I became incredibly cute after dressing up as an animal!

After a two-week trip, we arrived near the South Shetland Islands.

This sea area is clearly different from other places because it is close to the Antarctic Peninsula and is a world of ice and snow.

Large, white clumps of debris drifted slowly across the sea, their edges smoothed by the waves. In the distance, glaciers rose from the sea like a row of giant white walls.

It surfaced on the first day, took a breath, and then sank back down.

Hungry, it begins its hunt!

It saw spotted seals on the way, and they looked very plump.

It hadn't eaten a seal for almost half a year; it had been eating whales and other large fish the whole way.

The spotted seal was lying on the edge of an ice floe, its round body half-submerged in the water, its belly pressed against the ice, dozing off with its eyes half-closed.

Without hesitation, Chu Yi dived down, circled around to the side of the ice floe, and surged forward. Half of the killer whale's body was pressed onto the ice surface, and it bit the seal!

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the car slid into the sea while reversing.

Biting into the seal's belly and eating it, the fat melts in your mouth, with a hint of sweetness. It's quite different from the seals I've eaten in the Northern Hemisphere; they're fatter and softer.

Chu Yi chewed it twice, swallowed it, and decided to stay there for a while.

It circumnavigated the Antarctic Peninsula for a month, hunting during the day and sleeping upright on the edge of any ice floe at night.

Sometimes when you swim near the shallows, you can see groups of penguins standing on the shore.

When it first arrives in this sea area, it's practically a seal killer; even polar bears would be furious at the sight of it.

Near the Arctic Peninsula, close to the Ross Sea.

This area is rich in Antarctic krill and various fish species, and is home to various types of killer whales. Overall, it's quite noisy.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, I could hear other orcas "posting on social media" every day.

"I ate a shark today, it wasn't good, my mouth tastes rancid."

Sharks urinate through their skin, so it's no wonder they're not tasty.

At first glance, I wondered, but it was also a bit strange. I had never eaten shark before, so why did I know this?

It seems to have been born with a lot of knowledge, but it also seems to have forgotten a lot.

……

The closer you get to the Ross Sea, the more gossip you can hear about the killer whale pods.

The most common gossip I hear is about the silly baby orca.

Occasionally, you can hear the voices of other orcas discussing something.

"Its voice is very cute."

"I've seen it, near the coast, a very cute baby."

The orcas spoke casually on the public channel, their voices languid, as if they had just eaten.

How big is it?

"She's only a little over two years old and was weaned not long ago."

"Its family probably doesn't want it to go, right?"

"Of course not! A baby from a family that stays at home wants to become an ocean-going baby? Isn't that crazy? Its family and its neighbors all try to dissuade it. I have to say a few words of advice whenever I pass by."

Hahahahahaha.

"When I was little, I almost ran away, but my sister swatted me back with her tail."

"Oh? Tell me in detail how your sister hit you."

"..."

"..."

On the first day of the lunar month, I floated on the water and listened, speechless.

It focuses on one key point: the two-year-old orca baby wants to leave home and go far out to sea.

I don't understand why the other orcas don't support this baby orca, since it left its family and started wandering when it was four or five years old.

If you happen to pass by on your first day, it will mischievously urge you: "Go on, the world is big, go see it all."

I don't know when it started, but Chu Yi, who always listened to other orcas and let their opinions go in one ear and out the other, began to slowly pay attention to the information about the orca sister who wanted to run away from home.

When she heard other orcas talking about her, she stopped hunting on the first day of the lunar month and listened attentively.

In order to hear more news, it unknowingly swam south and entered the Ross Sea.

It originally intended to stay in the ice floe area for a while longer, but the temperature dropped day by day, and the sea surface froze faster and faster.

The snow fell heavier and heavier, and the wind blew across the water like a knife. When it floated to the surface to breathe, it could feel its breath condensing into white mist, which was quickly blown away by the wind.

On the first day of the lunar month, I stopped, straightened up, and looked up at the sky. I couldn't see the sun; there was only a layer of grayish-white clouds, hanging very low.

This is a sign that a blizzard is imminent.

It lowered its head, did not approach the shore again, and with a flick of its tail, swam towards deeper waters.

……

Inside the Chinese research station in Antarctica, the windows were completely covered with frost.

The professors and students returned from their work outside, their down jackets covered in ice, their hats hardened with a white crust, and their masks had tiny ice particles clinging to the edges.

They sat huddled together next to the radiator, each holding a cup of hot water.

A girl, wiping her goggles, said, "Teacher, we can't see the road outside anymore."

The professor, holding a cup of hot water, didn't drink it and said, "Don't go out for the next couple of days. This is an extremely cold weather event, the likes of which are rare, and it's no joke."

Someone leaning against the radiator said, "All the penguins on the other side of the bay are huddled together, not moving at all."

The professor said, "They are also withstanding the blizzard."

……

On the sea, Lan Xiaoxiao was awakened by being hit by a floating ice floe.

She was sleeping against the edge of an ice floe when a larger ice floe drifted by from the side, bumped into her, and woke her up.

She groggily opened her eyes, wanting to change positions and continue sleeping, but when she looked up, she found that almost everything around her was white.

The ice floes were packed together one after another, without any gaps.

The sky was a deep gray, with the clouds hanging very low.

She sensed something was wrong, so she jumped out of the sea and glanced around in mid-air. The entire sea was covered in white, with only a few dark spots visible on the surface.

Lan Xiaoxiao fell into the water, turned around, and swam towards her mother: "Mom, the ice is closing!"

The mother orca did not respond, but she swam faster than usual.

"The situation is bad, we need to leave quickly."

The orca pod sent this signal.

They've been staying near the coast to hunt seals, but this area has frozen over in half a day, so we need to get out of here quickly!

The entire pod of killer whales began to move, their dorsal fins cutting through the water as they surged forward along the last passable channel between the ice floes.

Lan Xiaoxiao followed in the middle of the group. She didn't say anything more, but just swam close to the tail of the person in front of her. She would surface to breathe every thirty seconds. When she inhaled, she could feel the floating ice above her head getting closer and closer to her dorsal fin.

If there are several kilometers of ice ahead, with no gaps to surface for air, then we're doomed...

Two hours later...

What you wish for comes true!

Waaaaah! What should I do?!