Live Streaming: Great Adventure in the Wilderness-Chapter 793 - 789 Arrival

They say that the weather on the continents changes rapidly, but in fact, tropical ocean storms change even more dramatically.

In early May, as a result of the shifting direct solar insolation point infusing energy into the oceans and favorable environmental conditions, several storm embryos appeared over the past few days, ultimately leading to the scenario of two storms dancing together, with both being strong typhoons.

Indeed, this May, several storms have emerged in tropical oceans around the globe, but in the end, only two stood out, one being the Southern Indian Ocean storm Eronzo, and the other the South Pacific storm Harold.

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Especially on May 1-2, Eronzo first intensified into a category 15 severe typhoon, seizing the throne as the first severe typhoon of May.

Afterward, storm Harold exploded in intensity. At 6 p.m. in May, the official broadcast reported that Harold had become another level 15 storm, with maximum wind speeds of 48 meters per second.

This was the second category 15 severe typhoon globally in May, and it attracted attention, even becoming a major focus.

There are two reasons for this, one being its potential for power; level 15 might not be its endpoint, and Ugly Country even predicted it would reach level 17. Moreover, according to various official forecasts, this thing was going to make landfall.

However, it ultimately remained over the South Pacific, so its impact was really limited to just a few island nations. Unless one was traveling there, most people didn't pay much attention to it.

As expected, by May 6, storm Harold had undergone another change, greatly increasing in strength and setting a new record. The latest official forecast reported a maximum wind speed of 120Kt, making Harold the world's first category 16 super typhoon that year.

Specifically, in the early hours of the 6th, data from the Fiji Meteorological Service showed that the previously category 15 severe typhoon, storm Harold, had intensified one level higher, from a category 4 severe tropical cyclone to a category 5 intense tropical cyclone, which naturally also meant it was at the category 16 super typhoon level.

Naturally, weather agencies from Europe and America, particularly the Ugly Country's Joint Typhoon Warning Center JTWC, also released reports on Harold's central pressure of 936 hPa and a maximum wind speed of 120Kt, affirming the storm's category 16 strength once again.

Now, everyone was certain, storm Harold had twice erupted in force, and as a category 5 intense tropical cyclone, its wind force had reached category 16, equivalent to a super typhoon level.

As for the second reason, it's what truly made Harold a storm noticed by people all over the world.

A streamer was navigating the typhoon waters in his handcrafted single-masted sailboat, having battled through for fifteen days and nearing his destination.

It sounds like a young person choosing a death-defying act in desperation for views.

The only difference is, this guy has several hundred million followers, with at least five million watching his daily live broadcasts, and just five days ago, he rode a wave created by a submarine volcano, surfing the century and landing on the cover of "SUEFER".

Even on TV, they are now repeatedly replaying the variety show he participated in a month ago because its ratings were so high it warranted continuous reruns.

It's said that in a short while, an animated series based on his likeness and actual production is going to be released, with an animated movie in preparation for the end of the year, which is truly exciting.

Not to mention his past deeds, even just skimming through a brief introduction of a dozen lines or so, one could call it "legendary".

Through this news, even those who don't know him have come to understand that he's not just some reckless young man seeking popularity, but a genuine survival master like Dias and Amundsen, a person who will be talked about with enjoyment for centuries to come.

When one is prepared and has the strength, it's no longer just flirting with death, but rather a spectacular adventure and challenge, a game for the brave, and a re-forging of humanity's past glories.

On the Viking, a lit torch was planted at the prow, swaying left and right in the strong wind.

Bi Fang sat on the edge of the boat, looking up at the stars that appeared and disappeared in the night sky, holding a piece of charcoal in one hand and scribbling calculations on a wooden board.

If one looked carefully, they would see that the board was filled with complex equations, just one glance at which could make one's head spin.

Ancient Polynesians lived on small islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. They had no maps and no compasses; they navigated by observing the ocean and the sky, reading the stars and the waves.

The stars in the sky guided them at night, while the color of the sky and sun, the shapes of the clouds, and the direction of the surge waves guided them during the day. The surge waves would tell them that land laid ahead, and birds flying out to sea in search of food meant that islands were within reach.

They could sail thousands of kilometers, from Hawaii to Tahiti Island, their intelligence was astounding.

What Bi Fang was doing now was essentially the same, but his skills were even higher, not empiricist but scientific, a pinnacle of human evolution to this day.

At least thousands of years ago, when the Polynesians migrated, they definitely didn't understand what trigonometric functions were.

If it weren't for the typhoon, this place would have been cloudless with a sky dotted with twinkling stars, which would have been more convenient for calculations, but the typhoon reduced the visibility at night considerably. Fortunately, they could still see a few of the most important stars.

"When I was in Northern Europe, I had calculated latitude and longitude using the sun, but this trick isn't very useful on the sea, because our ship fluctuates, and so the length of the shadow of a stick set up vertically constantly changes. Luckily, we can still use the stars, which is a very simple method."

[Put down your trigonometric functions, and we can also talk about the meaning of the word 'simple.']

[Whoo, whoo, whoo, the great mathematician is starting again. I am ashamed, I am ignorant, I will leave the live stream.]

[Put down your charcoal pencil!!!]

"How exactly was positioning done during the Age of Discovery? It's actually very simple."

"Zebrovsky dedicates the entire fifth chapter, 'Exploring Earth,' of 'The History of the Circle' to this issue."

Bi Fang completely ignored the audience's groans and started his explanation.

"In 200 BC, the Ancient Greek scientist Eratosthenes began measuring the circumference of Earth."

"On the summer solstice he used the length of a stick's shadow to measure the angle of sunlight incidence, as well as the distance between Alexandria and Syene on the Tropic of Cancer, and calculated Earth's circumference to be 216,000 stades, which is slightly less than 40,000 kilometers."

"This measurement is astonishingly close to the accurate value measured today, a groundbreaking achievement."

"Furthermore, Eratosthenes defined the concept of equator and tropics by measuring the path of the sun on summer solstice, winter solstice, vernal equinox, and autumnal equinox. This work provided the theoretical foundation for navigational positioning."

"Eratosthenes's work laid the groundwork for the concept of latitude and longitude."

"Once the radius of a sphere is known, if one can also know the latitude and longitude of two points, it's relatively easy to calculate the distance between them and thus plan sailing times or draft rudimentary navigational charts."

"Thus, the problem of navigational positioning turns into how to determine one's own latitude and longitude in the vast ocean."

"And all of that depends on having a reference system that remains constant and unchanging."

"Obviously, one can't find such a system on the vast ocean, so we must look up to the starry sky."

Bi Fang pointed towards the vast night sky, and following his finger, there was a star that shined with such a dazzling light that, even with the clouds, its presence was clearly visible to everyone.

"Polaris."