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Chapter 1640 People Chasing Dreams (Third update, please subscribe)
This is an ordinary and great era.

Many people use such words to describe this era.

A group of ordinary people created great achievements here, thus creating this great era.

So it is ordinary and great.

In fact, all great achievements are created by ordinary people.

"…We were driving a Sno-cat tractor and successfully crossed the Antarctic continent by relying on aerial supplementation."

In the auditorium of Nanyang University, Yang Wendu, a professor of geology, once again told his students about their exploration eight years ago.

Eight years ago, in 1958, the SEA Antarctic Expedition conducted a crossing of Antarctica.

Before this, no human had ever crossed Antarctica.

In fact, this honor originally belonged to Britain, but the emergence of SEA changed everything.

That year, for the needs of space exploration, the United Kingdom leased its overseas territories including West Falkland Island to SEA. When the islands were transferred, the Falkland Islands' affiliated survey agency was also disbanded. This agency was the British Antarctic Survey Agency, whose head Fuchs was planning polar exploration at the time.

He envisioned a mechanized crossing of Antarctica with air support, which would have enabled him to carry out a scientific program, but the dismantling of the agency led to the shelving of Fuchs' polar crossing, which was supposed to have been realized in 1958.

However, his plans were not completely shelved.

At the same time, the SEA Nanyang Research Institute also launched this program.

On January 1 of that year, the expedition set out in a Sno-cat special transport vehicle and arrived at Scott Base in McMurdo Sound on March 24, completing the first land crossing of Antarctica in 3 days, covering a distance of more than 28 kilometers.

It was the first time humans crossed the Antarctic continent, a feat made possible by a special transport vehicle called the Sno-Cat.

The Sno-Cat is a vehicle designed for snowy environments, with wide tracks that enable it to easily traverse complex terrains such as deep snow and ice trenches. Its ruggedness and reliability provide great help to the expedition team.

After their success, although various countries established research stations in Antarctica, none of them implemented the crossing plan.

When Yang Wendu talked about the expedition across the Antarctic continent, there was pride in his tone. Although until now, the outside world has not paid much attention to this matter, they have left a very strong mark in the history of human polar exploration anyway.

When his narrator nearly got stuck in glacial crevasses several times while driving a Sno-cat special transport vehicle, the audience was shocked by the risks involved.

Among these people, there is one who is extremely special.

It is Bai Zhicheng who has just been admitted to Nanyang University. He is the first Antarctic person born in Antarctica in SEA!

His ID card clearly shows his registered residence - Yinglong Town, Antarctica.

For other people, Antarctica only exists on maps or in museums and zoos, but for him, Antarctica is his home.

He was born and raised in Antarctica and only came to Chang'an five years ago.

After the speech, Bai Zhicheng did not leave immediately, but took the initiative to find Yang Wendu and introduced his ideas to him.

In front of the professor, Bai Zhicheng pointed to the Antarctic map and said:

"Although you have crossed Antarctica, you did so in a mechanized way. Until now, no human has ever crossed Antarctica, on foot."

As a young man born in Yinglong, Antarctica, Bai Zhicheng has always wanted to return to Antarctica, to Yinglong, but he does not want to return empty-handed.

He wanted to achieve something in Antarctica. After all, in this era, people always wanted to leave some achievements of their own in the era.

"Zhicheng, in fact, the United States and the Soviet Union also had similar plans."

Yang Wendu looked at the students and said:

"However, the risk is too great. You have to know that it is a journey of thousands of kilometers. The risk is too great. The last time we were able to succeed, in addition to snowmobiles, we also had the Air Force transport planes provide us with airdrops of supplies along the way. Even so, the whole process is full of risks."

In fact, Yang Wendu and Bai Zhicheng are old acquaintances. After all, they set out from Yinglong back then, and Bai Zhicheng has always been with them, and even wanted to go on an adventure with them at one point.

But in the end, the trip was not made. However, it was from that time that he had such a wish in his heart. "Zhicheng, you are from Antarctica and you know the risks of Antarctica better than anyone else. So, I think your plan is still a little ill-considered. After all, it will take at least 200 days to complete this task on foot, and the supplies carried by the sled dogs are far from meeting the basic needs of the team members and sled dogs. That's why we chose to use snowmobiles for mechanized crossing and air supplies."

As the person in charge of the Antarctic crossing project, Yang Wendu naturally knew that the possibility of crossing on foot was very slim. It could even be said that it was absolutely impossible to succeed. After all, the supplies they were carrying were there.

