difference between the hour hand and 12 o'clock. Half of the number should be Where the sun is."

"Having mastered this point, for example, at 8 o'clock in the morning, raise the watch and point the direction of 10 o'clock to the sun, then the direction of 12 o'clock is almost the south. I have actually said this more than once."

"In addition, there is also the wind direction. The sea sometimes blows according to the season. I have also mentioned this. There are also ocean currents. The direction of ocean currents is regular. Generally, it flows from the high-pressure zone to the low-pressure zone. If you can roughly determine what you want You can roughly judge the orientation according to the direction of the ocean current.”

"However, whether it is wind direction or ocean current, you need to be proficient in geographical knowledge. It is more difficult. It is not recommended as the first method, and the ocean current is not very good in the South Pacific. Remember what I said before, this is a large circulation. There's a dead silence inside this vortex."

"The wind direction is easy to judge. The sea surface wind field in the South Pacific is very stable. I don't need to say much. The low altitude in April is basically the southeast trade wind."

"If you don't know the above, then check to see if there is a thin wire around you, and then prepare a pot of water. This is the ultimate simple method, but because it is on the sea, the shaking range is relatively high, and the success rate and accuracy It’s all about timing.”

Bi Fang rummaged on the Viking for a while, and finally found a paper clip.

Before setting off, Bi Fang deliberately collected some "garbage" on Easter Island that might be useful but seemed useless, just for this time.