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The Thesus Adventure wasn’t large compared to other vessels, but with its length spanning over seventy meters, it merely rolled over the ice field, leaving a gap far larger than what a dozen people could carve out in several hours of desperate effort!

For the gray whale trapped in the tiny ice hole, surfacing into the ship’s path felt like striking it rich; the cramped space it had been confined to suddenly seemed vast and expansive.

Breathing became much easier. Previously, the gray whales had to fluctuate vertically in the ice hole, sticking their whole heads out just for a brief breath.

Now, they only needed a short ascent in the horizontal direction, expose their blowholes to take deep breaths with ease, almost as if they were back in the open sea.

The only thing to watch out for was to keep the whales from getting too close to the stern, as it could injure them.

For this reason, Captain Harvey deployed a few sailors to stay at the stern, ready to use sonar to drive the whales away should they approach the safety distance.

Some tourists tried to get to the upper deck to watch and take photos, but the second officer cleared most of them, leaving only a few passengers who, with the help of the sailors, were able to stand securely, each group allowed to stay for only ten minutes.

Those who hadn’t had their turn yet could only squeeze their faces into the narrow windows, staring at the unchanging ice fields, trying to catch a glimpse of the gray whales behind the ship, but all such attempts were in vain.

Without exception, the few tourists standing on the upper deck pulled out their phones, and the sound of taking photos was incessant.

Under the clear starry sky, the ice field shimmered with a faint gray light against the pitch-black waterway, as three massive gray whales emerged one by one from the sea surface. The passengers seized the moment to take pictures and uploaded them to their personal accounts.

At this time, every one of the more than two hundred tourists on the ship had become a social media influencer. Merely posting a few scattered photos featuring the gray whales could earn them a flurry of likes and comments.

"So envious, making friends with whales is definitely the most exciting adventure in one’s life!"

"A few hundred US dollars for a ticket, I must say, even if this trip cost thousands, or tens of thousands, people would still snap up the tickets!"

"My God, if I had known this journey would be so fantastic, I would never have traded my ticket in a million years!"

"Trade tickets, dude, you can’t be serious?"

"Yes, it’s exactly what you’re thinking (showing a refund record for the Thesus ticket). I had planned to go out for a holiday, but due to some sudden work-related issue, I had no choice but to cancel."

"Your boss should be hanged."

"Agreed."

Almost everyone expressed their envy, and looking at the rising number of likes, everyone felt a sense of satisfaction.

Any negative feelings that had emerged earlier vanished amid the sounds of envy, turning into laughter and joy.

If there’s such a good thing, please let it happen again!

"Be careful with the rocking, do not get close to the rails!"

The sailors had to warn the passengers trying to get near the fences. With the fence height at one point four meters, it was quite unlikely for an adult to fall over, but a smartphone could.

Just now, a passenger got too close to the fence and during a particularly rough collision with an ice layer, the Thesus shook so violently that their hand trembled, and the smartphone dropped into the vast sea, disappearing from sight and becoming a piece of marine litter.

Despite warnings and dissuasion, this passenger couldn’t blame anyone and could only go back to their room to sulk.

[Envious to tears, I also want to join such an event.]

[Damn it, hit the jackpot. When I go traveling, it’s always crowded, full of people everywhere, and all I see are big butts. Why don’t I ever get this lucky?]

[If I were there, I could brag about this for three years.]

[You’re understating it, you could brag about it to your grandchildren.]

[Great-grandchildren aren’t out of the question either]

A large number of people were filled with regret. If only they could have bought the same ticket before Bi Fang set off, perhaps they could be saving gray whales with their idol right now.

Not to mention there was a chance in between because Thesus had returned to port once. Even without advance notice, following later could have resulted in an encounter.

Unfortunately, there are no what-ifs.

Life cannot be restarted.

Bi Fang hadn’t boarded Thesus. He watched from over a hundred meters away as the ship moved at a slow pace. The half reindeer he had roasted in the morning was still plentiful, and was sent into the ship’s kitchen as a show of gratitude to everyone, even though it wasn’t right.

Captain Harvey received a whole reindeer head from Bi Fang. Since it couldn’t be made into a specimen in time, all that remained was the pale bones, which looked particularly ferocious but added an air of dominance and wildness.

Harvey was delighted with the gift and hung it in the very center of the captain’s cabin, where anyone who entered could see it at a glance.

It was already three in the morning. Though most people on Thesus were very spirited, even excited, Bi Fang was quite tired.

Bi Fang spread out the musk ox skin, planning to make do for the night here. The six sled dogs all huddled close, forming a circle. There was no need to dig a hole; simply building a snow wall was enough to block the wind and snow.

He slept till noon.

Thesus was no longer in sight, which meant it had made good progress.

After tidying up a bit, Bi Fang had some breakfast and discovered that Thesus was only two miles from the shore, perhaps it could return to the sea this very dawn!

Bi Fang’s guess was spot on. At two o’clock in the morning, a rare purple aurora flickered across the starry sky. Accompanied by a final collision, the shipping lane connected with the sea, and several pieces of broken white icebergs drifted onto the ocean, clearing the entire course.

Everyone stared at the sea tensely.

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Until the last moment, no one knew the final outcome.

After a brief silence, everyone could hear their own heartbeat in their ears.

Just then, a whale leaped out of the sea.

With a length of over fifteen meters and a weight of over thirty tons, the huge body soared into the air, paused briefly, then fell back along the same path, blasting the sea surface apart.

The scene was so awe-inspiring, like a slow-motion shot from a movie. After the first, there was a second, third, and fourth whale—no, they cycled continuously, leaping again and again.

The massive bodies surged out of the sea, nearly eight meters high, as tall as a three-story building!

A large mist rose from the sea, dimming the colored light.

The ethereal sound of whale calls echoed over the earth, exceptionally prolonged.

It was both an outpouring of being trapped for a long time and the joy of returning to the sea.

Whether it was the millions of viewers in front of screens or the sailors and passengers standing on the upper deck, they had never felt so acutely the emotions contained within animal cries. They were momentarily spellbound.

The dazzling Arctic lights, the "midnight sun" shining over the ice fields, the wonderful moment of the whales returning to the sea, the speed and passion of dog sledding.

While people in high-rise buildings are busy, perhaps at the same moment, whales are breaching the surface off the coast of Greenland...

The tourists pressed their shutters, capturing this moment forever.