Bai Zhicheng, who was only seventeen years old, looked at the teacher and said:

“What if it wasn’t sled dogs?”

"What? It's impossible to carry hundreds of kilograms of supplies by manpower without sled dogs."

Looking at the students in front of him, Yang Wendu shook his head and said:
"Zhicheng, I know what you are thinking, but I can tell you responsibly that this is impossible, absolutely impossible. Maybe one day you may cross Antarctica, but definitely not in this way!"

In response to the teacher's answer, Bai Zhicheng said:
"I am an Antarctic person. If possible, I hope that one day I can accomplish this goal."

There are always some people in this world who hold on to their ideals until death and achieve them in their own unique way. It was on this day that Bai Zhicheng set a goal for himself - to cross the Antarctic.

Afterwards, Bai Zhicheng went straight into the gym to do physical exercises. After all, crossing the Antarctic requires very high physical requirements.

As in the past, after finishing two hours of physical training, Bai Zhicheng came to the library, where he looked through materials and planned his route across Antarctica.

Although Bai Zhicheng grew up in Antarctica, he has never left Yinglong. His knowledge of Antarctica is not necessarily better than that of other people. He can only look up information about their journey across Antarctica in the library.

"It's very windy..."

Seeing the wind mentioned in the travel log, Bai Zhicheng raised his brows slightly. Wind is the most common thing in Antarctica.

"Since sled dogs can't be used, how about using the wind?"

Using the wind... Bai Zhicheng subconsciously thought of kites, and thought of combining kites with skiing. In fact, when he was a child in Antarctica, he and his friends played such a game. When the wind blew, they flew a kite made of bed sheets and let the wind drag them forward. They even had kite skiing competitions with their friends.

"If we use kite skiing, we can definitely speed up the crossing, and in this way, we can reduce the amount of supplies we carry..."

After this thought popped up in his mind, Bai Zhicheng was leaning over the table sketching the pattern of a ski kite. While he was concentrating on this research, he didn't notice at all that the library was empty today.

On the other side of the library, a reading room was crowded with people inside and outside. Among them were teachers and students from various colleges.

Today a scholar from abroad is the protagonist here. People standing in front of the door always stand on tiptoe to watch the scholar who is communicating with teachers and students.

The scholar sometimes laughed and sometimes answered students' questions. Although this scholar was not a SEA scholar, he was quite famous. He came to Chang'an this time not to give lectures, but to treat his illness. He had been recuperating after being discharged from the hospital. When he came to Nanyang University to visit his old friend, this scene happened after people knew about it.

Although the man had just recovered from a serious illness, he did not refuse the enthusiastic invitation from teachers and students. He came to the library to communicate with them. All their exchanges were academic.

Although the man specializes in literature, history and philosophy, and Nanyang University is a science and engineering school that excels in science and engineering, these students do not just focus on science and engineering, they also have some knowledge of literature, history and philosophy.

For a while, the teachers and students were having a great time communicating with each other. However, as time went by, Chen Shiing-Shen, as a friend, saw that his friend's face had turned a little pale. Thinking of his friend who had just undergone a major operation, he took the initiative to say:

"My dear friends, it is getting late now. My husband just had surgery and is recovering. He cannot sit for long. I think we should stop here today. Please forgive me if there are any shortcomings."

After Chen Xingshen said this, the others noticed the fatigue on the man's face and stood up to apologize.

After everyone left, the man chatted with some friends on campus for a while before leaving the library. After getting in the car, he looked at the campus in the twilight and the students on campus, and said to Chen Xingshen beside him:

"I think it was most appropriate for you to choose this place."

"yes,"

Chern nodded and said:
"In recent years, the success of the SEA scientific community has attracted worldwide attention, with inventions, innovations, and even Nobel Prizes. It is embarrassing to say that although I have been highly valued here over the years, my research results are not outstanding. I am really ashamed..."

Listening to his friend's sigh, the man knew that he was being polite. After all, as a mathematician, his research results in the past decade or so were very remarkable. He planned and established the Nanyang Institute of Mathematical Sciences, which focuses on pure mathematics, and served as its director. His success in the academic field is well known.

They chatted as they drove away from the campus and headed towards Chang'an City. More than an hour later, Chang'an, like a bright pearl in the twilight, came into their sight...

(End of this chapter)