Chapter 1707 The Pearl on the Atlantic Ocean (Second update, please subscribe)
The troubles in the world never seem to have stopped. There are always all kinds of things in the world.
Compared with the outside world, the Falkland Islands, located in the southern Atlantic Ocean, far from human civilization, seem to be far away from the troubles of the world. Although more than a decade ago, the Falkland Islands were divided into division of power, the United Kingdom retained the power of East Falkland Islands, and the West Falkland Islands were rented to the SEA for space monitoring with affiliated islands.
Initially, West Falkland Island did have only space monitoring stations, but with the construction of airports and other facilities, workers from that time stayed on the island one after another. They raised sheep, even planted fields, and built ports, and the fishery also flourished. Slowly, with the prosperity of the industry, the West Falkland Islands grew from a place with a population of only a few hundred people to a small town with a population of tens of thousands.
After years of development and years of development, this small town has even become a bit prosperous, so some people even think that this is the pearl of the Atlantic Ocean.
Of course, if it develops for decades, this may be possible.
After all, there are its own characteristic industries here.
Fishings are the lifeblood of this small city. They are not just ocean fishing, but more importantly farming. After years of development, West Falkland Island has become the second largest breeding base for Atlantic salmon in the world.
In the early morning of West Falkland Island, the sea breeze gently brushed across the sea with a salty and wet atmosphere. A trace of fishy whiteness appeared in the sky. The sun had not yet fully risen, but the sea had already sparkling waves.
Wang Hekun stood on the deck of the feed boat, chatting and laughing with his colleagues, holding the thermos in his hands, and the heat rose in the cold air and dissipated in the morning breeze.
"Today's wind is quite proud of your face, and I didn't mess with people like last time." Wang Hekun said to Old Li beside him with a smile, his eyes narrowed into a slit.
It's not just wind, but also Antarctic circulation. The strong Antarctic circulation not only brings a large number of aquatic organisms, but also wind and fog. Of course, there are also low temperatures, which leads to the low water temperature here, which is also the reason why salmon can be raised here.
Old Li laughed and patted his shoulder: "You guy is lucky. Today's feed supply will definitely go smoothly. Let's finish it early and end it soon!"
The feed boat slowly sailed toward the salmon farm located in the middle of the strait.
From a distance, the central platform of the farm is like an isolated island, standing on the blue sea of the fjord. Around the platform, ten long black plastic tubes extend outward like tentacles, connecting ten huge steel floating rings. Below each floating ring is a deep net fence, with dense salmon swimming constantly, and the silver-white fish body shining with a glimmer of light in the morning light. "Here!" Wang Hekun put down the stainless steel thermos cup, walked to the side of the ship, and skillfully directed his colleagues to lean the feed boat towards the central platform. As soon as the ship stopped, the feed pump began to roar, and the feed in the cabin was transported to the storage silo of the central platform through thick pipes.
Several staff on the central platform had been waiting for a long time. When they saw Wang Hekun and others, they smiled and waved to say hello:
"Akun, it's quite early today!"
"No, finish work early, go back and rest early!"
Wang Hekun responded while busy checking the connection of the feed pump. His movements were skillful and fast, and he was obviously familiar with this process.
Amid the roar of the feed pump, hundreds of tons of feed were quickly loaded onto the central platform.
The feed for farmed salmon is mainly made of ground fish meal and oil, and krill powder is also added, which helps improve fish feeding intake and growth performance, and has a better quality. Krill is also a unique product in the Antarctic region and is extremely abundant in quantity.
Because feed loading is automatically carried out, after connecting the feed pump, Wang Hekun and his colleagues chatted with the staff on the platform. The people on the platform were all doing six days off. Once they arrived at the farm, they could not see anyone except a few colleagues within six days.
The sea breeze is mixed with the faint fishy smell of feed, but everyone has long been accustomed to this smell. "This batch of salmon will be available in two months, and it is bigger than the previous batch!" said a staff member on the platform excitedly.
"You will definitely be able to sell for a good price at that time."
Wang Hekun nodded and his eyes swept across the floating ring in the distance.
A huge deep net fence hung under each floating ring, with as many as 200,000 salmon swimming constantly. These fish are fat, with silver-white scales shining in the morning light, like pieces of flowing silver. "This is the largest salmon farm in the world, we are doing big business!" Old Li said proudly, with a little pride in his tone.
Wang Hekun smiled and did not respond.
He looked at the salmon that kept spinning in the deep net fence, but his heart was a little complicated. Although these fish are fat, their fate has long been destined to be served on the dining table and become a delicacy in people's mouths.
He, like many people on the island, is just a small link in this huge industrial chain. This huge industrial chain is the unique cold water aquaculture technology of SEA. This is the result of years of research by researchers. It uses the cold water brought by the Antarctic circulation to farm salmon in the fjords and nearby waters of Falkland Island. In the past few years, salmon farming here has developed into a huge industrial chain.
Looking at the garden floating box on the farm.
Wang Hekun, there is a feeling that he is those fish.
The reason he felt this way was because in salmon farming, eggs were collected from parent fish and hatched, and the juvenile fish, fry and juvenile fish were continuously raised in onshore facilities. Yes, everything is on land.
In the hatchery, the collected parent fish eggs are divided into dozens of aquariums for vaccination from larvae to 5g.
Then the fish fry is raised from 5g to 25g, and it is also divided into dozens of aquariums. The fish will grow there without natural enemies, and of course, there is no natural environment.
After growing into fry in an indoor pool, it is transported to the outdoor pool of the coastal freshwater farm by truck, and gradually increase the salinity, increase it to the final stage of the fry, and then transport it to the seaside farm.
It grew into a fish, and it was the first time here to go from land to sea.
Yes, it was finally released into the sea—actually it was still in the cage, but it was bigger. They never left the cage from birth to death.
When Wang Hekun had this feeling, it was because... he never left Falkland Island, just like those fish.
The morning light shines on the sea, sparkling, and the floating rings and deep net fences in the distance are particularly eye-catching in the sun.
"Go and go back!"
Old Li patted Wang Hekun on the shoulder and said with a smile.
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Wang Hekun nodded, took a last look at the salmon swimming in the deep net fence, and turned around and walked towards the cabin. The feed boat slowly left the central platform and headed towards West Falkland Island.
The sea breeze still blew gently, with a salty and wet breath. Wang Hekun stretched out his hand to feel all this. As the ship was heading towards the port, the roar of the plane came from the air, and a C141 transport plane was landing.
Every two weeks, a C141 will arrive from Cape Town - which is the only contact channel between Falkland Island and the outside world.
Because the Falkland Islands are located in the corner of the world, there are no civil aviation aircraft here, only military transport aircraft take off and landing here connects Falkland Island with the outside world.
The aircraft comes every two weeks, and it turns out that the various supplies needed on the island are, of course, the people on the island also leave Falkland Island through planes to go to the local area. Of course, they also take military transport aircraft to the local area from the local area.
For Wang Hekun, every time he sees a plane in the air, what he thinks is when to take a plane to leave here and go to the prosperous local area. He yearns for the bustling metropolis in movies and TV.
Just looking at the plane slowly landing in the air, Wang Hekun forgot where he was.
Old Li looked at his appearance and said with a smile:
"I still want to leave,"
" I will leave Chang'an, Kuching, Dongning here sooner or later..."
Some people are eager to leave, while others are eager to return. "After Falkland, you're almost home," Bai Zhicheng looked at the island in the sea through the window. When he left Yinglong, he also took a plane from Falkland Island.
Now I'm finally going home!
Fakland Island is not Bai Zhicheng's home. His family is in Yinglong, his father, and younger brothers and sisters. A few years ago, his father married a Korean wife under the introduction of someone else, and now he has four younger brothers and sisters.
Of course Bai Zhicheng doesn't mind this, after all, his father cannot be single forever.
Not only did he not mind, he also always longed to see his family.
But it has never happened. Until now, after leaving home for many years, he finally had the opportunity to go home.
"Student Bai,"
At this time, a crew member walked to him and said: "It's a coincidence today. We just contacted the ground and there was a plane going to fly to Yinglong. We have already contacted them. They will wait for you. After the plane, you can get on the plane directly. After a few hours, you will get home!"
The news brought by the officer made Bai Zhicheng excited and almost screamed. "That's great, thank you, thank you, I can finally go home."
Following his thanks, the officer looked at the young man in front of him and said, "Thank you, you are there to protect our land, thank you for your contributions and sacrifices!"
As soldiers, this officer knows very well what sacrifices the people of Yinglong made. Sometimes, eternity is a kind of sacrifice. They live and guard them in a place far away from human civilization.
What are they guarding in the Antarctic continent?
It is the future, the sEA's voice and ownership in the Antarctic continent,
A few dozen minutes later, Bai Zhicheng, who got off the C141 transport plane, got on the C130 transport plane. When the plane took off, he was excited. He would arrive home in a few hours and he would see his family who had been away for a long time!
It only takes a few more hours!
Bai Zhicheng, who was homely, kept looking out the window. After flying for a few hours, the captain's voice came from the radio in the cabin. "Okay, passengers, now we have arrived in Yinglong. This is the farthest town in our country from the local area and one of the three unique towns in mankind."
I finally got home. When Bai Zhicheng looked at the earth through the window, he was shocked - is this Yinglong?
(This chapter ends)